Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

42-42, 23-24 Away

Final
3 - 2

Toronto Blue Jays

39-45, 22-24 Home

Rangers complete 4-game sweep of slumping Blue Jays with 3-2 victory

Rangers down Blue Jays 3-2 to sweep series

Josh Jung hit a two-out double off Louis Varland (3-3) in the ninth and Kelenic came in to run.

Varland’s first pitch to Corey Seager bounced in front of the plate and ricocheted off Alejandro Kirk’s mitt. The catcher initially couldn’t find the ball, allowing Kelenic to come all the way around with the decisive run.

Cole Winn (3-2) pitched two innings for the win and Tyler Alexander finished for his fourth save in five chances.

Joc Pederson homered on the first pitch of the game and Elias Díaz added an RBI single as the Rangers won for the seventh time in 10 games to reach .500 at 42-42.

Texas has homered in a season-best 11 consecutive games.

The Rangers scored in the first inning of all four games against Toronto. They’re 32-10 this season when scoring first, and 10-32 when the opposition scores first

Texas led 2-0 through seven innings before Nathan Lukes tied it with a two-run homer off Winn in the eighth, his fourth.

Toronto was swept for the third time this year and has lost six straight games overall.

Pederson hit his second leadoff home run of the series on the first pitch from Shane Bieber, who was making his second start of the season after returning from a sore elbow.

Bieber allowed three consecutive homers in his previous outing Tuesday against Houston.

Up next Rangers: Had not announced a starter for Monday’s game at Cleveland. LHP Parker Messick (7-4, 2.67 ERA) is scheduled for the Guardians.

Blue Jays: RHP Trey Yesavage (3-3, 3.56 ERA) is expected to start Monday at home against Mets LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 4.87).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kirk flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Clement grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Varsho struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alexander relieved Winn
	9th Inning	Duran at third base.
	9th Inning	Kelenic in left field.

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
10	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
164	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	9
39	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
3.4	Runs Created	1.2
.212	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.273
.273	Secondary Average	.121
.333	On Base Percentage	.206
.667	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.479
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
22.0	Batter Rating	17.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.121	Isolated Power	.091
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.154	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.061
5.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
74.3	MLB Rating	69.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0