Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia had himself quite a Saturday night in the team’s 18-3 win over the Oakland A’s.
Garcia hit three home runs in the first five innings of the game, and then added a pair of doubles in his remaining two plate appearances while also driving in eight runs.
It was not only a career night for Garcia, it also put him in very exclusive company.
He is just the fourth player in major league history to hit three home runs and two doubles in the same game, and the first player in American League history to ever accomplish it.
Rangers manager Bruce Bochy was especially impressed with Garcia’s game.
“What he did tonight, it’s just impressive,” Bochy said via MLB.com “It’s fun to watch great athletes when they get locked in and have a night like tonight. It was a lot of fun for all of us to watch that one.”
While Garcia’s performance is the big takeaway from Saturday’s game, the sub-plot has to be the situation with the A’s. Because that team is bad. With Saturday’s loss the A’s are 4-17 on the season and have already been outscored by 100 runs. That is 50 runs worse than the next worst team, the Kansas City Royals, who have been outscored by 50 runs.
While the A’s are in the basement of the Americana League West, the Rangers have climbed to the top spot and enter play on Sunday with a 2.5 game lead over the defending World Series champion Houston Astros.
