Adolis Garcia went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and scored the game-winning run as the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 in 10 innings on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.
After beginning the bottom of the 10th on second, Garcia came around to score on Josh Jung’s one-out infield single that resulted in Jose Miranda’s throwing error.
Marcus Semien went 3-for-5 with an RBI for Texas, which snapped a three-game losing streak. The Rangers’ bullpen threw seven innings of one-run ball, as Andrew Chafin (4-2) picked up the win with a scoreless 10th.
Minnesota closer Jhoan Duran (6-6) recorded the loss, despite not allowing an earned run. Starter Pablo Lopez threw six scoreless innings for the Twins, allowing three walks and striking out three. Ryan Jeffers finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs as Minnesota had its three-game winning streak snapped.
Minnesota opened scoring in the top of the first, as Miranda laced a one-out triple off Texas starter Tyler Mahle. Trevor Larnach then doubled, giving the Twins a 1-0 lead.
Jeffers followed with his 19th homer of the season, a 401-foot shot that put Minnesota up 3-0.
The Twins added to their lead in the top of the third. Willi Castro led off with a single, followed by Larnach’s one-out single. After Mahle’s wild pitch advanced both runners, Jeffers singled to left, scoring Castro.
Mahle was replaced by Gerson Garabito after three innings of four-run, six-hit ball. In his third start of the season, Mahle struck out one and walked none.
Texas threatened in the bottom of the sixth. Lopez allowed a leadoff double to Garcia before hitting Nathaniel Lowe with a pitch. After Jung grounded out, Lopez retired Wyatt Langford and Carson Kelly to end the inning. After 107 pitches, Lopez was replaced by Jorge Alcala.
Leody Taveras slashed a single off Alcala to begin the bottom of the seventh, before Semien drove in the Rangers’ first run on a double to right-center. Corey Seager then doubled, cutting Texas’ deficit to 4-2. After Josh Smith flew out, Garcia tied the game with a two-run homer, his 21st of the year.
Lowe struck out before Jung’s fourth home run of the season gave Texas a 5-4 advantage. Alcala was replaced by Trevor Richards after five runs and five hits in just two-thirds of an inning.
Carlos Santana led off the ninth with his 18th homer of the season, tying the game against Texas’ Kirby Yates. Minnesota’s Griffin Jax worked a perfect bottom of the ninth, sending the game to extras.
From there, Chafin retired Castro on a flyout, which sent Edouard Julien to third. With Miranda batting, Seager threw Julien out at home. Chafin then struck out Christian Vazquez to end the inning.