Reyes' 451-foot homer leads Indians past Rangers 7-2

CLEVELAND (AP) — Franmil Reyes drove a 451-foot home run into the left field bleachers — one of four solo homers hit by Cleveland — and the Indians beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Wednesday night.

Reyes’ blast off Wes Benjamin in the seventh landed about two-thirds of the way up the bleachers and was his 23rd of the season, capping a big night for Cleveland’s offense.

Reyes has homered three times in his last six games after going through an extended slump.

”It’s good to see that he’s kind of breaking out of it and with that threat of the home run, you’re always kind of in the game if you get some men on base in front of him," interim manager DeMarlo Hale said.

Yu Chang homered for the second straight game and drove in two runs. Óscar Mercado and Austin Hedges also homered off left-hander Jake Latz, who gave up three home runs in his major league debut.

Latz (0-1) took the rotation spot of right-hander Dane Dunning, who became the sixth Rangers player to be placed on the COVID-19 injured list.

Mercado homered to the bleachers in left with one out in the second. Chang’s towering fly ball barely cleared the wall in right with one down in the fifth. Hedges homered around the foul pole in left two batters later.

Zach Plesac (8-4) dodged trouble in each of the first five innings before giving up Jason Martin’s two-run homer in the sixth that cut Cleveland’s lead to 3-2.

Andy Ibañez drew a one-out walk in the sixth and Martin followed with his homer to right on an 0-2 pitch. Plesac was pulled after Jose Trevino’s two-out double, but James Karinchak struck out Yonny Hernández.

Plesac allowed two runs and scattered eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out DJ Peters with the bases loaded to end the third and Texas stranded eight runners in the first six...

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