Texas beat San Diego 4-3 on June 21, with Wyatt Langford and Josh Jung driving in the Rangers' runs.
Langford opened the scoring in the third inning with a three-run homer off Lucas Giolito's first pitch. The ball traveled 403 feet with a 105.4 mph exit velocity. Kyle Higashioka and Nicky Lopez scored on the play.
San Diego answered in the fourth. Jackson Merrill doubled to start the inning and later scored on Gavin Sheets' RBI single. Xander Bogaerts added an RBI single, and Sung-Mun Song doubled to right to tie the game at 3-3.
Texas took the lead back in the bottom of the fourth. Nicky Lopez singled with one out and moved to third on Langford's base hit. Josh Jung lined an RBI single to left, scoring Lopez to make it 4-3.
Nathan Eovaldi went six innings for Texas, allowing three earned runs with nine strikeouts. Jakob Junis closed it out for his fifth save.
What It Means
Final: Rangers 4, Padres 3.
The Rangers improve to 37-40. The Padres fall to 39-37.
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