Garcia went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and an additional run scored in Thursday's 16-3 win over the Twins.
Garcia's bat continued to come to life since he returned from a multi-day break amid a slump. Thursday's homer was his first since May 24, and he's gone 8-for-29 with three extra-base hits and six RBI over the last eight games. An even better sign is that Garcia's last three hits have gone for extra bases.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Extends hit streak in win
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, a stolen base and two runs scored in Tuesday's 16-4 win over the Twins.
Whatever Garcia did during a mental hiatus worked for him. He's hit in all seven games since returning from the break, going 7-for-21 with three RBI and two steals. He's batted in the lower third of the order since coming back, but if his power stroke returns, expect manager Bruce Bochy to promote Garcia back to the middle of the order.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Getting Sunday off
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Garcia is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.
After he was recently held out of the lineup for four straight games to get a mental break, Garcia had started in right field in each of the ensuing four contests, going 4-for-15 with a stolen base, an RBI and a 0:5 BB:K. Sam Haggerty will spell Garcia in right field.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Hits in four straight
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Garcia went 1-for-3 in Friday's 2-0 loss to the Nationals.
It was a rough night for the Rangers' offense, which managed just two hits and had one runner reach scoring position. The one positive takeaway was Garcia, who hit safely for a fourth consecutive game after taking a multi-game "mental break" amid a season-opening slump.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Returns to lineup
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Garcia will start in right field and bat seventh in Wednesday's game against the Rays.
Garcia was held out of the lineup for each of the previous four contests as he battled through a slump, but he entered Tuesday's 5-1 loss as a pinch hitter and is back in the lineup Wednesday. The 32-year-old is slashing only .211/.258/.372 for Texas this season and could be at risk of losing out on playing time in the outfield to rookie Alejandro Osuna if he's unable to turn things around.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Enters as pinch hitter
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Garcia entered Tuesday's game as a pinch hitter and went 1-for-2 with a run scored in a 5-1 loss to the Rays.
Garcia was held out of the starting lineup for a fourth straight game but pinch hit for Alejandro Osuna and finished the game in right field. Texas manager Bruce Bochy said he was giving the slumping Garcia a mental break, which may have ended with Tuesday's appearance.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Sitting again Tuesday
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Garcia is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rays.
It's the fourth consecutive absence for Garcia after manager Bruce Bochy said Friday that he's giving the outfielder a "mental break." The skipper later indicated that the Rangers will give Garcia as many days off as necessary to help him get back in form, so it's unclear when he'll be back in the lineup. The 32-year-old has a .627 OPS this season but particularly struggled in May with a .189/.224/.333 slash line and 29.6 percent strikeout rate in 26 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Idle for third straight game
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Garcia remains out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.
Garcia will get a third consecutive day off as the Rangers give him an extended break after a rough start to the season. Per Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News, manager Bruce Bochy hasn't indicated that Garcia will be removed from his everyday role in right field, as the Rangers are hoping that the time off will allow the two-time All-Star to make some adjustments at the plate and find his best form. Over his last 15 games, Garcia has slashed .173/.218/.346 and has struck out a 34.5 percent clip. Sam Haggerty will pick up another start in right field Sunday in place of Garcia.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Unclear timeline for return
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Manager Bruce Bochy said after Saturday's 2-0 loss to the Cardinals that the Rangers have developed a plan for Garcia and will give the 32-year-old slugger as many days off as needed to get back in form, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
Saturday marked the second game in a row in which Garcia was not in the Rangers' starting lineup. The veteran outfielder has struggled at the plate this season, and since the beginning of May he's slashed .189/.224/.333 with one steal, three home runs, 12 RBI and a 29.6 percent strikeout rate in 98 plate appearances. Sam Haggerty would likely start in right field again if Garcia is held out of Sunday's series finale.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Receiving mental break
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Manager Bruce Bochy said Garcia's absence from the lineup for Friday's game versus St. Louis is an attempt to provide the outfielder with a "mental break," Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
The 32-year-old would ordinarily occupy a marquee lineup spot against a left-handed starter (Matthew Liberatore), but Bochy is instead opting to give the Garcia some time to reset. The outfielder is batting .122 (5-for-41) with 18 strikeouts in his past 12 contests and has a .627 OPS for the season. Ezequiel Duran, Wyatt Langford and Sam Haggerty will man the outfield from left to right in Friday's series opener.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Sitting Friday
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Garcia is not in Friday's lineup against the Cardinals.
It's notable that the righty-hitting Garcia is getting a day off even with lefty Matthew Liberatore on the hill for St. Louis. Garcia is hitting .189 with three home runs, one steal, a 5.1 percent walk rate and a 29.6 percent strikeout rate in 26 games this month. Sam Haggerty is starting in right field and leading off while Kyle Higashioka gets a start at designated hitter.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Delivers game-winning hit
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Garcia went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox.
Garcia was part of a three-run rally in the top of the ninth inning, when he delivered a two-run double to complete Texas' comeback victory. It was the second straight game with an extra-base hit for Garcia, who leads the Rangers with 27 RBI despite a season-opening slump. The hitting woes prompted manager Bruce Bochy to drop the slugger in the batting order from a cleanup slot to seventh or eighth the last four contests. Garcia is batting .213/.262/.383 over 53 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Slipping down batting order
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Garcia is starting in right field and batting eighth against the White Sox on Saturday.
Garcia has operated out of the cleanup spot in the Rangers' order for much of the season, but he will bat eighth for the second straight game. Since the beginning of May, Garcia has slashed .192/.235/.315 with one steal, two home runs, nine RBI and a 25.9 percent strikeout rate across 81 plate appearances. Wyatt Langford, Josh Jung, Jake Burger and Joc Pederson will operate in the heart of the Rangers' lineup for Saturday's contest.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Cracks sixth homer in win
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 8-3 win over Colorado.
Wednesday marked the 10th multi-hit game of the season by Garcia, who notched his sixth home run of the campaign as well. The veteran outfielder has hit in the cleanup spot in six of Texas' last seven games, but he's batting a mere .185 with two doubles and four RBI during this span. Fantasy managers should remain patient with Garcia, who entered Wednesday with an elite 15.7 percent barrel rate on the season.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Swipes fifth bag in win
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Garcia went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Tigers.
Garcia doubled and scored in the second inning before crossing the plate again after a stolen base in the third. The 32-year-old entered Sunday in an 0-for-11 skid, though he does have three multi-hit efforts across 10 games in May. On the season, he's hitting .225 with five home runs, 22 RBI, 13 runs scored and five steals across 157 plate appearances.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Drives in two runs Wednesday
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Garcia went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a sacrifice fly in Wednesday's 6-4 loss to the Rangers.
Garcia gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning, when he took Tanner Houck deep to left field for a solo homer, and the outfielder added another run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly to center field. Garcia has been hot at the plate as of late, going 6-for-10 with one home run and five RBI over his last three games, and his OPS now sits at .706 through 138 plate appearances this year.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Perfect day at dish
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Garcia went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in Tuesday's win against Boston.
Garcia singled three times, drew a walk and hit an RBI sacrifice fly in the 6-1 victory. It was his fourth multi-hit performance over his last seven games, but he failed to record a hit in the other three appearances. His season OPS only went up from .643 to .679 during that span, and he's collected just one extra-base hit over his last 12 games.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Logs multiple hits again
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Wednesday's 7-1 loss to the Athletics.
While the team slipped back into its offensive funk after exploding for 15 runs Tuesday, Garcia posted two hits for a second consecutive game and was the lone Ranger to deliver with runners in scoring position. He's ready to put April behind him; Garcia batted .204/.250/.312 over 25 games during the month and was recently dropped to seventh in the batting order.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Fills box score in rout
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Garcia went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, three RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Athletics.
Garcia was one of three Rangers to log three RBI in Tuesday's rout, and each of his RBI came on a bases-clearing double during Texas' eight-run barrage in the sixth inning. The veteran slugger, who batted seventh in the order for a second consecutive game, still has just one extra-base hit in his last six games and hasn't homered in any of his last eight, batting .191 with two big flies, 10 RBI, eight runs scored over 89 at-bats in April. Garcia does have three stolen bases during that span, though.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Gets break amid slump
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Texas manager Bruce Bochy held Garcia out of the starting lineup Saturday for the first time this season, Henry Schulman of MLB.com reports.
Bochy wanted to give Garcia a mental break amid a 3-for-17 road trip and a rough April overall -- he's slashing .182/.229/.299 through 21 games on the month. "It's fair to say he's not seeing the ball well right now," the manager said. "He's trying to get his timing down. That's what he says -- he's lost right now." Josh Smith replaced Garcia in right field.
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Player Bio
HT/WT: 6-1, 205 lbs
Birthplace: Ciego de Avila, Cuba
Age: 32
Experience: 6
Bats/Throws: R, R
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