Garcia sets rookie HR record in 7-6 Rangers win over Angels

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis Garcia set a Rangers rookie record for home runs and RBIs and Brock Holt put Texas ahead for the first time with a two-run double in the eighth inning of a series-clinching 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday.

Shohei Ohtani, the two-way All-Star for Los Angeles who is done pitching this season, got his 99th RBI on his AL-leading eighth triple as the Angels batted around in a five-run first inning.

The 100-loss Rangers hadn't even been tied in the game before Holt's double to right off Jimmy Herget (2-3), a right-hander who pitched in four games earlier this season for Texas. That came after Nick Solak's one-out walk and a double by DJ Peters, who had earlier hit his 13th homer.

Peters had a three-run homer in the third, and Garcia's 31st homer was a two-run blast in the fifth that went over 400 feet into the Rangers bullpen in right-center and pushed the All-Star outfielder’s RBI total to 90.

It was the first homer for Garcia in 14 games since he tied Pete Incaviglia’s rookie record of 30 homers in 1986. Garcia drove in two runs in the series opener Tuesday to match the 88 RBIs that Incaviglia had in his rookie season.

Spencer Patton (2-2), the fourth Texas pitcher, threw two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Joe Barlow worked a 1-2-3 ninth against the heart of the Angels lineup for his 11th save in 12 chances, and his eighth save in September.

Ohtani finished 2 for 5 after leading off the ninth with an opposite-field flyout to the warning track in left, and is hitting .259 with three games remaining. He also had a hustling double on a slow grounder through the left side of the infield, and he scored another run to give him 101 for the season. The previous night, Ohtani became the first AL player ever to reach 45...

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