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Bradford helps Rangers blank Giants 6-0 at Globe Life Field

Cody Bradford worked 4 1/3 scoreless innings, and Texas scored four runs in the third inning before finishing a 6-0 win over San Francisco.

Knox Esparza

August 6, 20262 min read

Baseball shutout - illustration, Jake Team LLC
Baseball shutout - illustration, Jake Team LLC
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August 5, 2026

Bradford sets the tone

Cody Bradford gave Texas 4 1/3 scoreless innings, and the Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

Bradford allowed five hits and two walks while striking out five. Tyler Alexander followed with 1 2/3 innings, allowing no hits or walks and striking out three to earn the win, improving to 2-2.

Robby Ahlstrom, Chase Silseth and Cole Winn completed the shutout. Ahlstrom allowed one hit and struck out one in one inning. Silseth allowed one hit and one walk with one strikeout in one inning. Winn allowed one hit and did not walk a batter in one inning.

Four-run third breaks it open

Texas did all of its early scoring in the bottom of the third inning. Nimmo singled to right, scoring Langford for a 1-0 lead. Foscue followed with a triple to left that brought home Nimmo and Burger, extending the margin to 3-0.

Díaz then doubled to left, scoring Foscue and giving the Rangers a 4-0 lead. Those four runs came against Carson Whisenhunt, who took the loss and fell to 2-3. Whisenhunt allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks in 3 1/3 innings, with four strikeouts.

Texas adds two more

Nimmo added the only home run of the game in the fifth inning, hitting a 350-foot homer to left to make it 5-0.

The Rangers added their final run in the eighth. Lopez singled to center, scoring Burger and moving Pederson to second for the 6-0 lead.

San Francisco used three relievers after Whisenhunt. Carson Seymour allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk in 2 2/3 innings, striking out two. Jason Foley pitched one inning with no hits, no walks and one strikeout. Tristan Beck allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk in one inning, striking out one.

Records

The announced attendance was 26,098. With the win, the Rangers moved to 57-58. The Giants dropped to 48-67.

Sources

https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401816409

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Knox Esparza

Knox Esparza covers Pleasanton high school and area college sports.

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