Texas 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, August 19, 2024
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
John Bacon, 1B -
Ramon De Jesus, 2B -
Quinn Wolcott, 3B -
Adrian Johnson
Attendance:
28229
By Field Level Media
Corey Seager slammed two home runs to account for all of Texas' offense as the Rangers earned a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Arlington, Texas.
Marcus Semien had two hits and scored a run for the Rangers, who have won two in a row for the first time since a five-game winning streak from July 21-25.
Rangers starter Dane Dunning allowed three runs and five hits in four innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked one.
Jose Urena (4-8) followed with four innings of shutout relief, allowing two hits along the way. Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth, fanning the last two batters for his 22nd save of the season.
Jared Triolo hit a three-run homer and Billy McKinney and Joey Bart each had two hits and scored a run for the Pirates, who have dropped 12 of their past 14.
Pirates starter Luis L. Ortiz (5-4) gave up four runs and five hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked one.
Seager clubbed a 449-foot homer to right on a 3-2 cutter with one out in the first to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead.
Jonah Heim lined a single to right field to lead off the third for Texas. One out later, Semien pulled a base hit into left and Heim continued to third, drawing a throw from left fielder Bryan Reynolds, which allowed Semien to move up to second.
Seager then stepped up and hit a high fly ball that fell into the second row of seats in right-center field for a three-run homer and a 4-0 lead.
Leading off the Pittsburgh fourth, Bart beat out an infield single down the third base line.
McKinney lined a two-out single up the middle later in the inning, bringing up Triolo, who pulled a line drive down the left field line that stayed inside the foul pole for a three-run homer that cut the Pirates' deficit to one.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh |
|
Texas |
Luis Ortiz
|
Player |
Dane Dunning
|
Loss |
W/L |
No Decision |
6.0 |
IP |
4.0 |
7 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
5 |
Hits |
5 |
6.00 |
ERA |
6.75 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Pittsburgh
|
7 |
1 |
10 |
.206 |
15 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Texas
|
5 |
2 |
12 |
.172 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |