Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

9-4, 3-3 Away

Final
6 - 2

Chicago Cubs

9-6, 4-4 Home

Seager homers twice as Rangers avoid a sweep in Chicago, beat Cubs 6-2

Josh Jung, Adolis Garcia belt back-to-back RBI hits for Rangers

The two-time World Series MVP opened the game with a solo shot to left-center, and then lined another solo home run to right field in the seventh to put the Rangers up five. It was Seager’s 18th career game with multiple home runs and his first since August 19, 2024.

Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle (2-0) held Chicago to just two hits in seven innings. The right-hander allowed one earned run and lowered his season ERA to 1.32.

Shota Imanaga (2-1, 2.70 ERA) picked up the loss for Chicago, allowing a season-high five earned runs in five innings. The Japanese-born lefty struck out four while giving up seven hits, including two home runs.

Chicago had won seven of its last eight entering the series finale.

Seiya Suzuki hit a triple and subsequently scored in the fourth inning, and then had an RBI single in the ninth.

Key moment With the game knotted at one, Texas unleashed a four-run fifth inning to pull ahead for good. Jonah Heim slugged a two-run homer to deep left-center, breaking the tie, and Josh Jung added an RBI double. Adolis García hit a single into the centerfield gap, scoring Jung and giving the Rangers a 5-1 lead.

Key stat Chicago was just 4 for 31 at the plate. Entering the ninth inning, the Cubs had just two hits.

Up next The Cubs are set to head to Los Angeles for a three-game series against the Dodgers on Friday. Chicago was 0-2 against the Dodgers in a season-opening series in Tokyo, Japan. The Rangers are scheduled to continue their road trip on Friday in Seattle.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Swanson flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Busch flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Suzuki to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Suzuki singled to right, Happ scored.
	9th Inning	Jackson relieved R. Garcia
	9th Inning	Tucker flied out to right, Happ to third.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	31
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
23	Fly Balls	19
1	Caught Stealing	0
123	Pitches	121
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	6
38	Plate Appearances	32
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
6.2	Runs Created	0.2
.297	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.568	Slugging Percentage	.194
.270	Secondary Average	.097
.316	On Base Percentage	.156
.883	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.350
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
6.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.2
46.0	Batter Rating	14.5
12.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.270	Isolated Power	.065
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
-.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
12.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
94.8	MLB Rating	65.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0