Texas Rangers shut out San Francisco Giants behind strong pitching
ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — The Texas Rangers scored four times in the third inning and cruised to a 6-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday afternoon at Globe Life Park.
Brandon Nimmo singled in Wyatt Langford to open the scoring. Justin Foscue followed with a two-run triple, and Elias Diaz doubled home Foscue. The Rangers added a run in the fifth and made it 6-0 in the eighth on Nicky Lopez’s run-scoring single.
Cody Bradford, the Rangers’ top star, allowed five hits over 4 1/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts. Tyler Alexander earned the win with 1 2/3 hitless innings, and Carson Whisenhunt took the loss for the Giants. San Francisco managed eight hits but left runners stranded.
The win lifted Texas to 57-58, while the Giants fell to 48-67. Attendance was 26,098, and the game lasted 2:34.