Rangers held to one run as Lee powers Giants to 5-1 win

Rangers’ offense limited

The Texas Rangers were held to one run at Globe Life Field, with Duran’s ninth-inning homer providing their only scoring in a 5-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.

Texas finished with seven hits against five San Francisco pitchers but did not score until Duran homered to left in the ninth, a 406-foot shot that made it 5-1. The Giants had already built their lead behind Lee, who homered twice and added a sacrifice fly.

Attendance was 23736 in Arlington, Texas.

Giants build lead early

San Francisco opened the scoring in the second inning. Gilbert singled to right, and Susac scored on a fielding error by right fielder Nimmo, with Gilbert moving to third on the play. Basabe followed with a sacrifice fly to right that brought in Gilbert for a 2-0 Giants lead.

Lee extended the margin in the third with a home run to right center, measured at 410 feet. That was the only scoring until the eighth, when Lee hit another home run to right center, this one measured at 385 feet, to make it 4-0.

San Francisco added its final run in the ninth. Lee hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring McCray and pushing the Giants’ lead to 5-0 before Duran’s homer accounted for Texas’ run.

Webb leads San Francisco pitching

Logan Webb earned the win for San Francisco, improving to 7-7. He pitched six scoreless innings, allowing five hits and one walk while striking out eight.

Keaton Winn recorded his 12th hold after two-thirds of an inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout and no walks. Sam Hentges followed with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and one walk while striking out one for his seventh hold.

Tristan Beck was charged with one earned run in one-third of an inning, and Reiver Sanmartin recorded two-thirds of an inning with no hits, no walks and no earned runs.

Cal Quantrill took the loss for Texas, falling to 4-4. He pitched six innings, allowing four hits, one earned run and one walk with four strikeouts. Ben Peoples worked one scoreless inning, Peyton Gray allowed one earned run in one inning, and Nolan Kingham allowed one earned run in one inning.

Records

The Rangers fell to 55-58. The Giants improved to 48-65.

Sources

ESPN