García’s go-ahead, opposite-field home run was pivotal in putting away the Angels, helping Texas win five in a row.
García’s go-ahead, opposite-field home run was pivotal in putting away the Angels, helping Texas win five in a row.
Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia celebrates his go-ahead home run with Nathaniel Lowe during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Anaheim, Calif.took their shiny new toy for a test drive in the cleanup spot this week. Their incumbent four-hole hitter gave them at least one reason to slow down the wholesale change on Tuesday night.
García put three hard-hit balls into play on Tuesday against the Angels: a 110.7 mph groundout in the third inning which kickstarted an inning-ending double play, a 99.8 mph lineout in the sixth and his 105.4 mph blast off of a Luis García sinker for his team-high 17th home run of the season.“He didn’t have much to show for and didn’t get down about it,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “He goes up there and hits a home run to put us ahead.
They showed that, again, on Tuesday. Infielder Josh Smith went 3 for 3 with a solo home run in the top of the first inning and a bases-loaded infield single in the third that gave the Rangers a 3-1 lead. The bottom of Texas’ lineup — No. 8 hitter Andrew Knizner and No. 9 hitter Derek Hill — both singled to lead off that inning, and Knizner was driven in by a hard-hit Marcus Semien double that gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead.
, Texas Rangers reporter. Shawn covers the Texas Rangers and other Dallas-area sports for The News. He joined The Dallas Morning News after covering UConn basketball, football and high school sports for The Hartford Courant. A Boston area native, Shawn graduated from Springfield College in 2018 and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Baseball America.
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