Montgomery follows Scherzer’s steps in stellar debut

ARLINGTON — Jordan Montgomery made it 2-for-2 for newly acquired Texas starters incomes a win of their debut.

A day after Max Scherzer battled again from a gradual begin, Montgomery did the identical in throwing six-plus innings of two-run ball within the Rangers’ fourth straight win, a 6-2 victory over the Marlins on Friday.

Montgomery, acquired in a commerce with the Cardinals on Sunday, allowed single runs within the first and second innings, however he then put collectively 4 scoreless innings. The left-hander had retired 11 consecutive batters going into the seventh however gave up a leadoff single and a stroll to finish his evening.

Rangers reliever Josh Sborz entered and ended the menace within the seventh.

Offensively, Texas homered 3 times, together with two by Adolis García. It marked the seventh multi-home run sport of García’s profession, together with his sixth at Globe Life Field. García owns the stadium file as no different batter has greater than three multi-homer video games.