Corey Seager hits a 2-run homer in his Rangers return, snapping an 0-for-29 skid

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager homered to end a career-worst 0-for-29 slump in the big leagues in his first game back with the Texas Rangers on Friday night after the five-time All-Star shortstop missed 19 games because of lower back inflammation.

Seager’s two-run homer in the sixth inning against Cleveland rookie Parker Messick came right after a double by Wyatt Langford, who was also activated from the injured list before the game. Seager’s eighth homer of the season put Texas ahead 3-2.

Langford, the left fielder, had missed 39 games since going on the injured list April 22 because of a right forearm strain. They batted 1-2 in the lineup against the Guardians and their consecutive extra-base hits came in their third at-bats of the game.

Seager went into the series opener against Cleveland in an 0-for-27 slide that included 11 strikeouts. The two-time World Series MVP had been hitless in his previous seven games, also a career worst, since an RBI single on May 6 at Yankee Stadium after he hit a home run earlier in that game.

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