Cleveland Guardians at Texas Rangers

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Cleveland Guardians

64-63, 33-32 Away

Final
3 - 4

Texas Rangers

64-66, 38-26 Home

Pederson hits walk-off, Langford homers, scores tying run in 4-3 Rangers win over Guardians

Rangers walk it off on Joc Pederson's RBI

Joc Pederson hit a walk-off RBI double to give the Texas Rangers a 4-3 comeback win over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.

Wyatt Langford, who hit a solo home run in the sixth, scored the tying run on Corey Seager's single after hustling to second for an aggressive double to open the ninth inning.

Carlos Ramirez hit a two-run double to give the Guardians a 3-2 lead in the eighth inning.

Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi went seven innings, giving up one run on four hits while striking out nine to temporarily take the league’s qualified ERA lead. He entered the game with a 1.76 ERA, but was not qualified as the league leader, with 123 innings pitched over 129 games. He qualified with 130 innings and a 1.73 ERA by the end of the game, giving him the lead over Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes (2.16 ERA).

Eovaldi allowed a double in the first, and back-to-back doubles in the second to Carlos Santana and C.J. Kayfus. After Kayfus' RBI double, Eovaldi retired 15 batters in a row.

The Rangers' Robert Garcia (2-7) pitched an inning in relief, while Guardians reliever Cade Smith (5-5) took the loss and a blown save.

Rowdy Tellez tied the game in the fourth with an opposite-field home run over the left-field fence. Langford’s 19th home run gave the Rangers their first lead in the sixth inning.

Key moment Langford's double to open the ninth inning was a successful effort to turn a would-be single into a double that paid off with the tying run.

Key stat Eovaldi took MLB's qualified ERA lead with his 130th inning. He must finish the season with 162 innings pitched to be a qualified pitcher.

Up next The Rangers will send RHP Jack Leiter (7-7, 4.06 ERA) to the mound against vs. Guardians LHP Logan Allen (7-9, 3.87 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pederson doubled to right, Seager scored.
	9th Inning	Seager singled to center, Langford scored, Seager to second.
	9th Inning	Langford doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis
	9th Inning	Jones flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Arias struck out swinging.

Statistics

CLE		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	10
13	Strikeouts	5
3	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	3
11	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
141	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	16
35	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
2.5	Runs Created	3.9
.212	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.516
.121	Secondary Average	.290
.235	On Base Percentage	.226
.569	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.742
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
27.0	Batter Rating	35.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.121	Isolated Power	.290
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
73.8	MLB Rating	82.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0