Texas Rangers at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Texas Rangers

38-40, 15-24 Away

Final
3 - 8

Pittsburgh Pirates

31-48, 20-21 Home

Pham and Horwitz lead Pirates past Rangers to prevent sweep

Texas Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Pham tied it 2-all with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and capped the fifth-inning rally with an RBI double for a 7-2 advantage. He drove in Pittsburgh's final run with a double in the seventh.

Horwitz went 3 for 4 with two doubles. He scored three runs and drove in two. Reynolds had a double and scored as the Pirates finished with 15 hits.

Texas starter Jack Leiter was lifted in favor of Caleb Boushley after walking Oneil Cruz to begin the fifth with the score tied at 2.

Cruz advanced to third on a groundout and Reynolds' single. Nick Gonzales singled to give Pittsburgh the lead, and Horwitz hit a shot to right field that Adolis García misplayed into a two-run double that made it 5-2. Ke’Bryan Hayes added an RBI single before scoring on Pham's double.

Bailey Falter walked two to begin the second and both scored on back-to-back RBI singles by Josh Smith and Josh Jung to put the Rangers up 2-0.

Hayes doubled in the Pirates' first run after one-out singles by Joey Bart and Horwitz in the fourth.

Falter (6-3) pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits and five walks. Three relievers finished for Pittsburgh.

Leiter (4-5) permitted three runs and five hits in four-plus innings. Boushley gave up five runs in four innings.

Key moment Hayes saved two runs when he dove to his left at third base with runners on second and third to take away a hit from García for the final out in the third with the Pirates trailing 2-0.

Key stat Cruz, in a 4-for-37 slump, used his speed to spark the Pirates. He was off and running for his 27th stolen base on a grounder by Andrew McCutchen. Cruz didn't get the steal but he prevented a double play and later scored the go-ahead run.

Up next The Pirates hadn't announced a starter for Monday's series opener in Milwaukee against Brewers rookie RHP Chad Patrick (3-7, 3.50 ERA).

Texas will start LHP Patrick Corbin (4-6, 3.91 ERA) on Monday in Baltimore opposite LHP Trevor Rogers (0-0, 3.12).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Duran struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Jung struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Smith grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Santana
	8th Inning	Bart grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, N. Gonzales out at second.
	8th Inning	N. Gonzales singled to center, Reynolds to second, McCutchen to third.

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	0
12	Ground Balls	11
6	Strikeouts	3
3	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	15
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	8
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	5
13	Fly Balls	24
0	Caught Stealing	0
123	Pitches	160
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	0
7	Total Bases	20
36	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
1.8	Runs Created	8.2
.194	Batting Average	.405
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.541
.194	Secondary Average	.216
.306	On Base Percentage	.439
.531	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.980
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.2
20.0	Batter Rating	57.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.42	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.032	Isolated Power	.135
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.139	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.073
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.189
6.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
71.5	MLB Rating	104.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0