The Texas Rangers rode Jack Leiter’s best start of his young career and a barrage of home runs to crush the Cleveland Guardians 10-0 on Saturday night in Arlington. It was Texas’s second straight win in the three-game series.

Leiter (8-7) turned in the best performance of his career. The 23-year-old struck out a career-high 10 batters across seven scoreless innings, allowing only two singles, one from Gabriel Arias in the third and another from Kyle Manzardo in the fourth.

He did not issue a walk, just the third time in 23 starts this season, he has avoided free passes. Leiter retired the final 10 batters he faced, and 21 of 23 overall, in what was also the first time he carried a scoreless start beyond the sixth inning.

Before the game, the Rangers placed second baseman Marcus S

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