Seager’s return has Rangers rolling with fifth straight win

ARLINGTON — The Rangers will not be a one-man present this 12 months — first-place groups seldom are — however Corey Seager has definitely earned high billing atop their succesful solid of contributors.

With one other momentous dwelling run Saturday at Globe Life Field, Seager helped the Rangers rally over the Marlins, 9-8, as they recovered rapidly from a 5-0 deficit with seven runs mixed within the fourth and fifth innings. The Rangers have gained 5 video games in a row, tied for his or her longest successful streak of the season, together with all 4 video games Seager has performed in since coming back from a brief stint on the injured checklist.

While Seager was out on account of a sprained proper thumb from July 22-Aug. 1, the Rangers went 3-6. Their lead over the Astros within the American League West, now at 2 1/2 video games, dropped from three video games to a half-game throughout his absence. Since coming back from the IL, Seager has homered 3 times in 4 video games, and the Rangers’ offense, with its AL-leading plus-164 run differential, seems again to full energy.

Seager’s two-run smash within the fifth tied the sport at 5 after beginning pitcher Jon Gray labored within the earlier two innings, and the Rangers fell down 5-0. After Marcus Semien’s leadoff double, Seager launched a towering homer that hung within the air lengthy sufficient to journey a projected 392 ft to right-center, based on Statcast. With an exit velocity of 97.3 mph, it was extra of a balloon than a rocket — however it nonetheless lifted the Rangers out of an enormous gap Saturday.

Rookie Josh Jung’s two-run shot later within the fifth put Texas up 7-5, and the Rangers’ bullpen preserved the win after Gray departed within the sixth inning.