The 8% jump outpaced the league average of 4% and ranked the Rangers No. 12 in Forbes' list.
DETROIT — Leody Taveras scored the winning run on a fielder’s choice in the eighth inning and added an RBI single in the ninth to lead theTaveras doubled with one out advanced to third on Marcus Semien’s fielder’s choice grounder and scored on Corey Seager's grounder that broke a 7-all tie. Taveras added an insurce run with a two-out hit in the ninth.
Jose Leclerc got the win in relief for Texas, which won three out of four games in Detroit. Kirby Yates, who picked up the win on Wednesday, earned his second save with a perfect ninth innning.The game marked the major league debut of Texas starter Jack Leiter, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 draft. He was brought up from Triple A Round Rock, where he was 1-1 with 25 strikeouts and three walks in 14 innings over three appearances.
Adolis Garcia homered to give the Rangers the lead in a two-run third, and Texas added another run in the fourth when Semien doubled and reached third on an error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Seager.Texas Rangers' Adolis García celebrates his home run against the Detroit Tigers in the third inning of a baseball game.
Leiter’s day ended in the bottom of the fourth. With two out and two on, Kerry Carpenter drove home both runners with a triple to center field, then scored on a double by Spencer Torkelson.To make room for Leiter, the Rangers optioned pitcher Grant Anderson to Round Rock.The Rangers moved LHP Brock Burke from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list.The Rangers begin a weekend series at Atlanta on Friday. LHP Andrew Heaney , will start against Atlanta’s Chris Sale .
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