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Rangers' Josh Jung: Receiving Thursday off
Josh Jung is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Blue Jays.Jung will get a breather for Thursday's day game after he went 1-for-7 with a walk and a run while starting the first two contests of the series with Toronto. Ezequiel Duran will step in for Jung at third base.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Not in Sunday's lineup
Josh Jung is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.Jung started the first 13 games of September and will receive Sunday off after he began the month with three homers and an .881 OPS. Ezequiel Duran will shift to the hot corner while Carson Kelly receives a start at designated hitter.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Homers in win
Josh Jung went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's 5-4 win over Seattle.Jung launched his seventh homer and first in eight games in the second inning to give Texas an early lead. Since returning from a thumb injury that cost him nearly four months, Jung is slashing .260/.288/.390 with five home runs, nine RBI, three steals and 13 runs scored over 38 games.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Fills box score in win
Josh Jung went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional RBI, a stolen base and a hit-by-pitch in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Yankees.Jung opened the scoring with a fourth-inning homer and contributed to the Texas Rangers' comeback push with an RBI single in the eighth. The third baseman has gone 13-for-40 (.325) with two homers and three steals over his last 10 contests. That productive stretch has him up to a .276/.295/.455 slash line with six homers, four steals, 14 RBI and 16 runs scored through 34 games overall.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Belts walk-off homer
Josh Jung went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in Sunday's extra-inning win over Oakland.Jung was 1-for-4 with a single and two punchouts before he ripped a walk-off shot in the 10th inning. He snapped a 10-game homerless drought with his first long ball since Aug. 18. Through 32 games this season, Jung is slashing .260/.275/.425 with 10 extra-base hits and 12 RBI over 131 plate appearances.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Out of lineup Saturday
Josh Jung is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the A's.Josh Smith will start at third base and bat third against right-hander Joey Estes. Jung has hit safely in six of his last seven games and he swiped two bags Thursday, but the 26-year-old is still slashing just .229/.234/.314 with two homers in 27 games since returning from right wrist surgery.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Swipes two bags in win
Josh Jung went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases in Thursday's 2-1 win over the White Sox.Jung stole second base in the fifth inning and then swiped third base in the seventh. It was his first career game with multiple stolen bases, which is no surprise since he entered Thursday's game with only four career steals. The multi-hit game was a welcome sight, as Jung had gone 5-for-30 over his previous eight games. The 26-year-old is hitting .228 in 26 games since his return from injury late in July.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Playing through laceration
Josh Jung is serving as Texas' designated hitter for Sunday's game at Cleveland due to a finger laceration, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.The 26-year-old was initially penciled in at third base Sunday, but he'll instead fill a non-defensive role since the laceration affects his ability to throw. Jung will have Monday's team off day to rest up and is expected to be fully cleared for Tuesday's series opener versus the White Sox.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Provides two key hits in win
Josh Jung went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-5 extra-inning win over the Twins.Jung put the Texas Rangers ahead for the first time with a seventh-inning solo shot. That lead didn't hold, but he added a single in the 10th inning that forced an error and led to the winning run scoring. Jung has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, going 11-for-43 (.256) in that span, though his homer was his first since Aug. 4. The third baseman is slashing .274/.295/.476 with four homers, nine RBI, eight runs scored, three doubles, a triple and one stolen base over 21 contests this season.
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Rangers' Josh Jung: Exits starting nine
Josh Jung is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game in Boston.Jung is batting just .194 with a 14:0 K:BB over his last 31 plate appearances, so he'll get a day to regroup. Josh Smith will handle third base for the Texas Rangers while Adolis Garcia settles into the designated hitter slot.
Josh Jung
#6 3B / Texas Rangers / EXP: 2YRS Height: 6-2 Weight: 214 lb Age: 26 College: Texas Tech Bats/Throws -/-Fantasy Points by Week
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- 79%
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- 21