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Garcia also had an RBI single and Smith and
Marcus Semien each had two of the six hits for the Rangers, who
have won three games in a row and 10 of their past 14.
Gray (5-4) retired the final 15 batters he faced to improve to
2-0 in his past three outings. He needed just eight pitches to
retire the side in order in the seventh inning and benefited
from shortstop Jonathan Ornelas' sterling defensive play in the
eighth. Ornelas went deep in the hole before making a jump throw
to nab Tommy Pham at first base.
Josh Sborz got Luis Robert Jr. to fly out to shallow center
field to end the eighth inning. Sborz yielded Andrew
Benintendi's leadoff homer in the ninth before Kirby Yates
retired the only two batters he faced to secure his 18th save of
the season.
Benintendi's homer, which sailed just inside the right field
foul pole, was his eighth of the season.
Andrew Vaughn had an RBI single in the third inning for the
White Sox, who mustered just five hits and went 1-for-6 with
runners in scoring position en route to their ninth straight
loss.
Texas grabbed an early advantage in the first inning, as
Garcia's two-out single to right field off Garrett Crochet (6-7)
plated Robbie Grossman for the game's first run. Smith came home
on the double steal with Garcia to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead.
Chicago halved its deficit in the third inning after Korey Lee
doubled and came around to score on Vaughn's two-out single to
left field off Gray.
The Rangers got their two-run edge back in the eighth inning
after Semien singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and
scored on Smith's double to right field.
Crochet took the loss after permitting two runs on four hits and
two walks while striking out seven in four innings.
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