Deadspin | Family reunion for Jung brothers when Tigers host Rangers

[ad_1] Could 1, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung (6) throws out Athletics catcher Jhonny Pereda (not pictured) throughout the fifth inning at Globe Life Subject. Obligatory Credit score: Jerome Miron-Imagn Pictures The weekend sequence between Texas and Detroit has featured a brotherly sideshow.

Third basemen Josh Jung of the Rangers and Jace Jung of the Tigers have been holding a household reunion as their groups sq. off. Their mother and father have been on the town, including to the familial ambiance.

The sequence finale shall be performed Sunday afternoon in Detroit.

"It is tremendous cool for us and tremendous cool for the household," Josh Jung mentioned. "Particularly with it falling on Mom's Day. It is actually exceptional."

Josh had one hit in 4 at-bats and Jace went 0-for-3 in Texas' 10-3 victory on Saturday, which ended the Tigers' five-game profitable streak.

Till this weekend, the Jung brothers had been separated on the ballfield for fairly awhile as they moved by the minors and into their professional careers.

"The final time my brother and I had been on the identical discipline, we had been taking part in collectively and my dad was truly one of many coaches," Josh Jung, 27, instructed the Detroit Information previous to the sequence. "That was my senior yr in highschool (MacArthur Excessive in San Antonio). Jace (now 24) was a freshman. Right here we're, eight years later and we're on a big-league discipline collectively. That is fairly particular."

Detroit should cool off shortstop Corey Seager to start out one other streak. Seager had a fairly particular evening of his personal, smashing two solo dwelling runs and an RBI double on Saturday.

"A irritating evening that we will get away from at present and attempt to win the sequence tomorrow," Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch mentioned.

Seager returned to motion after getting two video games off to relaxation his gimpy hamstring, which landed him on the injured record final month.

"It isn't fairly one hundred pc and we will have our moments the place we've got to present him a break," supervisor Bruce Bochy mentioned. "It tightened up on him (Wednesday) and you do not wish to threat it getting worse."

Seager upped his season dwelling run whole to 6 together with his nineteenth profession multi-homer recreation.

Reese Olson, who hasn't allowed a run in three of his final 4 begins, will take the mound for the Tigers. Olson (4-2, 3.03 ERA) acquired six days off after holding the Los Angeles Angels scoreless for five 2/3 innings. He restricted them to 3 hits whereas piling up a season-high eight strikeouts.

The fitting-hander is 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA in two profession begins towards Texas. He is by no means confronted Seager in his younger profession.

Nathan Eovaldi (3-2, 2.03) will begin the sequence finale for the Rangers. Eovaldi has notched 4 straight high quality outings, going six innings every time and permitting two or fewer earned runs.

In his first Could outing on Tuesday, Eovaldi held Boston to 1 run and 5 hits, strolling one and hanging out seven. Eovaldi's management has been stellar all through his first eight begins -- he is walked simply 4 whereas recording 53 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings.

Eovaldi has loved good success towards Detroit throughout his profession. In seven begins, he is posted a 4-0 document and three.00 ERA. He had a no-decision towards the Tigers final season whereas giving up one run in 5 2/3 innings whereas notching seven strikeouts.