Giants beat Rangers 7-3 despite starter Smyly's injury

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Donovan Solano hit a two-run single for an early lead and the San Francisco Giants overcame an injury to starting pitcher Drew Smyly to beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 Saturday night.

Smyly experienced discomfort in his left index finger while pitching to Rob Refsnyder leading off the fifth. The lefty was pulled and will have an MRI on Sunday.

“It happened on a pitch,” manager Gabe Kapler said.

Caleb Baragar (2-0) later recorded the final out in the inning.

Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor left the game in the bottom of the third with right oblique tightness.

Todd Frazier hit a two-run single in the first for Texas and Evan Longoria's two-run double tied it in the bottom half.

Solano's single made it 4-2 in the third.

Mike Yastrzemski drew a bases-loaded walk — one of his four free passes — in the sixth to give the Giants insurance and Solano singled in another run in the eighth.

Jordan Lyles (0-1) walked five and allowed four runs on three hits in four innings making his first start of the year for Texas.

The Rangers will try to avoid a sweep Sunday after losing 9-2 on Friday, which started a six-game stop in the Bay Area. Texas is set to play in Oakland next week.

"It wasn’t our best game. It’s frustrating when you have 11 walks and a hit by pitch,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward said.

The Giants are 14-3 against the Rangers in San Francisco, and also beat them in both home game during the 2010 World Series.

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With Smyly's untimely exit, San Francisco has now gone its initial nine games without a starting pitcher completing five innings, the longest such streak to start a season in major league history, according to STATS.

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