Texas Rangers at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

38-39, 15-23 Away

Final
3 - 2

Pittsburgh Pirates

30-48, 19-21 Home

Seager has tiebreaking RBI single, Rocker gets 2nd straight win as Rangers beat Pirates 3-2

Texas Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Seager’s sharp single to center field scored Josh Smith and put the Rangers ahead 2-1. Marcus Semien followed with a sacrifice fly.

Rocker (3-4) gave up two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings after pitching five scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox in his previous start last Sunday. The Rangers have won the first two games of the series and will try to finish the sweep on Sunday.

Mitch Keller (1-10) took his 10th consecutive loss, allowing three runs and three hits in 5 2/3 innings. He was lifted after Semien’s sacrifice fly.

Keller hasn’t won since beating Miami on March 28 in his first start of the season.

The Pirates lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Pittsburgh closed to 3-2 in the sixth on Henry Davis’ run-scoring grounder, but Texas held on. Shawn Armstrong, Hoby Milner and Chris Martin combined for 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief, with Martin getting the last three outs for his second save.

Rangers first baseman Jake Burger (strained left oblique) was placed on the 10-day injured list before the game and center fielder Wyatt Langford (back spasms) sat out a second straight day.

Pirates right fielder Bryan Reynolds was activated from the paternity list after missing three games following the birth of a son. He went 0 for 4.

Key stat Keller’s losing streak is the longest by a Pirates pitcher since Jose DeLeon dropped 11 decisions in a row in 1985.

Key moment The Pirates had runners on first and second while trailing 3-2 in the sixth, but Armstrong got Ke’Bryan Hayes to hit an inning-ending pop out.

Up next Rangers RHP Jack Leiter (4-4, 4.40 ERA) will go against Pirates LHP Bailey Falter (5-3, 3.49) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hayes struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Davis flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Frazier struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Martin relieved Milner
	9th Inning	Duran lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Carter grounded into fielder's choice to first, Semien to second, Seager out at home.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
4	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
4	Total Bases	5
34	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
0.5	Runs Created	1.5
.138	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.138	Slugging Percentage	.172
.138	Secondary Average	.172
.235	On Base Percentage	.265
.373	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.437
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
14.0	Batter Rating	15.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.29	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.000	Isolated Power	.000
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.118	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
5.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
65.0	MLB Rating	67.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0