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Jung closed out the Rangers’ Wild Card win by becoming the youngest player in franchise history with three extra base hits in a single postseason game.
Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung takes batting practice during a team workout at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in preparation for Game 1 of an American League Divisional Series against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, Oct. 6, in Baltimore.BALTIMORE — Josh Jung is no doctor. Nor, necessarily, is he any type of sports psychologist. The Rangers’ rookie third baseman studied communications at Texas Tech, actually.
on Wednesday, went 3 for 4 with two doubles, a triple, two runs scored and another driven in. He hit a Zach Eflin curveball into left field for a double in the third inning, tripled on a misplayed blooper into right in the fourth and smacked a 107.7 mph ground rule double into left in the sixth. Of his six batted balls in the series, three were classified as hard hits ; one of the three that didn’t resulted in a run-scoring sacrifice fly in Game 1.
Henderson — who finished the regular season with the third-highest WAR among AL position players — ran off with the lead. Jung spent August having pins and screws surgically inserted into his hand and undergoing rehab. He spent the latter half of September chasing what he once was.“I was pressing, wanting to help the team,” Jung said, noting that a combination of rust and his rehabbing thumb contributed. “I was pressing trying to be the guy before my thumb injury.
“Last game, I thought he saw the ball better, got better swings off,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “He was more who he is.”Rangers’ ‘Swiss Army knife’ Andrew Heaney to start Game 1 of ALDS against Orioles, SportsDay HS reporter. Shawn covers preps for SportsDay HS. He joined The Dallas Morning News after covering UConn basketball, football and high school sports for The Hartford Courant.
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