Garcia Sets Rookie HR Record in 7-6 Rangers Win Over Angels

Garcia Sets Rookie HR Record in 7-6 Rangers Win Over Angels
Texas Rangers' Andy Ibanez (77) and Adolis Garcia, right, celebrate a two-run home run by Garcia that also scored Ibanea in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas on Sept. 30, 2021. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
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ARLINGTON, Texas—Adolis Garcia set a Rangers rookie record for home runs and RBIs and Brock Holt put Texas ahead for the first time with a two-run double in the eighth inning of a series-clinching 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday.

Shohei Ohtani, the two-way All-Star for Los Angeles who is done pitching this season, got his 99th RBI on his AL-leading eighth triple as the Angels batted around in a five-run first inning.