@@Texas Rangers

5/5 PGT: #Bullpenisagreektragedy [TEX 4, LAA 5]

  • May 6, 2023


### Rangers (18-12) @ Angels (18-14) [](http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2017_ipad/684/texana_684.jpg)

**First Pitch**: 8:38 PM at Angel Stadium

|Team|Starter|TV|Radio|
|-|-|-|-|
|[Rangers](/r/TexasRangers)||BSSW|105.3, KFLC (ES)|
|[Angels](/r/AngelsBaseball)|[Tyler Anderson](https://www.mlb.com/player/542881) (1-0, 5.74 ERA)|BSW|KLAA, KWKW (ES)|

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### Line Score – Game Over

| |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|R|H|E|LOB|
|-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|TEX|0|0|1|2|0|0|0|1|0|0|**4**|**8**|**1**|**14**|
|LAA|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|3|1|**5**|**9**|**2**|**7**|

### Box Score

|**LAA**| |AB|R|H|RBI|BB|SO|BA|
|-|-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|**SS**|[Neto](https://www.mlb.com/player/687263)|4|1|0|0|1|0|.246|
|**CF**|[Trout](https://www.mlb.com/player/545361)|4|0|2|1|1|0|.303|
|**DH**|[Ohtani](https://www.mlb.com/player/660271)|5|0|0|0|0|0|.295|
|**3B**|[Rendon](https://www.mlb.com/player/543685)|4|0|2|0|0|0|.277|
|**RF**|[Renfroe](https://www.mlb.com/player/592669)|4|0|1|0|0|1|.254|
|**LF**|[Ward](https://www.mlb.com/player/621493)|4|1|0|0|0|1|.230|
|**1B**|[Drury](https://www.mlb.com/player/592273)|4|1|1|0|0|0|.236|
|**C**|[Thaiss](https://www.mlb.com/player/642136)|2|0|0|0|0|1|.250|
|[](/spacer)PH|[](/spacer)[Urshela](https://www.mlb.com/player/570482)|1|1|1|0|0|0|.283|
|[](/spacer)C|[](/spacer)[Wallach](https://www.mlb.com/player/595453)|1|1|1|2|0|0|.296|
|**2B**|[Rengifo](https://www.mlb.com/player/650859)|4|0|1|1|0|0|.232|

|**LAA**|IP|H|R|ER|BB|SO|P-S|ERA|
|-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|[Anderson](https://www.mlb.com/player/542881 “Game Score: 47”)|5.0|5|3|2|5|6|103-63|5.40|
|[Barria](https://www.mlb.com/player/642545)|4.0|3|1|0|0|3|58-37|2.21|
|[Estévez](https://www.mlb.com/player/608032)|1.0|0|0|0|1|2|19-10|1.08|

|**TEX**| |AB|R|H|RBI|BB|SO|BA|
|-|-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|**2B**|[Semien](https://www.mlb.com/player/543760)|4|1|2|1|2|0|.285|
|**DH**|[Grossman](https://www.mlb.com/player/543257)|5|0|1|0|1|2|.250|
|**1B**|[Lowe, N](https://www.mlb.com/player/663993)|5|0|1|1|0|0|.254|
|**RF**|[García, Ad](https://www.mlb.com/player/666969)|3|0|0|1|1|2|.243|
|**3B**|[Jung](https://www.mlb.com/player/673962)|4|0|0|0|1|1|.265|
|**C**|[Heim](https://www.mlb.com/player/641680)|5|0|2|0|0|1|.300|
|**SS**|[Duran, E](https://www.mlb.com/player/677649)|4|1|0|0|0|0|.307|
|**CF**|[Taveras](https://www.mlb.com/player/665750)|4|1|2|0|1|2|.262|
|**LF**|[Thompson, B](https://www.mlb.com/player/669352)|3|0|0|0|0|2|.190|
|[](/spacer)LF|[](/spacer)[Jankowski](https://www.mlb.com/player/608671)|2|1|0|0|0|1|.290|

|**TEX**|IP|H|R|ER|BB|SO|P-S|ERA|
|-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|[Dunning](https://www.mlb.com/player/641540 “Game Score: 67”)|5.0|2|0|0|1|3|72-47|1.42|
|[Burke](https://www.mlb.com/player/656271)|2.0|1|0|0|0|0|21-14|1.76|
|[Hernández, J](https://www.mlb.com/player/642546)|1.0|2|1|1|0|0|18-11|3.46|
|[Smith, W](https://www.mlb.com/player/519293)|1.1|4|4|3|1|0|27-20|3.75|
|[Sborz](https://www.mlb.com/player/622250)|0.0|0|0|0|0|0|1-0|3.72|

### Scoring Plays

|Inning|Event|Score|
|:-:|-|:-:|
|T3|[Adolis Garcia out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Taylor Ward. Marcus Semien scores.](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/718294/play/19)|0-**1**|
|T4|[Marcus Semien hits a ground-rule double (8) on a fly ball to left field. Ezequiel Duran scores. Leody Taveras to 3rd.](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/718294/play/30)|0-**2**|
|T4|[Nathaniel Lowe reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Zach Neto. Leody Taveras scores. Marcus Semien to 3rd.](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/718294/play/32)|0-**3**|
|T8|[Nathaniel Lowe singles on a ground ball to right fielder Hunter Renfroe. Travis Jankowski scores. Robbie Grossman to 2nd.](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/718294/play/63)|0-**4**|
|B8|[Mike Trout singles on a line drive to right fielder Adolis Garcia. Gio Urshela scores.](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/718294/play/68)|**1**-4|
|B9|[Chad Wallach doubles (1) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Leody Taveras. Taylor Ward scores. Brandon Drury scores.](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/718294/play/77)|**3**-4|
|B9|[Luis Rengifo singles on a line drive to center fielder Leody Taveras. Chad Wallach scores.](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/718294/play/78)|**4**-4|
|B10|[Wild pitch by pitcher Josh Sborz. Zach Neto scores.](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/718294/play/86)|**5**-4|

### Highlights

|Description|Length|Video|
|-|-|-|
|Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, May 5 vs Rangers|0:07|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/c0e2655d-ebbf-426a-a6ed-3fc6335f4592.mp4)|
|Bullpen availability for Texas, May 5 vs Angels|0:07|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/38a2bc6d-a0bb-47e0-ae01-65a33664d2d3.mp4)|
|Fielding alignment for Texas, May 5 vs Angels|0:11|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/0b25002d-65d0-4112-a238-92c2e449733f.mp4)|
|Fielding alignment for Los Angeles, May 5 vs Rangers|0:11|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/c8adc874-f83a-4658-8d7b-2f53dc7c2541.mp4)|
|Starting lineups for Rangers at Angels – May 5, 2023|0:09|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/9e7a12e7-cd86-487a-bd7b-2f4163aeb97b.mp4)|
|Rendon makes the diving grab in the top of the 2nd|0:29|[Video](https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-05/05/54dc33b5-29028fab-7c23c859-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4)|
|Garcia hits a sacrifice fly in the 3rd|0:29|[Video](https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-05/05/50caf12f-69be62ab-62a04fba-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4)|
|Semien doubles to left field in the 4th|0:29|[Video](https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-05/05/62d0fcea-bfd1a7b7-0b411c29-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4)|
|Lowe reaches on an error in the 4th|0:29|[Video](https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-05/05/b1f0397a-93544a32-a471b493-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4)|
|Breaking down Tyler Anderson’s pitches|0:08|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/66b29220-ad6a-4ec8-8156-7f83ced508a4.mp4)|
|Tyler Anderson’s outing against the Rangers|0:23|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/02ea19a3-5e8b-4d36-b95e-d36a813a924f.mp4)|
|Breaking down Dane Dunning’s pitches|0:08|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/d07d9ae1-dc75-4f66-b7d9-038b39e14b99.mp4)|
|Dane Dunning’s outing against the Angels|0:23|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/553264fa-5d06-41ea-bc92-546885860474.mp4)|
|Lowe singles to right field in the 8th|0:19|[Video](https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/b5d901c0-6f8b-4ae0-b6d5-87839bd23d08.mp4)|
|Trout hits an RBI single to right field in the 8th|0:23|[Video](https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/71dbfabd-bd6c-4a22-929a-23be5b3d0148.mp4)|
|Wallach doubles to center in the 9th|0:24|[Video](https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/d1cede83-bf2d-42cf-a079-39ee2afda7b4.mp4)|
|Rengifo hits an RBI single to center in the 9th|0:16|[Video](https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/40e9a63b-254a-4cdb-91a1-f20720246bdd.mp4)|
|Robbie Grossman grounds out, shortstop Zach Neto to first baseman Brandon Drury.|0:09|[Video](https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/42eea23a-67b1-4050-aaa9-632fcb3ad903.mp4)|
|Breaking down Jaime Barría’s pitches|0:08|[Video](https://darkroom-clips.mlb.com/f42407b4-f04b-44b5-af8f-38bfa0165fdb.mp4)|

### Decisions

|Winning Pitcher|Losing Pitcher|Save|
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|Estévez (1-1, 1.08 ERA)|Smith, W (0-2, 3.75 ERA)||

*Game ended at 11:36 PM.*
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43 comments

  2. Peagle is displeased and demands a sacrifice of one Josh Sborz this instant

  10. Its crazy because this bullpen isn’t this bad statistically yet they just manage to blow games regularly.

  11. I hope we’ll be better with Seager in our lineup but like wtf do we do about this bullpen? I don’t even know. We’re not going to the playoffs with this bullpen

  12. Time for an all team intervention with the bullpen, this has gotten ridiculous.

  13. This team is being held back by historically bad bullpen. Send them all to be brutally sacrificed to the peagle

  16. I’m in shambles rn, using a propane torch and some hydrofluoric acid to incinerate and dissolve all of my Will Smith and Josh Sborz memorabilia.

  17. We need to start leaving in our starters as long as possible. Our starters at the end of their game is better than this bullpen.

  18. Bullpen is going to cost this team a playoff spot more than likely. Sucks man. Last year we knew rotation was the issue, got it fixed. Now it’s another thing, bullpen. Sucks man. Frustrating. It’s been like 4 blown losses all in the span of 10 days

  19. We are literally beating ourselves, Haha
    😄😀🫤🙁☹️😩
    I am not oKaY

  22. at a certain point you have to send a message and send some guys down, DFA some guys… this is just unacceptable

  24. What in the literal fuck just happened, maybe this is just who we are don’t even fucking know

  25. I’m so mad right now, it is tough to find words. It is almost unbelievable how bad the bullpen is at this point. As long as the FO sits on their hands and keeps things the same, this will continue to happen.

    Moves need to be made and they need to be made yesterday. Idc how drastic the moves are. Call up the entire AAA bullpen and DFA the entire MLB bullpen. Even if they blow every game, they are not doing any worse than the current bullpen. At least we’d be paying them a lot less.

  26. Guy at the end of the ninth was halfway to third base with his lead. Pick him off and we’d have won the game…

  27. The really cool part is how other teams can now raise their asking price because they know we are desperate

  29. It was actually incredible that Sborz fucked up immediately

    It’s a good thing for us because he saved the rest of the bullpen AND should be available tomorrow

    Come back and try and take the remaining two games

    We need Eovaldi to go deep in the game tomorrow or we are SCREWED for this road trip

  30. Tavares should be benched for a week for that bullshit. Horrendous effort. Either that or he’s just terrible at risk assessment because how do you not take the chance to end the game when the worst that could happen is the runner advances maybe one more base with 2 outs

  31. This is why we took forever to crack the top ten on the power rankings.

    Our start pitching? Great!

    Offense? Superb!

    Fielding? Awesome!

    Relief pitching? Pure dogshit.

    This isn’t a playoff team when you can’t finish games like that…

  33. I’m not really even mad just dissapointed. This is a bottom five bullpen in baseball and there is really no help coming anytime soon. The Rangers aren’t going to trade any big prospects yet for relief help and teams even if they’re bad won’t move guys who can help us this early.

  34. It sucks seeing other teams celebrating like it was some massively hard fought epic comeback, when in reality our bullpen just handed them the win on a silver platter.

  35. Burke or Hernandez has to be the closer from this point on. Leclerc and Smith need to chill in new lower leverage roles because clearly this isn’t working, this is a legit good team and these issues need to be addressed

  36. I like Chris Young, but pretty much everybody knew we needed to improve the bullpen and he didn’t really do anything to address it this past offseason.

  39. Bruce Bochy watched will smith choke a tie game to the A’s and really thought “yeah this guy is our closer”

  40. Hey CY can we spend 1/20th of degrom’s paycheck on like 3 decent closers

  42. Imagine if after a long, hard day at work, you just had a coworker who would always come in your office and just shit all over your desk. Right at the end of the day. Poor Dunning.

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