Garcia went 2-for-4 with a double, five RBI and a run scored in an 8-0 win over the White Sox on Saturday.
Garcia came up to bat with the bases loaded on two occasions, and he delivered with a two-RBI single in the third followed by a bases-clearing double in the seventh to blow the game wide open. The five-RBI performance now gives him 70 RBI on the season. Garcia is slashing an excellent .296/.367/.500 over the past 15 days. The 29-year-old slugger will look to pass his career-high 90 RBI total from last season with more quality situational hitting down the stretch.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Not starting Tuesday
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Garcia is on the bench for Tuesday's game against the Orioles.
Garcia has hit .298 with three home runs, four doubles and 12 RBI in 12 games since the All-Star break. He sits Tuesday while Kole Calhoun plays right field and Nick Solak plays left.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Doubles twice in loss
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Mariners.
Garcia continues to rake, hitting in eight straight games going back to before the All-Star break. The outfielder is 13-for-31 (.419) with six extra-base hits, 10 RBI and six runs scored during that stretch. Garcia leads the Rangers in extra-base hits (41), RBI (61), slugging (.473) and runs scored (55).
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Extends hit streak with homer
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Garcia went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Mariners.
Garcia's hitting streak is up to seven games (11-for-27), and he's swatted three homers in that span. It's his third streak of at least seven games since the start of June, as the outfielder has found more consistency at the plate. He's slashing .249/.294/.467 with 18 long balls, 59 RBI, 54 runs scored and 14 stolen bases in 17 tries through 91 contests this year.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Perfect day at plate
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Garcia went 4-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, three runs scored, a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's 11-8 win over Oakland.
Garcia started his massive day with a two-run blast in the first inning. He scored runs in the third and fifth before adding an RBI single in the sixth. The 29-year-old outfielder boosted his season slash line to .248/.292/.460 with 38 extra-base hits and 58 RBI through 90 games. After an 18-game homerless drought, Garcia has gone 8-for-17 (.471) with two long balls over his last four contests.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Snaps drought
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Garcia went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and a second run scored in Thursday's 8-0 win over the Marlins.
Garcia's fifth-inning blast was his first home run since June 25, a span of 19 games, and the multi-hit effort was his first in two weeks. The outfielder worked on his timing over the All-Star break, per Paige Leckie of MLB.com, and the results were immediate. "He seemed like he was in his legs a little more," Texas manager Chris Woodward said. "He knew that this was going to be a big break for him just to get off his feet, but also get back to work a little bit." Over the two-and-a-half weeks leading up to the break, Garcia had slashed .125/.206/.179 with just two RBI in 14 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Day off Wednesday
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Garcia isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Athletics.
Garcia will get a breather after he hit just .136 with a triple, a run, a stolen base, two walks and nine strikeouts over the last five games. Kole Calhoun is starting in right field while Charlie Culberson enters the lineup at second base.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Snaps mini-slump
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Garcia went 3-for-4 with a triple in Friday's 6-5 win over the Twins.
None of Garcia's three hits produced runs for the Rangers -- not even his fourth triple of the season -- but they were meaningful for the outfielder, who snapped an 0-for-12 skid and was 1-for-19 to start July. Garcia is coming off a smoldering June, when he slashed .314/.348/.581 with seven home runs, five doubles, one triple, 18 RBI, six steals and 19 runs over 26 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Not in Wednesday's lineup
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Garcia isn't starting Wednesday against the Orioles.
Garcia is getting a rare day off after he went just 1-for-19 with a double, two RBI, a run, a stolen base, two walks and eight strikeouts over the last five games. Kole Calhoun will shift to right field while Brad Miller draws the start in left.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Hits walkoff blast
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Garcia went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Saturday.
Garcia led off the bottom of the ninth with a home run to give the Rangers a walkoff victory. The 29-year-old outfielder only started receiving regular playing time last season after making the Rangers out of spring training and he is making a reputation for himself in the big leagues as a viable power hitter. He hit 31 home runs in his rookie campaign last year and is on pace to break that career high this season. Garcia's bat has been sizzling as of late, evidenced by a .318/.351/.602 slash line in June.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Swipes 11th bag
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Garcia went 1-for-4 with a run, an RBI and a stolen base in a 7-3 loss Sunday in Detroit.
Garcia reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored in the fourth and added an RBI single in the fifth. He has hit third in the lineup in 10 straight games, hitting .400/.444/.700 with three homers and four steals in that span. The 29-year-old leads the Rangers in nearly every offensive category and is on pace to have a better season than last year's All-Star campaign.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Scores three times in loss
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Garcia went 3-for-4 with a triple, a solo homer and three total runs scored in Saturday's loss to Detroit.
Garcia launched a solo home run in the first inning to give the Rangers a short-lived lead. He picked up a triple in the top of the sixth, but he scored on the play thanks to a throwing error. The outfielder has continued to swing a hot bat with six multi-hit games in his last 10. The three runs Saturday were the most he has scored in a single game this season, and the three-hit outing raised his batting average to .253. Garcia is slashing .324/.365/.588 in June.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Picks up two RBI in win
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Garcia went 1-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in Friday's victory over Detroit.
Garcia's RBI double Friday gives him at least one hit in eight of his last nine games, including five multi-hit games. During that span, the outfielder has raised his batting average from .220 to .245. Although Garcia has seen his average climb, he also has eight strikeouts in his last nine games, somewhat limiting his upside.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Reaches five times
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Garcia went 3-for-4 with two walks, a stolen base and a run scored in an 8-6 victory Sunday over the White Sox.
Garcia reached five times Sunday and stole a base and scored a run in the 12th inning. It was his fourth straight multi-hit effort and the 11th time he's done so in his last 20 games, while he's hitting .310/.341/.571 in that span with six homers and five stolen bases. He has a reasonable chance to join the 20-20 club this season after hitting 32 homers and swiping 16 bags a year ago.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Hits three-run homer
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Garcia went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer, a walk and a pair of runs scored Saturday against the White Sox.
Garcia brought the Rangers to within one run with his three-run shot off Lucas Giolito in the fifth inning. He later singled and scored on a Kole Calhoun double in the seventh. Garcia now has two hits in each of his last three contests. He's homered twice over that stretch and six times in his last 13 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Goes deep, steals base in loss
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a stolen base in Friday's 8-3 loss to the White Sox.
Garcia briefly gave Texas the lead with his sixth-inning homer off of Davis Martin. He later singled and swiped second base in the eighth. The 29-year-old outfielder has four steals and four long balls over his last 10 games. On the year, Garcia is slashing .230/.268/.447 with 23 extra-base hits, eight stolen bases and 37 RBI.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Opens scoring with homer
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Garcia went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Mariners.
Garcia hit the first of the Rangers' four homers Sunday, a second-inning blast off Mariners rookie George Kirby. For the first time this year, Garcia has gone yard in consecutive games. The outfielder has four homers in his last eight contests, and he's up to 10 on the year. He's added a .229/.266/.448 slash line with 36 RBI, 29 runs scored, six stolen bases, two triples and 10 doubles in 51 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Provides offense in win
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Garcia went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and two strikeouts in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Mariners.
Garcia opened the scoring in the fourth inning, and his three-run blast was all the Rangers needed for the win. He's gone yard three times in his last seven games, and he has seven RBI in that span. The outfielder hasn't hit for a great average (.228), but he's picked up eight multi-hit efforts in his last 17 contests. Overall, he's added nine homers, two triples, 10 doubles, 35 RBI, 28 runs scored and six stolen bases in 50 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Notches sixth steal
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Garcia went 1-for-5 with a stolen base and an RBI in Wednesday's loss to the Rays.
Garcia struck out three times in the contest, but he salvaged a respectable fantasy line with an eighth-inning stolen base and a run-scoring single in the 10th. This was the second straight game during which the outfielder stole a base, and he is up to six thefts on the season. He's batting only .226, but the steals total and his eight homers and 32 RBI have kept him relevant in most fantasy formats.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Homers, swipes bag
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and a stolen base in a 3-0 win Tuesday over the Rays.
Garcia capped off the three-run fourth inning with a two-run blast off Ryan Yarbrough. He added a stolen base in the eighth. It was his fifth two-hit performance in his last seven contests, and he's gone 10-for-31 with six extra-base hits in that span.
