Pittsburgh Pirates at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

14-10, 6-5 Away

Final
8 - 4

Texas Rangers

12-12, 4-4 Home

Oneil Cruz's 3-run homer off top of foul pole powers Pirates to 8-4 win over Rangers

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Texas Rangers: Game Highlights

The Pirates took a 5-4 lead in the ninth when Nick Gonzales broke for the plate on pinch-hitter Jake Mangum's one-out chopper to third base off Cole Winn (1-1). Josh Jung’s throw home pulled catcher Kyle Higashioka into foul territory, and Higashioka could not make the tag.

Cruz followed with his 116.9 mph liner that bounced off the top of the foul pole and into the stands. It was the second hardest-hit ball in the history of Globe Life Field, which opened in 2020.

Pittsburgh's big ninth gave Gregory Soto (1-0) his first win as a Pirate, following his first blown save. The lefty reliever allowed Jake Burger's two-run single in the eighth that tied the score at 4-all. Dennis Santana pitched a perfect ninth for his third save in four opportunities.

Bryan Reynolds’ fifth-inning single, which produced his 500th career RBI, was part of a three-run frame that gave the Pirates a 4-2 lead. Reynolds is tied with Bobby Bonilla for the most RBI by a Pirates switch-hitter. He also scored Pittsburgh’s first run on Marcell Ozuna’s first-inning double.

Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft set career highs with seven innings and 94 pitches, allowing Jung’s two-run homer in the second inning among four hits. Ashcraft grew up about 100 miles south of Globe Life Field near Waco.

Jung has an RBI in a career-best six consecutive games.

Texas starter Jack Leiter, who turned 26 on Tuesday, allowed four runs, three earned, in five innings. He hasn’t won since his first start this season, at Baltimore on March 30.

With a single and a walk, Pittsburgh’s Ryan O’Hearn has reached base in 20 of 22 games.

Up next Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (1-0, 2.29 ERA) will pitch on five days’ rest in Wednesday night’s series finale against Pirates rookie RHP Bubba Chandler (1-1, 3.15).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Higashioka struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Carter flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Jung struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Soto
	9th Inning	Bart catching.
	9th Inning	Cook in right field.

Statistics

PIT		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	10
7	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	12
39	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.6	Runs Created	2.7
.250	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.361	Slugging Percentage	.375
.167	Secondary Average	.250
.308	On Base Percentage	.265
.669	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.640
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
45.0	Batter Rating	31.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.111	Isolated Power	.156
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.051	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
-.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
15.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
87.8	MLB Rating	78.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0