Adolis García has a historic night time for the Texas Rangers

It was a somewhat magical night time for Adolis García and the Texas Rangers in opposition to the Oakland A’s on Saturday.

An evening that put the Rangers outfielder into somewhat rarefied air in MLB historical past.

García went 5-for-5 on the plate, mashing three house runs — all of which got here inside the first 5 innings — and a pair of doubles because the Rangers throttled the A’s by a closing rating of 18 to three. He completed the sport with 16 whole bases, 8 RBI, and 5 runs, changing into simply the third participant in fashionable MLB historical past to accomplish such a feat.

García launched his first house run within the backside of the primary, rocketing a blast into the higher deck at Globe Life Subject:

Then within the backside of the third inning, García despatched a 95-mph fastball again the place it got here from, depositing his second house run of the night time over the center-field wall:

García’s third house run got here within the backside of the fifth when he turned on an offspeed pitch and pulled it to left heart:

To that time, García had notched six RBI, however he was not achieved on the plate. The outfielder got here via with a pair of doubles within the later innings, knocking in two extra runs to complete the night time together with his 8 RBI. His final two RBI got here within the backside of the seventh when two runs had been scored after he launched a line drive to the wall in right-center:

García’s unimaginable stat line put him into some somewhat uncommon firm in each league and staff, historical past. His 5 extra-base hits tied the single-game MLB report, a feat completed simply 14 occasions in baseball historical past. It was the nineteenth three-HR recreation in Rangers’ historical past, and he was the primary three-HR recreation in Globe Life Subject historical past.

García additionally tied the staff report for runs in a recreation, and his 16 whole bases had been the second-most in membership historical past, behind Josh Hamilton’s four-HR recreation again in 2012 in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles.

After final night time, García now leads baseball with 28 RBI.