Corey Seager got the Rangers started with his 32nd homer and rookie Evan Carter added an early three-run blast in an 8-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 22: Andrew Heaney #44 of the Texas Rangers pumps his fist after Dylan Moore #25 of the Seattle Mariners grounds out to end the top of the eighth inning at Globe Life Field on September 22, 2023 in ArlingtonCorey Seager and the Texas Rangers have talked all season about being resilient. There have been all of those injuries to their All-Stars, the loss of two starting pitchers with multiple Cy Young Awards and a late-season slide that knocked them out of first place.
"We talked about winning series all year. And that’s what it’s going to come down to. ... winning the next three three series," Seager said."We said it in late August, that it’s going to be a dogfight all the way to the end. It’s kind of just the way we wanted it to play out," catcher-designated hitter Mitch Garver said. "It’s just being diligent about our work and making sure that we’re taking every pitch seriously and making all these games count.
Seattle got a run in the ninth off hard-throwing Aroldis Chapman, who allowed three hits and a walk. He also struck out two but the bases were loaded when All-Star rookie third baseman Josh Jung’ made a nice snag for the game-ending grounder. Jung played only his fourth game since missing six weeks with a fractured left thumb.
Seager, the AL’s leading hitter with a .333 average, snapped a 2-for-22 slide with a first-pitch homer in the first inning off rookie Bryce Miller . Carter also went deep on the first pitch he saw in the second inning of his 14th big-league game to put Texas up 4-0. The Rangers, who won their third game in a row since a 10-20 stretch that had knocked them out of the division lead, extended their lead to 8-0 in fifth when facing Miller and two relievers.
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