Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

41-42, 22-24 Away

Final
7 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

39-44, 22-23 Home

Seager hits solo HR, Burger has 3 hits and 2 RBIs as Rangers beat Blue Jays 7-4

Alejandro Osuna added a two-run hit as the Rangers won for the sixth time in their past nine.

Seager connected off Braydon Fisher in the sixth, his 10th. Texas has homered in a season-high 10 straight games.

Peyton Gray (3-0) got seven outs for the win and Tyler Alexander finished for his third save in four chances.

Yohendrick Piñango hit a two-run homer and Alejandro Kirk added a solo shot but the Blue Jays lost their fifth straight.

Toronto’s 2-3-4 hitters, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Daulton Varsho and Kazuma Okamoto, went 0 for 13 with seven strikeouts.

Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease (4-4) allowed four runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked five and struck out 10.

Cease has won just once in seven starts.

Burger opened the scoring with a two-out RBI single in the first, and the Rangers added five more two-out runs in the fifth. After Burger chased Cease with an RBI single, Osuna and Elias Díaz each had two-RBI hits off Mason Fluharty.

Piñango homered off Robby Ahlstrom in the bottom of the fifth, his fifth. Kirk homered off Joe Ross to begin the sixth, his second. Andrés Giménez chased Ross with an RBI single.

Rangers right-hander Cal Quantrill allowed two hits, both singles, in four shutout innings. He walked one and struck out five.

Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford was scratched from the lineup because of left hamstring tightness. Osuna started in center.

Piñango was recalled from Triple-A while Davis Schneider was optioned to the Bisons. Outfielder Jesús Sánchez (right ankle) went on the 10-day IL.

Up next Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker (2-6, 4.14 ERA) is scheduled to face Blue Jays RHP Shane Bieber (0-0, 9.82) in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Urías lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Urías hit for Lukes
	9th Inning	Straw grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Alexander relieved Gray
	9th Inning	Straw hit for Giménez

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
13	Strikeouts	11
7	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	10
2	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	37
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
186	Pitches	150
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	17
44	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
7.0	Runs Created	4.5
.289	Batting Average	.270
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.421	Slugging Percentage	.459
.342	Secondary Average	.216
.386	On Base Percentage	.289
.807	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.749
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
7.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.4
48.0	Batter Rating	34.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.23	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.132	Isolated Power	.189
0.46	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.09
.136	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
.053	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.054
14.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
92.0	MLB Rating	84.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0