ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager definitely made the Arizona Diamondbacks pay after they did pitch to him.
For the second recreation in a row, Seager homered on the primary pitch of the following at-bat after getting deliberately walked and the reigning champion Texas Rangers swept a fast two-game rematch of final yr’s World Collection.
“When he is scorching, he barrels up something thrown close to the zone,” Diamondbacks supervisor Torey Lovullo mentioned.
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Seager homered for the eighth time in eight video games, Dane Dunning threw 5 scoreless innings and the Rangers received 6-1 on Wednesday.
The Diamondbacks deliberately walked Seager with two outs and an open base within the third after the Rangers had taken a 1-0 lead on Jonah Heim’s RBI double. When Seager got here up with a runner on and two outs within the fifth, the World Collection MVP lined a 97.7 mph inside cutter on the primary pitch into the right-field seats to make it 4-0.
“Extraordinarily spectacular,” Dunning mentioned.
“I imply he is carrying us, he is attempting to hold us via that powerful stretch,” Rangers supervisor Bruce Bochy mentioned. “I do not know what else to say. He is simply an unimaginable hitter.”
Reigning World Collection champion Texas (27-29) received its third recreation in a row since dropping 5 consecutive collection. The Diamondbacks (25-30) have misplaced seven of their final 11 video games.
Arizona had tried the identical factor Tuesday night time, when Seager was given a free go with two outs within the third, then hit a go-ahead three-run homer within the fifth for the ultimate runs in a 4-2 victory.
“We’re simply taking part in good baseball,” mentioned Seager, who by no means actually likes to speak about himself. “Hitting’s contagious. … and it is simply beginning to roll.”
Seager has 13 homers total, with 4 up to now three video games. He went deep twice in a collection finale victory at Minnesota on Sunday, which ended the Rangers’ season-worst six-game dropping streak and got here a day after he did not homer for the one time since Might 19. The shortstop is hitting .260 and has 29 RBI in his 51 video games this season.
Texas has gone deep in an MLB-high 13 video games in a row, with 19 homers in that span. Seager has 9 of these, together with one within the Might 14 recreation towards Cleveland that began that crew streak.
