Lee homers twice as Giants beat Rangers 5-1 at Globe Life Field

Lee leads San Francisco

San Francisco beat Texas 5-1 on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at Globe Life Field, with Lee hitting two solo home runs and adding a ninth-inning sacrifice fly. The Giants, the away team, scored twice in the top of the second and never trailed.

Logan Webb earned the win, moving to 7-7, after pitching 6.0 innings and allowing five hits, no earned runs, one walk and eight strikeouts.

Early runs

The Giants opened the scoring in the second. Gilbert singled to right, and Susac scored on a fielding error by right fielder Nimmo, with Gilbert reaching third on the play. Basabe followed with a sacrifice fly to right that scored Gilbert for a 2-0 San Francisco lead.

Lee made it 3-0 in the third with a homer to right center measured at 410 feet. Cal Quantrill took the loss for Texas, falling to 4-4, after allowing four hits and one earned run in 6.0 innings with one walk and four strikeouts.

Late separation

San Francisco added to the margin in the eighth when Lee hit another homer to right center, this one measured at 385 feet, for a 4-0 lead. Peyton Gray pitched 1.0 inning for Texas and allowed one hit and one earned run with one walk and no strikeouts.

In the ninth, Lee lifted a sacrifice fly to center that scored McCray and pushed the Giants ahead 5-0. Nolan Kingham pitched 1.0 inning for the Rangers, allowing one hit and one earned run with two walks and one strikeout. Ben Peoples also pitched 1.0 inning for Texas, giving up no hits and no earned runs with one walk and one strikeout.

Texas scores in the ninth

Texas got its run in the bottom of the ninth on Duran's homer to left, measured at 406 feet, making it 5-1. Tristan Beck was charged with one earned run in 0.1 innings for San Francisco, allowing one hit and one walk with no strikeouts. Reiver Sanmartin recorded 0.2 innings with no hits, no earned runs, no walks and no strikeouts.

Keaton Winn pitched 0.2 innings, allowing one hit and no earned runs with no walks and one strikeout, and Sam Hentges pitched 1.1 innings with no hits, no earned runs, one walk and one strikeout.

The announced attendance was 23,736. Texas is 55-58, while San Francisco is 48-65.

Sources

https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401816381