Duran supplies the finish
Texas Rangers 5, San Francisco Giants 4 was the final Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, where Ezequiel Duran drove in four runs and delivered the decisive hit in the ninth inning.
Duran’s ground-rule double in the bottom of the ninth scored Burger and moved Seager to third, giving Texas the final margin. The announced attendance was 26,959.
Texas builds the first lead
The Rangers scored twice in the bottom of the first. Nimmo doubled to right, bringing in Pederson and sending Seager to third for a 1-0 lead. Duran followed with a single to right that scored Seager and moved Nimmo to third, making it 2-0.
MacKenzie Gore kept San Francisco off the scoreboard across six innings. He allowed three hits, walked three and struck out four. Blade Tidwell worked five innings for the Giants, allowing six hits and two earned runs with one walk and three strikeouts.
Giants answer before another Duran swing
San Francisco tied the game in the top of the seventh on the game’s only home run. Basabe homered to left, a 377-foot drive that scored Gilbert and made it 2-2. Chase Silseth was charged with a blown save after allowing two earned runs on one hit and one walk in two-thirds of an inning.