Bradford and Texas bullpen shut down Giants in 6-0 Rangers win

Five pitchers keep San Francisco off the board

Five Texas pitchers combined to hold San Francisco scoreless, and Cody Bradford set the tone with 4 1/3 innings in the Rangers’ 6-0 win over the Giants on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

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

Robby Ahlstrom pitched one inning, allowing one hit with one strikeout. Chase Silseth worked one inning, giving up one hit and one walk with one strikeout. Cole Winn pitched one inning, allowing one hit with no walks and no strikeouts.

Rangers take control in the third

Texas scored all it needed in the bottom of the third. Nimmo singled to right to score Langford, giving the Rangers a 1-0 lead. Foscue followed with a triple to left that brought in Nimmo and Burger, stretching the lead to 3-0.

Díaz added another run in the same inning with a double to left that scored Foscue, making it 4-0. The four-run inning accounted for the first four Texas runs and put San Francisco in a deficit it did not cut into.

Nimmo adds the only homer

Nimmo supplied the game’s only home run in the bottom of the fifth, hitting a 350-foot homer to left to extend the Texas lead to 5-0. The homer was the only one of the game.

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

Whisenhunt takes the loss

Carson Whisenhunt took the loss for San Francisco, falling to 2-3. He allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

Carson Seymour allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings. Jason Foley pitched one inning with no hits, no runs, no walks and one strikeout. Tristan Beck allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk with one strikeout in one inning.

The announced attendance was 26,098. Texas improved to 57-58, while San Francisco dropped to 48-67.

Sources

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