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Texas Rangers outfielder Alejandro Osuna poses for a photo with his father Roberto Osuna and mother Lupita Quintero after a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Globe Life Field on Monday, May 26, 2025.(Smiley N. Pool \/ Staff Photographer)<\/p>\n
Actually, if only some of the veterans had the same approach as the 22-year-old, who was playing in front of his parents, his sister, his twin brother and his girlfriend at Globe Life Field, maybe the Rangers wouldn\u2019t have found themselves on the losing end for the seventh time in the last eight games. <\/p>\n
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The Rangers called up 22-year-old outfielder Alejandro Osuna on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Today, against the Blue Jays at Globe Life Field, he gets his first major league hit with his family in attendance #AllForTX<\/a> (via @Rangers<\/a>)pic.twitter.com\/Iw40m48hHv<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SportsDay Rangers (@dmn_rangers) May 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n After flying out to center field in his first at-bat against strike-throwing Kevin Gausman, Osuna geared up for the splitter and was able to adjust his swing to line one just off the strike zone into left field for a single. <\/p>\n \u201cI was watching a lot of video of him,\u201d Osuna, his hair popping out of the Mexican flag head band still on his head, said after the game. \u201cI knew that splitter was his best pitch and I told myself to sit on that splitter. I was just trying to do that. I knew I needed to go the opposite way because that\u2018s a really easy pitch to roll over to first base.\u201d <\/p>\n It should have been a rally-fueling single, but that\u2018s another story. Or the same old one for the Rangers\u2019 offense. Osuna\u2019s single followed a soft single by Jonah Heim, which gave the Rangers two on and no outs. But Adolis Garc\u00eda struck out on consecutive pitches below the zone and the rally proceeded to fizzle.<\/p>\n With two outs in the seventh, Gausman challenged him with consecutive fastballs up in the zone. After taking the first for a strike, he lined the next to left field for a hit. Would have stolen second, too, but Garc\u00eda struck out on the pitch on which he ran. <\/p>\n For Osuna, the first two games of his big league career have followed the path of his eye-opening spring training, in which his joy for the game and his energy seemed to bring a real spark.<\/p>\n \u201cAll my family was like \u2018Hey, how do you feel? Are you nervous?\u2019 And I said: \u2018No, I feel normal, I\u2019m relaxed. I trust myself.\u2019 My mom was crying. My brother said \u2018I was more nervous than you.\u2019 That was funny because he\u2019s my twin and we used to play together and he said \u2018Brother, that\u2018s our dream. You are doing it. I\u2019m very happy for you\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n The Rangers didn\u2019t intend to bring Osuna up this quickly from Triple-A, but circumstances changed when Joc Pederson fractured his hand and the offense was badly in need of a spark. <\/p>\n Now? Now, he\u2019s got a chance to make his stay much more permanent. <\/p>\n \u201cPerformance will govern it,\u201d President of Baseball Operations Chris Young said of the long-term situation for Osuna. \u201cBut he\u2019s got an opportunity now to perform his way into more opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n Find more Rangers coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Click or tap here to sign up for our Rangers newsletter.<\/a><\/p>\n