The Rangers beat the Giants 6-0 on August 5, one night after stopping their slide with a walk-off win.
Texas broke the game open in the third inning. Brandon Nimmo started the scoring with an RBI single, Justin Foscue followed with a two-run triple, and Elias Díaz added an RBI double to make it a four-run inning.
Nimmo added a solo homer in the fifth, giving Texas another run after the game had already tilted toward the Rangers.
Cody Bradford gave Texas 4.1 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts, and the bullpen finished the shutout from there.
What It Means
The Rangers improve to 57-58. The Giants fall to 43-72.
BaseChaser lists Texas at 42.7% to make the playoffs. San Francisco remains at 0.0%.
That is the important part for Texas. A few days ago, the Rangers looked like they were sliding out of the frame. Now they have stacked two wins and pushed themselves back into the middle of the race.
The board is still tight, but Texas finally gave itself some room again.
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