Marcus Semien homered and scored twice in his return to the lineup and Nathan Eovaldi worked seven innings and won his seventh straight decision as the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 to avoid a three-game sweep.

Marcus Semien homered and scored twice in his return to the lineup and Nathan Eovaldi worked seven innings and won his seventh straight decision as the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 to avoid a three-game sweep.

With his team in need of a spark and his wrist at about 70 percent, Semien declared himself ready to return. He picked up where he’d left off, clubbing another two-run shot that

It’s been some time since the Rangers enjoyed a comfortable blowout win where the outcome seemed ready to print in the win column long before the final out. Today, thanks to four home runs and 15 overall hits from the lineup, Texas prevented the Blue Jays from completing a weekend sweep in Canada.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/rangers as Rangers Ace, Explosive Offense Prevents Pivotal Weekend Sweep in Finale.

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The Texas Rangers’ Nathan Eovaldi took the lowest ERA in the majors (minimum 115 innings) to the mound Sunday and shut down the Blue Jays for seven innings in a 10-4 Texas win at the Rogers Centre that kept the Jays from what would have been their 10th series sweep of the season.

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The Texas Rangers finished a six-game week against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-4 record, three late-game meltdowns, two position players injured and one big bad blowout loss.

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