The Texas Rangers won three out of four from the and wrapped up a 5-6 road trip. Here are three takeaways from the series. Ezequiel Durans Clutch GeneThe Rangers already have a clutch power hitter in . Its starting to appear that is becoming a bit of a clutch contact hitter. Back in June, and drove in the winning runs late in the game at Comerica Park. He had a sense of the moment. He showed that again on Sunday. In the top of the ninth against the Los Angeles Angels, Duran came up with the bases loaded and took a pitch from Raisel Iglesias and went opposite field with it. The ball landed in the right-center field gap, took a high carom off the fence and he had a stand-up double as three runs scored to clinch the Rangers Kerry Wynn Jersey 5-2 win. After the game, Rangers manager Chris Woodward told Bally Sports Southwest that Duran talked about the type of pitch he was looking for and what he was going to do with it, if he got that pitch. Turns out that was the pitch and that was what he wanted to do go opposite field. I think hes ble sed with that trait, Woodward said. No matter what happens to him he still believes hes the best player on the planet.Duran needed the short memory. He came up empty-handed in three previous plate appearances. With two months left in the season, what seems clear is that Duran isnt going anywhere. The Rangers look committed to finding him playing time as often as po sible. With hurt the past three games, he played in the middle infield, which is more of Dre Kirkpatrick Jersey his natural position. But hes playing well at third and, at some point, I expect the Rangers to test-drive him in the outfield. Thats something he did in his . Duran is building his case for 2023. What he does the next Tyler Boyd Jersey two months will determine what the Rangers want to do with him next season and beyond. Nathaniel Lowes Impre sive Road Trip wrapped up the Rangers 11-game road trip with a 1-for-4 performance with an RBI, giving him hits in 10 of the 11 games of the road trip. By going 14-for-45, he hit .311 for the trip and kept his average above .270 for the season. Scroll to ContinueThe power is there, too. He didnt hit a home run on Sunday, but hes hit 12 of his 15 home runs since June 1 and had seven home runs in June, which was a career high. So, if you can do the simple math, he had five home runs in July. Lowe was the Rangers Player of the Month in April, but Shawn Williams Jersey his play dipped in May. He has slowly, but surely, put together an impre sive stretch in his last 62 games, as his .275 batting average is well above what it was at the start of that stretch .236. Lowes long-term future in Texas is a bit hazy. The Rangers have plenty of potential, more controllable options on the farm (Dustin Harris is basically screaming at the Rangers from Double-A Frisco to find him a spot, and he can play first base). But, the Rangers dont have to be hasty. Lowe is under team control in 2023, has three arbitration years and cant hit free agency until 2027. For this year, Lowe is the teams best option at first base. And, each game, he make a strong case for the future, too. Jon Gray Is This Good Right Now will start Mondays game against Baltimore, the first game of August. The Rangers stand a good chance of winning, simply by Gray taking the mound. In his last three games, Gray is 2-1, 1.86 (4 earned runs in Sam Hubbard Jersey 19 1/3 innings pitched), six walks, 22 strikeouts and a .149 opponent batting average.But the truth is this has been going longer than three starts. In Grays last nine starts since June 12, among American League starters in that span, he is tied for second in wins (six), fourth in ERA (2.25), fourth in innings pitched (56), sixth in strikeouts per nine innings (10.6) and sixth in opponent batting average (.206).After a slow start, Gray is having, shall we say, a type of June and July.