ARLINGTON — When you’re slumping — and these Texas Rangers, if only for a few games, were — lean on the cornerstones. The guys brought in to ensure that such...
— reignited a stagnant Rangers offense in a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday at Globe Life Field. Semien hit a 361-foot two-run home run off of the left field foul pole to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning; Seager, one pitch later, matched Semien with a solo home run to right field to make it 4-1.It was just the second time that Semien and Seager had hit back-to-back home runs, and the first time since July 9 of last season.
Semien had been 0 for his last 15 before a sixth-inning single. Let’s consider the go-ahead home run one inning later the real slump buster.swinging the bat well these first couple of months The pitch that Semien did a considerable amount of damage on, for the record, was a near middle-middle change up from Angels relief pitcher Jimmy Herget. Seager’s home run came on a first-pitch low-and-inside slider.
Speaking of broken slumps: the Rangers, through the first two games and seven innings of this series vs. the Angels, hit just 5 for 34 with runners in scoring position. Few instances were more frustrating than in the sixth inning Wednesday when, with the bases loaded and just one out in the inning, Josh Jung and Jonah Heim posted back-to-back strikeouts to strand the runners.
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