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- Updated: July 26, 2016
ARLINGTON — Despite Prince Fielder’s down year at the plate, the 31-year-old designated hitter has been a leader in the Rangers clubhouse during his three-year stint with the team. That made the news before Monday’s game that he’s expected to have season-ending neck surgery for the second time in three years a tough pill to swallow.
But the Rangers got a boost from another unquestioned leader in their 7-6 win over the A’s in Adrian Beltre, who belted a two-run walk-off homer to left-center to help the Rangers gain their first game over the Astros in the American League West standings since June 26. It was his ninth career walk-off homer, and traveled an estimated 410 feet, per Statcast™.
It was the second of two home runs Beltre had on the night.
“We’re all sad because we all love Prince. He’s a great guy. It’s sad,” Beltre said. “But we all know we have to step up and be more consistent.”
Beltre had a tough start to July, and was batting just .233 this month entering Monday’s game. But he has three home runs in his last three …
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