Athletics vs. Rangers Game Highlights (7/21/25) | MLB Highlights

Athletics vs. Rangers Game Highlights (7/21/25) | MLB Highlights

The righty from Vanderbilt Jack Leder getting his 17th start of the year. He’s five and six so far the 437 , a 38 walks to 69 strikeouts and 2, 33 batting average against. So Lawrence Butler lead things off the 12 that’s over the inner half for called third strike. A well placed changeup catches Butler looking. So one K in the books for lighter that brings up Jacob wilson, here comes the two and that one is punched back to the hill snagged by lighter. He goes halfway to first little flip to Smith and that’s the second out two minute route. And that brings up Nick Kurtz since May 20th 17 home runs for Kurtz trailing only Cal Raley and Then Aaron Judge Kurtz will walk two out base on balls and that will extend the inning for Brent Rooker Kurtz on the move, the 3 to 2 pitch is popped up over near F Smith into fouled ground, makes the one hand grab to retire Rooker for the final out and it’s going to be Jacob Lopez on the bump tonight for the Green and Gold opening up the series here in Arlington three and five record for the left hander. One gone in the bottom half of the first Corey Seeger coming up brings with him into play today. A 21 game on base street 32 home swing and a Miss Jacob Lopez battles back and strikes out corey Seeger for the second out. Simeon walks. Here’s a Garcia Simeon takes off the pitches outside throw to second. Not in time. Marcus dives in with his eighth steal of the season and fielded a one hop and slapped the tag on immediately enough to wear mark considered a challenge pitch to garcia breaking ball swung on and missed down. He goes, got him on the slider three homer game at this ballpark. He loves playing against the Rangers. He’s feasted on Rangers pitching the pitch swing and a miss a change up the bottom of the zone. He disposes of langeliers on three pitches. Soderstrom seems like he’s turning things around. He has four home runs this month , one and two. The wind up in lighter’s pitch strike, three called change up over the outside corner. He’s got back to back strikeouts first pitch. Dan Duh swinging a ball grounded to short backhanded pick by Seager. He throws to first smith the stretch 123 innings for Jack Leder. Nicely done White Langford, a leadoff against Jacob Lopez. Still looking for his first hit since the all star break. 3 to 2 pitch and Lopez strikes out Langford looking on a fastball and Langford knew it can help you, Mr Langford. No, thanks. Just looking, forgot my wallet. And that’s three strikeouts for Lopez through the first five batters he’s faced tonight. Here’s a, this one to deep left center field, Lawrence Butler on the run. He’s still going back, slowing at the track leaps. He brought it back. Lawrence Butler brought the baseball back. It’s Denzel Clark. What a play by Lawrence long track this thing all the way and poor Higgy fought the law and the 11 law, there’s a 2 to 2 pitch that swung on and popped up the shortstop going out. Jacob wilson is under it. He will make the catch at shallow, left field is over a 123 2nd and we are through two. Complete. Still no score one out. Nobody on top three were scoreless the 11. So a line drive in the left center field racing after it, Langford in the gap slides. Did he get it? Yes, he did. White Langford with a gem of a play taking away a hit maybe extra bases from and there are two outs in the top of the third. Back to the top of the order. Here’s Lawrence Butler first pitch breaking ball off the fist in the left center field. Langford after it again on the run lunges for makes the catch another 123 innings. Josh just back with the team recall before the ball game today. The Rangers need his bat, they need him to hit left handed pitching and he lifts this one deep out to left. That has a chance. It is welcome back to the big leagues. Well, that’s what they needed and that’s what they got. Ninth home run of the year for josh Young and the Rangers get that first run tonight. If the Rangers are going to make a move, they need Josh Young to be an everyday player. Providing a big bat. What a way to reintroduce himself and there is one away. There’s Kurtz walked in the first to the plate to the pitch that swan fly ball to center field and coming up and try to make the catch is Helman, he can falls in for a base hit goes off his body, he retrieves it to throw a second. Not in time. It’s a double for Kurtz. Another two base hit for Kurtz his 17th of the year good effort by Helman in center field tried to make the shoestring catch but it bounced off his body as he walks langs it 1st and 2nd 2 outs, Tyler Soderstrom two and that’s through for a base hit. Kurt getting the windmill home Garcia coming up, firing the throw to the plate is late and this game is tied good piece of two out hitting by Soderstrom his 57 RB I ties the game at one a piece and the ever hustling nick Kurtz who able to come around and score and put the green and gold on the board. Now you have to hard bounced out his last time up and the pinch and that one is in there for a called third strike change up at the top of the zone. Lopez misses again and it’s a two out walk. The red hot kyle Higashioka will come up 21. Langford’s going throw down from langeliers and the tag by he says he got him the moment Bill Miller has deemed Lankford safe at second with a stolen base. Watch. Yeah, right on the left shoulder before that right foot gets to the back and you got to tip your cap here to that is playing his day. Young draws the walk here and now the Rangers have runners at 1st and 2nd for cody Freeman. What a time for his first big league hit. Here’s a drive out into right center base. Knock for Cody freeman in the gap. Butler over to pick it up. Smith is in to score. Young is at third Freeman dives into second. He’s got his first big league hit an RB I double to give Texas a two to a great job by Freeman against the left handed pitcher going the other way, attacking the opposite field gap. He’s hustling out of the box scores. Josh Smith easily and the head first slide his first ever hit. What a feeling Hellman is grounded. To first and also flied to shallow, left, first pitch. He hits one high and deep to left field shoulders from going back. He’s at the wall, it’s gone. Michael Helman’s first big league home run comes with two men on board and the Rangers are up 51. Michael Helman’s first hit as a ranger freeman with the double. Now, Helman top of the sixth inning, it’s a 51 Texas lead it. Kurtz is the batter a one high in the air to left. This is drawing length. He’s still going at the track and at the wall, it creeps over the wall and nick Kurtz to the opposite field, a solo home run to left his 19th of the year. Nicky Nukes just keeps lacing baseballs 49 RBIs now for Kurtz and here’s Rooker and 12 strike three called fastball over the outside corner. Lighter strikes out Rooker watching and so langeliers walks on four straight pitches. There’s Soderstrom for the 12 swing and a miss on a fastball and that’s lighter’s seventh strikeout. Nice job bouncing back and striking out Soderstrom who had an RB I single off of him last time and with two outs and one on here’s and Duar 1 to 2 and Duar hits one high in the air to left center Helman in over. It’s Helman in the gap from center field making the catch in left center to end the last time up Michael Helman, a three run home run. The first home run of his major league career gave the Rangers a 51 lead. They currently lead 5 to 2 infield in at the corners midway up the middle first base side and that will get the run home. They do get the out at first pretty good recovery there by Newcombe with the safety squeeze gets Smith home. They squeezed in the juice 6 to 2 lead for Texas. Here’s Corey Seager runner at second two outs might be his last chance to extend his on base streak scoring through in the left field of base hit Young hits, 30 comes home and scores 22 game on base streak. Now for Corey Seeger and the A are down to their final out. The A are one for 15 tonight with runners on base and the payoff that’s popped up should be playable just coming down from first and he makes a catch. This one is over. So win does get it done. 7 to 2. Rangers take the opener from the A’s welcome back, josh Young to the Texas Rangers.

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