ARLINGTON, Texas — Editor's Note: The above video is from a previously published story
Jordan Lyles closed his season by allowing only two hits in seven innings and rookie Jonah Heim broke a fourth-inning tie with a three-run home run to help the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2 on Saturday night.
Lyles (10-13) matched his longest start of the year and his most strikeouts with eight. His gem came against the team that handed him his worst beating of the season, tagging him for eight runs in 3 2/3 innings on Aug. 26 in a 10-6 loss.
Heim pulled the first pitch from Triston McKenzie (5-9) into the first row of right-field seats as the Rangers (60-101) won for the fifth time in their last eight games.
Texas added three insurance runs in the eighth inning on a two-run double by Charlie Culberson and an RBI single by rookie Andy Ibanez.
Fourteen Indians were retired in a row going to the ninth before Cleveland put together two singles and a fielder’s choice grounder to add another run.
The Indians (79-82) clinched a losing record for the first time since 2012. They’ll play Sunday for the last time with the nickname they’ve used since 1915. The team will be called the Guardians starting next season.
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