ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Corey Seager hit a go-ahead homer to end a career-worst 0-for-29 slump in his first game for Texas in more than three weeks and Kyle Higashioka also went deep as the Rangers beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Friday night. <\/p>\n
Seager had missed 19 games<\/a> since May 13 while on the injured list because of lower back inflammation. His two-run homer in the sixth inning made it 3-2 right after a double by Wyatt Langford, who missed 39 games since April 21 because of a right forearm strain before he was also activated from the IL before the game. <\/p>\n Guardians rookie starter Parker Messick (6-2) retired 15 of the first 16 batters he faced, including the first 11, before Higashioka homered leading off the sixth. Messick then gave up the extra-base hits to Langford and Seager, and another hit to Josh Jung before a two-out walk ended his night.<\/p>\n Rangers starter Kumar Rocker struck out five while allowing two runs over five innings before Peyton Gray (2-0) worked 1 2\/3 innings. Jacob Latz, their third reliever, worked two innings for his ninth save.<\/p>\n Travis Bazzana had his first career leadoff homer and finished with three hits for the Guardians. He was stranded at third after a leadoff triple in the fifth.<\/p>\n Austin Hedges, a backup catcher for the Rangers\u2019 World Series championship team in 2023, put the Guardians up 2-0 with an RBI single in the fourth. <\/p>\n Seager\u2019s 0-for-29 slide included 11 strikeouts<\/a>. The two-time World Series MVP, still hitting .181 in his 43 games, had been hitless in his previous seven games, also a career worst, since an RBI single on May 6 at Yankee Stadium<\/a> after he hit a home run earlier in that game.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Tanner Bibbe (0-7, 4.57 ERA) pitches for the Guardians in the middle game of the series Saturday. Rangers right-hander Jack Leiter (3-4, 4.34) tries to win his third start in a row. <\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n