MLB

Texas Rangers at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
31-35, 11-22 Away
Final
4 - 2
Washington Nationals
30-35, 15-18 Home

Carter and Burger power Rangers to 4-2 win over Nationals

Texas Rangers vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

Carter hit a two-run homer, doubled and singled his first three times up, but struck out in the eighth inning. Burger doubled, flied out and singled before providing an insurance run with a homer in the eighth.

Jacob Webb (3-3), the second of five Texas pitchers in a bullpen game, threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the win. Robert Garcia got four outs for his fourth save.

The Rangers, 5-0 winners behind Jacob deGrom on Saturday, have won consecutive games for the first time since a six-game streak May 10-15.

Alex Call homered and singled for the Nationals, who have scored only 11 runs in their past seven games. Nathaniel Lowe had three of their six hits.

Washington starter Trevor Williams (3-7) gave up three runs — two earned — and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

The first pitch was delayed by rain for 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Marcus Semien reached on a bad-hop single leading off the second and Carter homered one out later to make it 2-0.

Call homered leading off the fourth. Amed Rosario walked and scored on a fielder's choice to tie it.

Semien's groundout brought home Josh Smith with the go-ahead run in the fifth. Smith doubled with one out and went to third on an error.

Jacob Latz started for Texas and gave up two runs on two hits in 3 1/3 innings while striking out eight. After the walk to Rosario, manager Bruce Bochy and an athletic trainer came out and Latz left with the trainer.

Latz, who had a cut on his thumb, said he was fine after the game.

Key moment Call reached on an error with two outs in the eighth, but Garcia entered and got James Wood to ground out.

Key stats Semien had two hits and is 15 for 27 (.517) with three homers, nine RBI and 10 runs scored in his last nine games. ... Rangers shortstop Corey Seager is hitless in his last 25 at-bats.

Up next Rangers: RHP Tyler Mahle (5-3, 2.02 ERA) pitches the opener of a three-game series at Minnesota on Tuesday.

Nationals: LHP MacKenzie Gore (3-5, 2.87) starts the first of three games at the New York Mets on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Adams struck out swinging.
9th Inning Bell struck out looking.
9th Inning Lowe doubled to left.
9th Inning Rosario grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Seager grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Smith out at second.
9th Inning Haggerty lined out to second.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 10
7 Strikeouts 11
4 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 7
1 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
4 Runs 2
2 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
37 At Bats 31
2 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
23 Runners Left On Base 12
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 1
18 Fly Balls 10
0 Caught Stealing 1
154 Pitches 141
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
20 Total Bases 11
39 Plate Appearances 33
324.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
5 Extra Base Hits 2
6.0 Runs Created 1.9
.297 Batting Average .226
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.541 Slugging Percentage .355
.324 Secondary Average .161
.333 On Base Percentage .273
.874 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .628
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
5.8 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.9
40.0 Batter Rating 20.0
18.5 At Bats Per Home Run 31.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.95 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.27
.243 Isolated Power .129
0.29 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.18
.051 Walks Per Plate Appearance .061
.027 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.065
8.0 Runs Produced 4.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
90.5 MLB Rating 72.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Nationals Park

Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 24,897 | Capacity:
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