Josh Jung hit a tiebreaking, two-run home run shortly after Jacob deGrom threw his final pitch of the game, giving the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner his first AL victory as a member of the Texas Rangers beating the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Wednesday.
DeGrom (1-0) retired the first 12 batters he faced and finished with 11 strikeouts, but the game was tied at 2-2 after he struck out his sixth straight. The right-hander, who signed a five-year, $185 million contract in free agency after spending his first nine major league seasons with the New York Mets, went without a decision in the season opener.
Jung’s second home run of the season came in the bottom of the sixth off Austin Voth (0-1), who relieved prospect Grayson Rodriguez pitched five innings in his major league debut and went to a no-decision. .
Jose Leclerc pitched a perfect job in the ninth for his first save and extended the scoreless streak for Rangers relievers to 21 1/3 innings.
For the Rangers, the Cuban Adolis GarcÃa 4-2 with two runs scored and one RBI and the Dominican Ezequiel Durán 3-1 with one scored.