García, Calhoun each hit 2 homers, Rangers beat Red Sox 7-1

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García and Kole Calhoun each hit two home runs, Martin Perez pitched six strong innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-1 on Sunday.

Texas trailed 1-0 and didn't have a hit until Calhoun led off the bottom of the fifth with an opposite-field homer into the visitors’ bullpen in left-center.

García broke the 1-1 tie with two out and two men on base in the sixth. He hit an 0-1 pitch from Boston's Ryan Brasier, took 10 steps down the first base line while watching the ball disappear into the right-center field bullpen, dropped his bat and broke into a trot.

Two pitches later, Calhoun sent another homer the other way.

García added a two-run homer in the eighth to tie his career high with five RBIs.

The home runs were the first for Texas in the three-game series. The Red Sox won the first two against the Rangers but haven't won more than two in a row this season.

Perez (2-2) allowed five hits and struck out seven. He has an ERA of 0.84 over his five most recent starts.

Perez held the Red Sox scoreless until two were out in the top of the fifth inning. Kiké Hernández looped a single into right-center field, and Rafael Devers sent Hernández home with a one-hop double off the center field fence.

Devers, Perez's teammate with Boston in 2020 and '21, had three of the five hits allowed by the left-hander — two doubles and a single.

Marcus Semien ended his 0-for-27 drought with a double down the left-field line in the Rangers' four-run sixth inning.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rangers: C Mitch Garver (elbow) has been hitting for two days. Garver is eligible to come off the injured list Thursday and could return at DH or at first base, manager Chris Woodward said.

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