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08/04 23:03 CDT Ezequiel Duran has 4 RBIs as Rangers beat Giants 5-4 to end
season-worst 6-game losing streak
Ezequiel Duran has 4 RBIs as Rangers beat Giants 5-4 to end season-worst 6-game
losing streak
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Baseball Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Ezequiel Duran drove in four runs, the last on a
game-ending double, and the Texas Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on
Tuesday night to snap a season-worst six-game losing streak that knocked them
out of the AL West lead.
Duran won it with a hit that bounced into the right-field seats, an inning
after he lined a one-hopper off that wall for a two-run double that put the
Rangers up 4-2. He also had an RBI single in the first inning, a night after
going 4 for 4 with a homer for their only run in the series opener.
Jake Burger, who entered in the top of the ninth as a defensive replacement,
led off the bottom of the inning with a double off Dylan Smith (0-4), the sixth
Giants pitcher.
San Francisco got even in the ninth when pinch-hitter Bryce Eldridge hit a
two-run single off All-Star closer Jacob Latz (3-1). It was Latz's third blown
save in 24 chances this season. He allowed two hits, a walk and a wild pitch.
Corey Seager and Brandon Nimmo both had three hits for Texas. Seager, the
two-time World Series MVP who has missed 54 games this year because of three
stays on the injured list, is hitting .201 --- the first time he's been over
.200 since May 8.
Osleivis Basabe hit a two-run homer with two outs in the Giants seventh off
Chase Silseth. The right-hander was making his first home appearance since
being acquired in a trade from the Los Angeles Angels last Wednesday.
Silseth took over after starter MacKenzie Gore pitched three-hit ball over six
scoreless innings, with four strikeouts and three walks.
Up next
In the series finale Wednesday, left-hander Cody Bradford is set to make his
first start for Texas since the end of 2024 after recovering from elbow
surgery. Left-hander Carson Whisenhunt (2-2, 6.63 ERA) will pitch for the
Giants.
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