Corey Seager hits home run in Double-A rehab game for Rangers

Shortstop Corey Seager was activated from the injured list Friday along with several other moves made by the Rangers ahead of their pivotal series with the Astros.

Shortstop Corey Seager was activated from the injured list Friday along with several other moves made by the Texas Rangers ahead of their pivotal series with the Houston Astros. The 32-year-old Seager missed the last 23 games with inflammation in his lower back. Seager has been limited to 51 games this season.

Rangers shortstop Corey Seager took a big step toward returning to the lineup and helping Texas in the American League West.

Seager continues working through his rehab assignment this weekend with an eye on the upcoming Astros series.

Rangers shortstop Corey Seager took a big step this week toward returning to the lineup and helping Texas in the American League West. Seager hit a home run and made a strong play in the field in the first game of a rehab assignment with Double-A Frisco on Tuesday night. The 32-year-old was scheduled to appear in a second game with Frisco on Wednesday as recovers from lower back inflammation that has kept him out since July 1.

Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager hit a solo homer and made a nifty defensive play in a rehab appearance for Double-A Frisco on Tuesday night after being sidelined all this month because of lower back inflammation. Seager is on the injured list for the third time this season, and has missed 52 games for Texas — one more than he has played for the AL West-leading Rangers. Seager went 1 for 2 with a walk and a strikeout against Corpus Christi, homering in the fifth before being replaced in the field after that inning.