Arlington, Texas – – Rowdy Tellez and Joc Pederson dominated, and Merrill Kelly won his first victory with Texas by launching seven formidable rounds while the Rangers beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-0 Sunday to sweep their three -game series.
Kelly (10-7) faced two thick-eighth strikers and withdrew eight, the most of its five departures with Texas since its acquisition in Arizona on July 31.
The Rangers (66-66) won three following games for the first time since Atlanta scan from July 25 to 27. They are back at .500 for the first time since August 14.
This hit a two -point circuit in the fourth, and Wyatt Langford blocked a single two points in the shallow right field. Pederson added a solo shot in the seventh.
The Guardians (64-65) were excluded in eight simple in the last 19 innings of the series and lost four games in a row, falling below 0.500 for the first time since July 29.
Gavin Williams (8-5) granted three points on three strokes and four balls on bullets in 3 1/3 rounds. Williams leads the majors this season with 72 balls on bullets.
Like, a left -handed striker attracted Williams, who leads the majors with an average of the stick of the opponents .146 against the left -handed strikers.
The Rangers have the best era of the Majors team (3.43) while the Guardians have the average of the battlers of the lowest team of the majors (0.225). Cleveland has been excluded the most.
Guardians Rhp Tanner Bibee (9-9, 4.62 ERA) faces Tampa Bay LHP Ian Seymour (1-0, 3.86) on Monday to start a six-game homestand.
Rangers RHP Jacob Degrom (10-5, 2.76 ERA) returns to the rotation on Monday at home against the angels RHP José Soriano (8-9, 4.00) after missing a lap scheduled last Wednesday to manage his workload after shoulder fatigue. Lone All-Star of Texas this season, Degrom has a victory after the break and is 0-3 during its last four departures.
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