The Rangers avoided being swept by manager Bruce Bochy's former team with a 7-2 win over the Giants on Sunday.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Marcus Semien launched a two-run homer after getting hit in the helmet by a pitch, Adolis GarcÃa stole home and the Texas Rangers avoided being swept by manager Bruce Bochy's former team with a 7-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.The first pitch thrown by Giants starter Keaton Winn was a 94.5 mph fastball that knocked Semien's helmet off his head.'Not how you want to start the game.
The right-hander struck out seven over 4 1/3 innings, but allowed seven runs on six hits, two walks and the hit batsman.'It definitely rattled me a little bit. Anytime you do something that you don't mean to do like that, especially hit a guy in the head, it kind of shook me a little bit,' Winn said.He acknowledged he was a little surprised Semien came out swinging his second time up.
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