Adolis Garcia belted a two-run homer and Cody Bradford tossed seven shutout innings to gasoline the Texas Rangers to a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.
Garcia made a leaping catch on the right-center subject wall to disclaim a possible extra-base hit from Addison Barger within the third inning. Garcia then offered the distinction on the plate within the sixth.
Rookie Wyatt Langford singled to guide off the sixth inning earlier than Garcia deposited a first-pitch sinker from Bowden Francis (8-5) over the wall in left subject for the sport’s solely scoring. The homer was Garcia’s twenty third of the season and first since Sept. 5.
Bradford benefited from that blast to rebound after getting shellacked in his final outing. He yielded a career-high eight runs on 9 hits in 3 2/3 innings of a 14-4 rout by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sept. 11.
On Wednesday, Bradford (6-3) scattered 5 hits and struck out six with out strolling a batter.
He retired the primary 12 batters he confronted earlier than Alejandro Kirk singled to guide off the fifth inning. Kirk superior to 3rd on Spencer Horwitz’s double, however Bradford rebounded by retiring the subsequent three batters to finish the risk.
Texas’ David Robertson retired the facet so as within the eighth inning earlier than Kirby Yates did the identical within the ninth to safe his thirty first save of the season.
The Rangers (73-79) adopted up their 13-run, 13-hit outburst within the collection opener on Tuesday to document their second straight victory. Garcia, who had two hits and three RBIs within the prior sport, mustered one among his workforce’s 5 hits on Wednesday.
The Blue Jays (72-80) had simply 5 hits on Wednesday after totaling 13 within the collection opener.
Francis noticed his winless streak lengthen to a few begins regardless of allowing solely two runs on 5 hits with six strikeouts and one stroll in six innings.
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