Cleveland Guardians at Texas Rangers
Final
Recap
Corey is indeed back in the house. Rangers shortstop Corey Seager announced his return to the Rangers’ lineup Friday night, launching a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning, helping the club to a series-opening 3-2 win over the Guardians at Globe Life Field. Seager, who had been on the injured list since May 18 with lower back inflammation, was set up perfectly in the sixth inning with a leadoff homer from a streaking Kyle Higashioka and a one-out double from Wyatt Langford ahead of him. Langford is also coming off the injured list, having missed the last six weeks with a forearm strain. "It's definitely good to have them back,” Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said. “We were talking on the bench, Rod \[Barajas\
Team stats
7Hits5
1Home runs2
2Walks1
11Strikeouts6
2Stolen bases0
112Pitches thrown161
6Pitching strikeouts11
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Bazzana2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stuart FairchildPH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin HedgesC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauterRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel SchneemannCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle ManzardoDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rhys Hoskins1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brayan RocchioSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David FryPH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven KwanLF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel MartinezPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt FestaP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Parker MessickP | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Shawn ArmstrongP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
