Texas Rangers at Philadelphia Phillies

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Texas Rangers

2-1, 2-1 Away

Final
8 - 3

Philadelphia Phillies

1-2, 1-2 Home

MacKenzie Gore strikes out 7 in his 1st start for Texas as the Rangers beat the Phillies 8-3

Rangers take the series over the Phillies after an 8-3 win

Gore made his first start for the Rangers after he was acquired from Washington in an offseason trade. He tossed five hitless innings before his bid for Texas' first no-hitter since Kenny Rogers threw a perfect game in 1994 was broken up by a leadoff infield single from Justin Crawford in the sixth.

Gore (1-0) fanned Bryce Harper with the bases loaded in the sixth and left the game after he plunked Alec Bohm with a pitch to make it 6-1. The bullpen did the rest to help the Rangers take two of three from the NL East champion Phillies.

Nimmo, a former New York Mets outfielder who was booed all weekend, took Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo (0-1) deep for a two-run shot in the second. McCutchen, also in his first season with the Rangers, hit a three-run homer in the fourth for a 5-0 lead.

Kyle Higashioka hit a fly to right in the sixth that Adolis Garcia, a former Ranger, appeared to lose in the sun. He slipped and fell to the ground — and so did the baseball for an RBI single and a 6-0 lead.

That was enough run support for Gore.

The 27-year-old lefty is 26-41 with a 4.19 ERA in four major league seasons, the past three with Washington. He was an NL All-Star last season, but he faded in the second half and ended up going 5-15 with a 4.17 ERA and a career-best 185 strikeouts in 30 appearances, all starts.

Gore recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts and allowed one hit in six shutout innings against the Phillies in his first start last season.

Up next The Rangers send RHP Jack Leiter to the mound Monday when they open a three-game series at Baltimore. RHP Chris Bassitt pitches for the Orioles.

The Phillies continue their homestand and send RHP Taijuan Walker to the mound Monday against Washington LHP Foster Griffin in the opener of a three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Turner grounded into double play, second to first, Moore out at second.
	9th Inning	Moore walked.
	9th Inning	Moore hit for Crawford
	9th Inning	Marsh struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Garcia relieved Martin
	9th Inning	Seager lined out to shortstop.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	8
10	Strikeouts	10
8	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	27
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	3
39	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
5.3	Runs Created	1.3
.235	Batting Average	.111
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.471	Slugging Percentage	.111
.324	Secondary Average	.296
.308	On Base Percentage	.324
.778	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.435
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
50.0	Batter Rating	15.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.13	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.35
.235	Isolated Power	.000
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.216
.088	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.185
16.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
91.3	MLB Rating	65.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0