SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jon Gray cherished being a part of Bruce Bochy’s particular evening again in San Francisco.

All week lengthy, Bochy reminded everyone this is a crucial stretch of baseball for his Texas Rangers - and Gray pitched them to victory in his supervisor’s homecoming at Oracle Park. And how becoming they received with a little bit little bit of that previous close-game “torture” Bochy’s Giants used to play.

“Yeah, that was a little bit of the torture game,” he mentioned.

Nathaniel Lowe homered with two outs within the sixth for the Rangers to interrupt up a scoreless sport, Mitch Garver linked one pitch later and Bochy beat his former San Francisco membership 2-1 on Friday evening as everybody welcomed him again with love and fanfare.

“It’s really cool to see the baseball fans here, they don’t forget anything,” Gray mentioned. “To see how much they appreciate Bochy and just to welcome him back it was really awesome. That place was rocking, it was loud. You know how much Bochy means to this city and this club. It was great to see that. It was really cool playing on this field and having Boch on my side.”

Gray (8-5) struck out seven and didn’t stroll a batter whereas permitting two hits over seven scoreless innings as AL West-leading Texas notched the perfect 116-game document in franchise historical past by bettering to 69-47.

Lowe’s 14th drive of the 12 months splashed into McCovey Cove past the wall in proper area, the 163rd residence run to succeed in the water in ballpark historical past, 61st by an opponent and fourth by a Rangers participant - first since Shin-Soo Shoo on Aug. 2, 2020.

During pregame introductions, Bochy obtained a heat standing ovation and emerged from the dugout with waves and a tip of his cap in appreciation. Fans within the crowd of 35,689 chanted “Bochy! Bochy!”

In the center of the third inning, the Giants confirmed a tribute video on the massive scoreboard and followers roared once more because the 68-year-old Bochy watched from the highest dugout step after which waved, tipped his cap and touched his coronary heart.

“That was really really cool for me, and the fans, I can’t thank them enough,” Bochy mentioned. “They’ve been so great for me, and you never know how you’re going to be received when you come back. It’s a little emotional. It’s a big game so try to be locked in on that but still, pretty cool, I can’t thank them enough.”

He stays revered for his 13-year tenure managing San Francisco that included successful World Series titles in 2010, ’12 and ’14.

“It’s special to be back in this ballpark. I can’t say enough about my tremendous time here, 13 wonderful years,” mentioned Bochy, who departed after the 2019 season.

Aroldis Chapman escaped bother within the eighth then Will Smith closed out his former workforce for his twenty second save. He allowed a leadoff double to pinch-hitter Heliot Ramos, who superior to 3rd on an error and scored on Thairo Estrada’s swinging bunt.

Ross Stripling (0-5) took over within the second for Giants opener Scott Alexander and gave up the back-to-back residence runs amongst 5 hits surrendered over 5 innings.

ROSTER MOVE

The Rangers introduced up OF J.P. Martinez from Triple-A Round Rock and he grew to become the membership’s second rookie to make his main league debut on this journey, becoming a member of INF Jonathan Ornelas. Martinez batted sixth and performed left area, ending 0 for 3. … OF Travis Jankowski went on the paternity checklist.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rangers: C Jonah Heim took dwell batting observe as he recovers from a tendon pressure in his left wrist and labored out in his catcher’s gear. Heim isn’t having any ache when hitting and may very well be able to return quickly. “He’s on his way, that’s good news,” Bochy mentioned. … RHP Nathan Eovaldi (strained forearm in pitching facet) is scheduled to throw a bullpen Saturday.

Giants: OF Mike Yastrzemski (strained left hamstring) did some baserunning and is ready to take part in full baseball exercise. … OF Mitch Haniger (proper forearm fracture) is scheduled to hit batting observe within the cage Saturday with the coaches. … RHP John Brebbia (lat pressure on pitching facet) threw a 25-pitch bullpen session.

UP NEXT

LHP Andrew Heaney (9-6, 4.14 ERA) seeks his first profession double-digit win season as he takes the mound Saturday evening for the Rangers driving a four-game successful streak since a July 8 loss at Washington. The Giants will counter with RHP Alex Cobb (6-3, 3.30) as he seems to be to snap a five-start winless stretch.

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