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\"DeadspinSep 10, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers first baseman Jake Burger (21) watches his two-run home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the fifth inning at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
Jake Burger drove in three with a pair of home runs and Merrill Kelly outdueled Freddy Peralta on the mound as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon to sweep a key three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
The Rangers (77-70) have won four straight games and kept pace with both first-place Houston, which is two games ahead in the American League West race and Seattle (one game up) for the final wild-card spot. Texas is a season-best seven games over .500.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
Milwaukee (89-58) still heads the National League Central by six games with 15 games to play.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
Kelly (12-7) lasted 5 2\/3 innings, giving up three runs on while scattering a season-high 10 hits, with no walks and six strikeouts. The right-hander is 3-1 in his eight starts since being acquired from Arizona at the trade deadline and has allowed more than three runs just once while with Texas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
Phil Maton, the fifth Texas pitcher, got the final two outs to earn his fourth save of the season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Peralta (16-6) entered the game carrying a 29-inning scoreless streak and added one more frame to that before the Rangers took charge. He left after five innings in which he surrendered five runs on six hits – including two home runs — and two walks while striking out nine. The right-hander lost for the first time in his last seven starts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
The Brewers started the game with a bang as Brice Turang and Jackson Chourio, the first two batters in the Milwaukee lineup, pounded solo homers to stake Peralta to a 2-0 lead. Texas answered in the second inning with Burger’s leadoff homer that halved the Rangers’ deficit.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
Peralta’s lack of command caught up with him in the third. After a single by Michael Helman, Peralta walked Josh Smith and Wyatt Langford, then Joc Pederson drove home Helman by grounding into a fielder’s choice to tie the game. Peralta balked to allow Smith to trot home with the lead run.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
In the fifth, Smith singled and scored when Burger took Peralta deep to center for a two-run home run that pushed the Rangers lead to 5-2.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
Milwaukee pared its deficit to 5-3 in the sixth when a two-out RBI single by Rhys Hoskins plated Caleb Durbin and chased Kelly. Texas got the run back in the eighth as Rowdy Tellez’s groundout drove in Burger, who had walked.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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