Sept. 19 – Adolis Garcia hit a two-run homer and Cody Bradford pitched seven scoreless innings to help the Texas Rangers (The Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.
Garcia stopped Addison Barger’s potential extra-base hit with a leaping single over the right-center field wall in the third inning. Garcia then homered in the sixth to set up the difference.
Rookie Wyatt Langford started the sixth inning with a single before Garcia hit a sinker over the left field wall off Bowden Francis (8-5) for the game’s only run. It was Garcia’s 23rd home run of the season and first since Sept. 5.
Bradford benefited greatly from this outburst after suffering heavy hits in the previous game. On September 11, in a 14–4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, he allowed nine hits and a career-high eight runs in 3 2/3 innings.
Bradford (6-3) had five hits and struck out six without walking a batter Wednesday.
He retired the first 12 batters before Alejandro Kirk’s single to start the fifth inning. Kirk advanced to third on Spencer Horwitz’s double, but Bradford rallied by retiring the next three batters to end the threat.
Texas’ David Robertson retired the batters in the eighth inning, then Kirby Yates did the same in the ninth to earn his 31st save of the season.
The Rangers (73-79) notched their second consecutive win with a 13-run, 13-hit outburst in Tuesday’s series opener. Garcia, who had two hits and three runs in the previous game, had one of his team’s five hits on Wednesday.
The Blue Jays (72-80) had just five hits after totaling 13 in the series opener on Wednesday.
Francis’ winless streak extends to three starts despite allowing two runs on five hits, striking out six and one walk in six innings.
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