Rangers' Wyatt Langford: Walks it off with grand slam
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Langford went 1-for-5 with a walk-off grand slam in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Yankees.
The Rangers were able to load the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Langford delivered a grand slam for his first career walk-off homer. He's up to 10 homers this year, four of which he's swatted over his last 17 games. In that span, he's gone 17-for-61 (.279) with 16 RBI, 11 runs scored and a stolen base. The rookie outfielder has a .243/.313/.382 slash line with 60 RBI, 52 runs scored and 12 steals over 111 contests.
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Rangers' Wyatt Langford: Swats homer in loss
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Langford went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a double in Monday's loss to the Yankees.
Langford brought Texas to within four runs with his two-run blast in the seventh inning. The multi-hit effort was his first in over a week -- the rookie outfielder had gone 3-for-20 over his previous six games. Langford hasn't lived up to the hype that carried many Rookie of the Year predictions prior to the start of the season, but he hasn't completely withered in his first foray against major-league pitching, slashing .244/.314/.377 with nine homers, 56 RBI, 51 runs and 12 stolen bases along with a mature 20.6 percent strikeout rate through 452 plate appearances.
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Rangers' Wyatt Langford: Sitting down Saturday
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Langford is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the A's.
Langford has gone 0-for-7 over his last two games and 2-for-17 over his last five, so this looks like a day to regroup. Travis Jankowski will start in left field and bat eighth against right-hander Joey Estes.
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Rangers' Wyatt Langford: Homers in Wednesday's win
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Langford went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the White Sox.
Langford got the Rangers on the board in the fourth inning with his first homer since Aug. 14. Over his last 12 games, the rookie outfielder is batting .310 (13-for-42) with nine RBI. He's up to a .245/.313/.372 slash line with eight homers, 53 RBI, 12 stolen bases, 49 runs scored, 18 doubles and four triples over 435 plate appearances this season.
Rangers' Wyatt Langford: Three hits in blowout loss
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Langford went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Saturday's 13-5 loss to the Guardians.
Langford has three multi-hit efforts over his last nine games, going 11-for-32 (.344) in that span. Only two of those hits have been for extra bases, but he's still managed to rack up six RBI. The outfielder is now slashing .246/.314/.369 with seven home runs, 12 stolen bases, 50 RBI, 47 runs scored, 18 doubles and four triples over 103 contests this season.
Langford went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a stolen base in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Pirates.
After eight-and-half innings of a scoreless tie, Langford delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth for the walk-off win. It gave the Rangers their first series win since a sweep of the White Sox in July. The rookie outfielder earlier stole his 12th base of the season and is batting .243/.313/.679 with seven home runs, 50 RBI and 45 runs scored over 101 games.
Langford is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates.
Langford will take a seat Tuesday after starting the previous 14 games, and he posted a .595 OPS during that span. Josh Smith will shift to left field while Jonah Heim receives a turn at designated hitter.
