Thoughts on a 6-2 Rangers win – Lone Star Ball
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Rangers 6, Royals 2
Now, see, that was a fun win.
The Rangers scored a health amount of runs, the Pirates didn’t score many runs, and things felt good.
Jacob deGrom was dominant on the night other than one weird stretch in the fourth, when, with two outs, he gave up three straight singles, a walk, and another single. He had retired the first 11 batters before that (albeit with a couple of great plays from Adolis Garcia contributing significantly to that), and he retired seven of eight batters after that stretch, including the the first four after that via strikeout.
Final line was 6 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk, 7 Ks. 84 pitches, 62 of them for strikes. Ho-hum.
This is deGrom’s 12th straight start where he has allowed two or fewer runs. Over that stretch he has a 1.83 ERA and a 2.48 FIP, with 74 Ks in 73.2 IP against 12 walks.
Jacob deGrom is a really damn good pitcher, y’all.
Hoby Milner, Chris Martin and Robert Garcia handled things the rest of the way, and allowed four hits among them in three innings, but no runs scored so we’re all good there.
The offense, meanwhile, which didn’t do much in the sweep by the Royals, kicked into gear in this game. Every Ranger hitter other than Josh Jung had a hit, with Adolis Garcia chipping in three hits to go along with his acrobatics in the outfield. Adolis was a triple shy of a cycle, no less.
Corey Seager homered for the first time since early May, and while it was his one hit in five plate appearances, it is an encouraging thing there.
Evan Carter had an adventurous day. He was the subject of two — not one, but two — successful replay challenges, the first being when he was originally called out on a steal of second (he was ruled safe on the replay) and the second when replay said he successfully beat out an infield single after initially being called out. Along with the 1 for 3 with a walk he also was hit by a pitch.
Marcus Semien had a pair of hits, including a triple that involved some wackiness in the Pirates’ outfield. Jonah Heim was 2 for 4 with a double and a walk, and he looked much more dialed in than he has of late.
The bad news was that Jake Burger had to depart from the game with side soreness. It would be preferable not to have Burger miss time with an injury.
Jacob deGrom maxed out at 100.3 mph with his fastball, averaging 98.3 mph. Hoby Milner hit 88.0 mph with his sinker. Chris Martin touched 95.1 mph with his fastball. Robert Garcia topped out at 96.3 mph with his fastball.
Corey Seager had a 105.7 mph line out and a 100.6 mph home run. Adolis Garcia had a 105.4 mph single, a 105.2 mph home run, and a 105.1 mph double. Sam Haggerty had a 103.9 mph single and a 101.2 mph fly out. Marcus Semien had a 103.6 mph single. Jonah Heim had a 103.2 mph double and a 102.5 mph line out. Ezequiel Duran had a 103.1 mph double. Josh Smith had a 100.9 mph ground out.
Let’s feel good about this one and then see if Texas can make it two in a row.
