Rangers rookie
García sprinted around the bases and seemed to avoid the tag at the plate for what was initially called an inside-the-park home run. \n\nThe wild play took two challenges before finally reaching a conclusion. First the original call of no home run was confirmed, because the ball had hit an area of the field that is in play at the Trop, just another of the ballpark's quirks. Then the safe call at home was challenged and overturned, meaning García was denied not once but twice at a chance for his first career home run.\n\nAccording to Statcast, García’s triple went 389 feet to deep right-center field.
Rangers manager Chris Woodward said he thought the ball initially was going further into the stands on contact. The umpiring crew told him after the review that they looked at the ground rules and that where the ball struck on the outfield wall was indeed in play.\n\n“The first thing we looked at was to see if it was from the boundary standpoint,” Woodward explained. “They said it hit the yellow line and came back. I haven't seen the close-up slow-mo yet.\n\n“I thought from the replay on the board, it bounced off something else, but obviously they're not going to miss that. Then they confirmed that he was out \\[at the plate\\].”\n\nGarcía reached a sprint speed of 28.9 feet per second, well above the average of 27, but it wasn't quite enough. Shortstop Willy Adames' relay throw home came in at 91.2 mph and just barely beat the sliding García, although the umpire originally called him safe.
It was the second time during the game that a Rangers baserunner was thrown out at the plate.
The Rangers have been searching for a solution in the cleanup spot, especially hoping to get a right-handed power bat in the middle of the lineup. García was called up from the Rangers’ taxi squad on Tuesday following first baseman