Rangers have 4-run 9th inning, stop 8-game losing streak with 6-2 victory over Twins

The Texas Rangers stopped their season-worst eight-game losing streak and remained tied for the AL West lead with a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins, after Robbie Grossman and Leody Taveras sparked a four-run ninth inning with consecutive bases-loaded walks Saturday night. Adolis García and Mitch Garver, who both homered, greeted reliever Griffin Jax (5-8) with back-to-back singles. Ezequiel Duran got hit in the shoulder with a one-out pitch to load the bases, before Grossman escaped an 0-2 hole by taking three straight balls, fouling one off and drawing the go-ahead walk.