Jack Leiter started out a career-high 10 as the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Guardians 10-0.
ARLINGTON, Texas– Jack Leiter started out a career-high 10 in 7 innings, Adolis García, Josh Jung and Cody Freeman each linked on a two-run homer and the Texas Rangers directed the Cleveland Guardians 10-0 on Saturday evening.
Leiter (8-7) surrendered simply 2 songs– just one out of the infield– and neither jogger progressed. The novice right-hander really did not enable a stroll.
Leiter’s previous finest for strikeouts was 7, and it was the very first time the boy of previous big league bottle Al Leiter took a scoreless trip past the 6th.
Freeman’s very first big league homer opened up the racking up in the 2nd inning, Jung made it 5-0 in the 3rd with his 12th crowning achievement and García’s 17th placed Texas up 9-0 in the 5th.
All 3 two-run shots came off left-hander Logan Allen (7-10), that permitted a career-worst 9 runs in 5 innings as the Guardians shed for the 7th time in 8 video games. It was their worst nothing loss given that the Sports defeated them 17-0 on Aug. 12, 2021.
Ezequiel Duran had a two-RBI dual and a run-scoring groundout for Texas.
Jung finished a 2-for-24 slide by getting to base and racking up in each of his very first 3 plate looks. He strolled in advance of Freeman’s homer and singled prior to García’s shot.
Cleveland 2nd baseman Brayan Rocchio messed up the transfer from his handwear cover on a relay toss wherefore need to have been an inning-ending dual play in the 3rd. Jung’s homer followed.
Two-time Globe Collection MVP Corey Seager was the only gamer in Texas’ beginning schedule without a hit. He was changed at shortstop by Josh Smith with a 9-0 lead in the 6th.
Guardians RHP Gavin Williams (8-4, 3.24 AGE) was readied to encounter Merrill Kelly (9-7, 3.35) in the collection ending Sunday.
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