It was scorching in Cleveland yesterday, and it wasn’t just the weather. The hottest team in baseball had their ace on the mound, and he was pumping in the heat at 110.5 miles per hour.

Jacob deGrom gave up a first-inning two-run homer to the Guardians, then shut them down the next six innings.

He ended up tossing seven brilliant innings, striking out nine, walking none, and giving up just four hits. The Rangers ended up winning 4-2. And their winning streak has hit six games.

Left for dead just one week ago, this team has come to life and figured out how to do the things that have stymied them for so long: come from behind, hit with two outs, move runners over. Of course, it helps when the opposing outfielder tosses a ball into the stands thinking it was the third out, when it was only the second out, allowing the go-ahead run to score.

If deGrom didn’t inflate the Guardians, that bonehead play did.

So, now the Ranger go for their second consecutive sweep.

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