Major League Baseball
Boston Red Sox
5
Texas Rangers
7
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Mike Minor worked into the ninth inning to reach 200 strikeouts in a season for the first time after the Rangers purposely let a foul pop drop, Danny Santana hit a grand slam and Texas beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/30/26 | @ New York Yankees | L 2-9 | MLB |
| 9/29/26 | @ New York Yankees | L 0-9 | MLB |
| Full Schedule | |||
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Odor homered to right (398 feet).
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
Pitch 4 : Ball 2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Calhoun homered to right (434 feet).
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Owings homered to left (385 feet).
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
Bradley Jr. homered to center (416 feet).
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
Santana homered to right center (445 feet), Kiner-Falefa scored, Andrus scored and Calhoun scored.
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
Solak doubled to deep left, Santana scored.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Bradley Jr. singled to shallow right center, Holt scored, G. Hernández to third.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
G. Hernández doubled to left, Martinez scored, Holt to third.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Middle of the 9th inning
M. Hernández struck out swinging.
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
Pitch 4 : Ball 2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
Pitch 2 : Ball 1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
Jose Leclerc pitches to Marco Hernandez
Leclerc relieved Minor
Owings struck out looking.
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking
Owings continues to at bat after dropped foul ball by first baseman Guzmán.
Owings continues to at bat after dropped foul ball by first baseman Guzmán.
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Ball 1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Mike Minor pitches to Chris Owings
León flied out to left.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Mike Minor pitches to Sandy Leon
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th inning
Choo flied out to center.
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Ball 2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
Hector Velazquez pitches to Shin-Soo Choo
Kiner-Falefa grounded out to third.
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging
Pitch 3 : Ball 2
Showing the last 40 of 577 events.
BOS wins series 2-1
Shin-Soo ChooRF17
Elvis AndrusSS18
Willie CalhounLF5
Danny SantanaCF22
Rougned Odor2B24
Nick SolakDH15
Ronald Guzman1B84
Jose TrevinoC35
Isiah Kiner-Falefa3B9
Marco Hernandez2B36
Andrew BenintendiLF23
J.D. MartinezDH28
Sam TravisLF13
Brock Holt3B17
Gorkys HernandezRF83
Jackie Bradley Jr.CF41
Sandy Leon1B9
Chris OwingsSS12
Juan CentenoC56
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