Rangers rally past Blue Jays to win series, handing Toronto 6th loss in 9 games
Texas erases 6-0 deficit en route to 11-7 home victory
Corey Seager and Ezequiel Duran each had four hits, and the Texas Rangers beat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 11-7 on Sunday.
Seager drove in three runs and Duran scored three times as Texas erased a 6-0 deficit on its way to the win in the rubber game of the weekend set. Leody Taveras added three hits and three RBIs, including a tiebreaking single in the fifth inning and a two-run homer in the seventh.
Duran and Taveras served as the Nos. 8 and 9 hitters in a lineup that finished with 15 hits in the team's biggest comeback victory of the season.
Whit Merrifield and Bo Bichette each had two RBIs for Toronto in its sixth loss in nine games. George Springer had two hits and scored two runs.
Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt was charged with five runs, three earned, and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.
It was the Jays' largest blown lead since July 2019, when they led Tampa Bay 8-1 and lost 10-9.
"They did a lot of damage at the bottom of the order," Jays manager John Schneider said. "You can't let good offenses kind of get rolling like that."
Four Texas relievers combined for 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball after Jon Gray struggled. John King (1-0) pitched 3 1/3 hitless innings for the win for the AL West leaders.
4-hit game for Corey! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StraightUpTX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StraightUpTX</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZKFHc2g80T">pic.twitter.com/ZKFHc2g80T</a>
—@RangersBut Texas scored three times in the fourth on Seager's two-run double and an RBI single by Adolis Garcia. The Rangers then went ahead to stay with three more in the fifth.
Jonah Heim tied it at 6 with his ninth homer. Taveras singled home Mitch Garver, and Marcus Semien's sacrifice fly lifted the Rangers to an 8-6 lead.
Taveras' two-run shot in the eighth against Adam Cimber was his sixth homer this month and No. 8 on the season.
Texas scored in double figures for a major league-high 17th time. It is averaging a majors-best 6.11 runs per game.
Nate Pearson (4-1) got the loss, recording two outs and allowing three runs and three hits.
Blue Jays designated hitter Spencer Horwitz had a hit, two walks and an RBI in his major league debut. Recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on Friday, the 2019 draftee singled in his first at-bat.
Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk left in the second inning with a left hand laceration and contusion after being hit by a pitch.
The Blue Jays' three-city road trip ends in Miami, with right-hander Jose Berrios (7-4, 3.28 ERA) going for his sixth straight win in Monday's series opener.
