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Texas Rangers’ Corey Seager trots to the dugout after hitting a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)<\/p>\n
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ARLINGTON\u00a0\u2014 Rangers manager Skip\u00a0Schumaker was \u201cexcited to write down Wyatt Langford and Corey Seager\u2019s name in the lineup\u201d for the first time in a long time<\/a>, and even after the two produced outs in their first respective at-bats, he and quality control coach Rod Barajas glanced at each other in the dugout.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cTheir timing looked right, the first at-bat, both of them,\u201d Schumaker said. \u201cThat was the most exciting part.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u00a0was the most exciting part?<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t know they were going to hit a home run and a double,\u201d Schumaker continued, \u201cobviously.\u201d<\/p>\n Obviously, but with\u00a0two hitters prone to power reinserted into the lineup, the possibility is always in play. In Friday\u2019s 3-2 win vs. the Cleveland Guardians at Globe Life Field, in which Langford and Seager were together in a big league lineup for the first time in six weeks, that possibility evolved into a necessity after their recently established offensive philosophy was effectively taken off the table early.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the sixth inning, after catcher Kyle\u00a0Higashioka hit a solo home run off Guardians left-handed pitcher Parker\u00a0Messick for the club\u2019s second hit of the game, then Langford pulled a double to the left field wall for his first big league hit in nearly seven weeks before Seager hit Messick\u2019s slider into left-center for a go-ahead, two-run home run.<\/p>\n Seager had been in a career-worst, 0-for-29 hitless drought before the home run and had hit just .179 before his injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cYeah,\u201d Seager said, \u201cyou don\u2019t ever not want to be good.\u201d<\/p>\n Was it on his mind at all before the game?<\/p>\n \u201cNo,\u201d Seager said, \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n How did he handle any frustration he might\u2019ve felt?<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Seager said. \u201cYou just do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n