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Langford

Interestingly, Langford has been a reverse-splits player this year, hitting just .220/.316/.371 in 152 plate appearances against lefties with a nearly 26 percent strikeout rate. In his career, he is slashing .238/.356/.440 against lefties and .247/.327/.419 against righties. Justin Foscue will lead off and play second on Thursday.

Langford reached base safely in four of his five plate appearances and picked up his 14th stolen base of the season. With the victory, the Rangers pull into a virtual tie with the Astros for the AL West division title while sitting one game back of the White Sox for the final AL Wild Card playoff spot.

Langford’s home run was his 17th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Brandon Pfaadt in the fifth inning. Langford has two home runs in his last five games. He’s hitting .244 with a .775 OPS and 39 RBI.

Langford led off the second inning with a walk and stole second before scoring on a base hit. He then took Eduard Bazardo deep for a two-run homer in the fifth, his first home run since August 24. The 24-year-old outfielder came into this one hitless in four of his last five games. He’s slashing .245/.332/.442 with 16 homers, 57 runs scored, 38 RBI, and 12 steals across 401 plate appearances.

That’s nice for the OBP, but it didn’t do much for fantasy leaguers; Langford didn’t score or drive in a run and was caught stealing for the third time this season. It was Langford’s fourth straight two-hit game, though. He’s 8-for-13 with one homer and one double during the stretch.

Langford’s homer came with a 9-2 lead in the ninth and led to the White Sox pulling Trevor Richards and finishing the game with a position player. It was his 15th homer in 80 games this season. He’s batting .253/.321/.462 for a .783 OPS that is just ahead of his .775 mark from his sophomore season.

Langford worked Clayton Beeter for a one-out walk in the seventh inning and promptly swiped second base to get himself into scoring position, but the Rangers couldn’t cash him in from there. He’s having a solid all-around season at the dish, slashing .251/.318/.454 with 14 homers, 33 RBI and 10 stolen bases in his first 324 plate appearances.

Langford singled to lead off the bottom of the first inning and scored the first run of the game on a groundout. He singled again to lead off the third before scoring for a second time on a fielder’s choice. Langford would later reach for a third time on a walk in the sixth. The 24-year-old outfielder is hitting .257/323/.465 with 14 homers, 44 runs scored, 33 RBI, and nine steals across 316 plate appearances. While setting an excellent pace, he’s been limited to 74 games due to forearm and hamstring injuries.

Langford’s 14th homer off J.T. Ginn gave the Rangers a 4-3 lead in the sixth and gave Langford his first runs batted in since Aug. 1. He’d gone 3-for-37 in his previous 12 games, which led to him receiving a day off on Wednesday.

Langford receives a much-needed mental break to reset after going 2-for-21 over his last seven games. The 24-year-old fantasy standout was tearing the cover off the ball before hurting his foot back in late July. He’s batted .094 (3-for-32) with one homer and one stolen base across 10 games since the start of August.