Texas Rangers' Wyatt Langford runs to third base on a ground ball triple during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Monday, June 3, 2024, in Arlington, Texas.It was the 11th cycle in Rangers history and just the second by a rookie. Oddibe McDowell, like Langford a first-rounder who rocketed through the minor league system, is the only other Ranger rookie to accomplish it. He did it 39 years ago, in 1985, in his 59th major league game.
After a fly ball out in the second, Langford began the pursuit by knocking off the hardest element first. In the fourth inning, he lined a ball into the enlarged left field power alley that rattled around and allowed him to race into third with his fourth triple of the season. An inning later, he pulled off his favorite trick, turning a routine single into a double with his speed. He bounced a ball through the right side and kept hustling, beating Anthony Santander’s throw to second.
When he came up in the eighth against Matt Krook with two on, he took a ball in the dirt, then got a cutter up and in. He was able to turn on it quickly, launching the ball 404 feet at 107 mph for a three-run homer. Langford, who missed more than three weeks with a strained hamstring in May, has gotten on the kind of hot stretch the Rangers expected coming out of spring training. Over his last 12 games, he’s 16 for 45 . For June, he slashed .311/.373/.537/.910 with 22 RBIs and six stolen bases in six attempts.Evan Grant
, Rangers beat writer/insider. Evan has covered the Rangers since 1997. He has twice been named one of the top 10 beat writers in the country by the AP Sports Editors. His passions outside of covering baseball are his wife, Gina, his two step kids, two crazy dogs & barbecue. Let's not discuss the cat. Evan graduated from Georgia State University, but oddly is a Georgia fan.
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