The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Saturday, September 26, at Target Field in Minneapolis. The victory improved the Rangers' record to 80-81, while the Twins fell to 76-85. Attendance at the venue was 28,491.
The Rangers took an early lead and maintained their advantage throughout the contest, capitalizing on extra-base hits and defensive miscues to outscore the home side. The Twins managed to add two runs in the bottom halves of the first and eighth innings, but the Rangers' offensive surge in the second and fourth frames proved decisive.
Robert Garcia earned the win in relief, pitching 1.2 innings while allowing one hit, one earned run, and no walks. Jakob Junis followed with a scoreless inning, allowing one hit with no walks. Tyler Alexander pitched one inning, surrendering two hits and one earned run while striking out one batter.
Jacob Latz closed the game, retiring all three batters he faced with three strikeouts and no hits or walks. For the Twins, Bailey Ober started the game and pitched five innings, allowing 10 hits and six earned runs while walking one and striking out five. Travis Adams pitched two innings, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out four.
Taylor Rogers pitched one inning, allowing one hit and striking out one. Yoendrys Gomez pitched the final inning, striking out one batter without allowing a hit or a walk. The Rangers' scoring sequence began in the top of the first inning when Keaschall scored on a groundout.
In the top of the second, Jansen singled to left, allowing Lopez to score on an error. Jansen then advanced to second on a throwing error. Carter doubled to right, scoring Jansen.
