The Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit to overcome Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 467-foot home run and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 on Sunday.
Corey Seager capped a six-run fourth inning with a go-ahead single, and the Texas Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit to overcome Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 467-foot home run and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 on Sunday.
Guerrero's third-inning home run off Spencer Howard, the longest of Guerrero's career, built a 6-1 lead. Guerrero's home run had an exit velocity of 117.9 mph. Miller pinch hit and sliced the second pitch from Julian Merryweather up the left-center gap for a two-run double that tied it 6-6 and, one out later, Seager dumped an opposite-field, broken-bat single into left.
Brock Burke struck out five in two innings, one of five Rangers relievers who combined for six shutout innings Texas avoided its first 0-3 start since 2017."The stuff looked good. It was beating some really good hitters," Woodward said."That fastball was getting on them.""Six shutout innings is special, especially against those guys," Heim said."They put up runs, they know how to swing the bat.