Texas Rangers All-Star slugger Adolis García is going on the 10-day injured list with a patella tendon strain in his right knee.
García’s right leg jammed hard to the ground and his knee buckled when he came down after leaping at the wall in the second inning. After getting up and putting his hands on both knees, and a visitor from an athletic trainer, Garcia slammed a hand several times in frustration before slowly walking to the dugout.
Carter, a second-round pick in the 2020 amateur draft, has played only eight games at Triple-A Round Rock, where he hit .353 with three RBIs. He has hit .288 with 13 homers and 67 RBIs in 108 games overall this season in the minors. García is hitting .244 with 34 homers and his 100 RBIs in 135 games. After his foul popout in the first inning Wednesday night, he is batting .161 over his past 16 games.
But his walkoff homer against Minnesota on Sunday, after striking out in his first four at-bats that game, gave the Rangers a 6-5 win. That is their only win over their last seven games, a stretch that has dropped them from first place to third in the AL West standings. Texas has lost 15 of 19 overall.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.
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