Since the Rangers hung football-worthy numbers on the scoreboard Saturday night, it’s fair to re-use former NFL coach Dennis Green’s famous tautology: the Rangers were who we thought they were in a 10-0 rout of the Guardians.

Cody Freeman, Josh Jung and Adolis Garcia hit home runs and the Texas Rangers swamped the Cleveland Guardians on Aug. 23.

Jack Leiter of the Texas Rangers will look to have better control of his pitches than he did on August 6 against the New York Yankees. In that game, Leiter pitched just 3.1 innings and walked four batters.

The win — paced by right-hander Merrill Kelly’s best start yet for the Rangers — clinched the club’s first sweep since they won six-straight vs. the Athletics and Atlanta Braves between July 21-27. The Rangers, at .500 once again with a 66-66 record, still trail the Seattle Mariners for the final Wild Card berth by four games.

The anatomy of a Jack Leiter start has been the same lately: a lot of walks, a lot of strikeouts. Some high-powered fastballs to go along with some shaky command.

Rangers' Jack Leiter seeks better control in clash vs. D-backs The Texas Rangers will look to build on a stirring comeback victory when they square off with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in ...

Here are the starting lineups for Saturday night’s game between the Guardians and Rangers. Where: Globe Life Field, 7:05 p.m. TV/radio: CLEGuardians.TV, WTAM 1100, WWMS 100.7 FM and Guardians radio network will carry the game.