Rangers run win streak to 6 with sweep of Blue Jays

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Texas cruises to sixth straight win as bats tally 35 runs throughout pivotal four-game collection

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TORONTO -- There was no hiding the significance of this collection.

While the Rangers preached compartmentalization -- one sport, one inning, one pitch at a time -- the results of a four-game September set in opposition to the Blue Jays had been simple.

Texas might’ve survived a collection cut up. Three wins would’ve been simply dandy. Instead, the Rangers received the sweep and snatched again command of an American League postseason place with Thursday night time’s 9-2 win at Rogers Centre.

• Games remaining (16): at CLE (3); vs. BOS (3); vs. SEA (3); at LAA (3); at SEA (4)
• Standings replace: The Rangers (82-64) are 2 1/2 video games up on the Blue Jays (80-67) and one sport up on the idle Mariners (81-65) for the second spot within the AL Wild Card race. Texas is only a half-game behind idle Houston (83-64) for the AL West lead.
• Tiebreakers: Lose vs. Houston; win vs. Toronto; lead vs. Seattle.

“It’s good to come in here and get four games,” stated supervisor Bruce Bochy, whose staff earned the membership's first sweep of the Blue Jays since 2012 (May 25-27) and the primary in a four-game set in opposition to Toronto since 1993 (July 8-11).

“I mean, we’ve been on the other side, so it’s good to come in here and play really good, crisp baseball.”

Just one night time after Texas dropped 10 runs on Toronto to safe the collection win, Corey Seager saved momentum going within the prime of the primary inning on Thursday. The star shortstop and AL MVP candidate bounced instantly into his residence run trot as he launched a missile to proper area within the opening body and adopted it up with a two-run double within the second.

Two innings later, Seager was smashing line drives as soon as once more. The 29-year-old lashed at a fastball on the far nook of the zone, stinging the pitch to the left-field warning observe. As the ball skittered out of Whit Merrifield’s glove on the base of the wall, Seager rolled into second base along with his second extra-base hit in as many innings.

Seager completed 3-for-4 with three RBIs and fell a triple shy of the cycle.

“He has set the tone in so many games,” Bochy stated. “He’s just an elite hitter, it’s really amazing.”

It was Seager and the remainder of Texas’ massive bats that sparked dominance in Toronto. The Rangers scored a complete of 35 runs within the four-game set. During their present six-game win streak, they averaged 9.4 runs per sport.

Benefitting from the offensive outburst was Nathan Eovaldi, who took the ball for his third outing off the injured checklist. The righty labored as much as his predetermined 75-pitch most, logging three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings. Bochy then moved the ball by means of his bullpen, getting clear outings from 4 relievers.

The solely actual risk got here within the seventh, when Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who hit a two-run homer off Eovaldi within the backside of the primary, stepped into the field because the potential go-ahead run. After working the depend full, José Leclerc challenged the Blue Jays’ slugger and received the battle with a fastball within the coronary heart of the zone for an inning-ending strikeout.

After Leclerc labored out of the jam, the Texas bats added 5 insurance coverage runs within the prime of the eighth to seal the sweep.

“Tonight, I thought, was some of [Leclerc’s] best stuff we’ve seen all year,” Bochy stated. “He looked determined to get through that.”

The Rangers received again to their profitable methods on the excellent time. Texas had gone 1-7 previous to its six-game win streak and sat a half-game out of a postseason spot. Now, the Rangers head to Cleveland with a 2 1/2-game cushion for the second Wild Card spot.

“It’s huge … momentum shift is huge,” reliever Cody Bradford stated. “Sweeping a team that was, I think, leading us just a little bit in the Wild Card race. I think for the whole team, it’s a huge momentum shift.”

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