ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nate Lowe homered twice and padded his franchise document for RBIs to start out the season with 4 extra, main the Texas Rangers to a 7-Four victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday evening.
Lowe was the primary Texas participant to go deep in entrance of the house followers at Globe Life Area, lining a two-run shot into the Toronto bullpen in left-center area for a 2-1 lead within the first inning.
Ronald Guzman and Jonah Heim additionally went deep for the Rangers of their first four-homer recreation of their year-old ballpark. It was additionally the primary six-homer recreation within the common season, with Toronto’s Bo Bichette connecting twice.
There have been 18,585 followers a day after the Rangers welcomed 38,238 for his or her house opener, turning into the primary main American professional sports activities workforce to fill a stadium because the coronavirus shutdown of sports activities greater than a yr in the past. Texas opened the $1.2 billion retractable roof stadium final season, when followers weren’t allowed in in the course of the common season.
Lowe’s third homer of the season was a two-run drive to middle within the third. His 14 RBIs by 5 video games are essentially the most in franchise historical past and essentially the most within the majors since Chris Davis had 17 for Baltimore within the first 5 video games of 2013.
Dane Dunning (1-0) retired his final 10 batters in his Texas debut, permitting Bichette’s first-inning solo homer whereas hanging out six in 5 innings.
Toronto’s Tanner Roark allowed three homers — the opposite was by Guzman main off the second. The appropriate-hander has surrendered seven lengthy balls in his previous two begins towards Texas, the membership that drafted him in 2008. Roark (0-1) gave up 5 runs in three innings, dropping to 0-5 in his profession towards the Rangers.
Bichette’s second solo shot got here off Matt Bush to get Toronto inside 6-Four within the eighth earlier than Ian Kennedy pitched an ideal ninth for his first save with Texas.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: C Danny Jansen didn’t begin however was accessible off the bench a day after taking a foul tip off the within of his proper knee within the collection opener. Supervisor Charlie Montoyo stated the hope is for Jansen to return because the starter Wednesday.
Rangers: RHP Brett Martin (decrease again tightness) is anticipated to pitch two innings Wednesday in an alternate-site recreation towards the Astros on the Rangers’ Triple-A house in Spherical Rock.
SPRINGER UPDATE
Middle fielder George Springer, who began the season on the injured checklist with a strained left indirect muscle, stays on schedule to make his Toronto debut Thursday within the Blue Jays’ house opener towards the LA Angels in Dunedin, Florida. The previous Houston star took dwell batting apply early Tuesday.
“It’s an enormous step for me each bodily and in my very own thoughts,” stated Springer, the 2017 World Collection MVP who signed a $150 million, six-year contract within the offseason. “Clearly I’ve to see what occurs, see how my physique responds.”
UP NEXT
The collection finale Wednesday is a matchup of opening-day starters in Toronto’s Hyun Jin Ryu and Kyle Gibson of the Rangers. Each acquired no-decisions. The lefty Ryu allowed two runs in 5 1/three innings. Gibson acquired only one out within the shortest opening-day begin in Washington/Texas franchise historical past and the shortest within the majors in 39 years. The appropriate-hander allowed 5 runs after taking the mound with a 5-Zero lead.
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