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\n MacKenzie Gore delivered an impressive debut for the Texas Rangers, carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning during an 8-3 victory over Philadelphia. Brandon Nimmo and Andrew McCutchen each launched their first home runs as Rangers, helping new manager Skip Schumaker earn his first series win.\n <\/p>\n
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PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Andrew McCutchen channeled his inner Michael Jordan with a shoulder shrug and playfully apologized to a Phillies supporter after crossing home plate following his debut home run as a Texas Ranger.<\/p>\n
Brandon Nimmo also connected for his inaugural long ball with Texas \u2014 a blast that only intensified the hostile reception from Philadelphia fans who relentlessly jeered the former New York Mets standout throughout the entire three-game series.<\/p>\n
MacKenzie Gore continued his dominance over Philadelphia from his previous appearance. During his debut with Washington last season, he recorded 13 strikeouts against the Phillies. Gore maintained that excellence in his Rangers debut, carrying a no-hit bid into the sixth inning before working out of a bases-loaded situation by striking out two-time National League MVP Bryce Harper in Sunday\u2019s 8-3 victory.<\/p>\n
Inaugural home runs and Gore\u2019s stellar first outing helped Texas capture two games out of three against the defending NL East champions.<\/p>\n
For Rangers supporters tracking milestones, here\u2019s another notable first \u2014 the inaugural series victory under new Texas skipper Skip Schumaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just confirmation of what we think our offense is,\u201d Schumaker said.<\/p>\n
Nimmo ignited the Texas attack by taking Philadelphia starter Jes\u00fas Luzardo (0-1) deep for a two-run blast in the second inning.<\/p>\n
Nimmo has launched 11 home runs at Citizens Bank Park, more than any other road venue. He owns 16 career homers against Philadelphia, and their supporters haven\u2019t forgotten his crucial go-ahead hit in Game 1 of the 2024 National League Division Series that propelled the Mets to victory and eventual series triumph.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia fans unleashed a chorus of boos when Nimmo was announced on opening day, maintaining their hostility throughout all three contests.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hear the boos when I go up there,\u201d Nimmo said with a smile. \u201cIt\u2019s part of baseball. Part of baseball in the Northeast. It\u2019s good to know they still remember me. Even though they don\u2019t like me, I appreciate their passion for their team and the game. It\u2019s been a great atmosphere to play here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Philadelphia supporters couldn\u2019t generate the same level of animosity toward McCutchen, widely regarded as one of baseball\u2019s most respected players who joined the Rangers during spring training after a potential Pittsburgh reunion fell through.<\/p>\n
McCutchen, who played one season in Philadelphia and maintains a friendship with the heckling fan, delivered a three-run homer in the fourth inning for a 5-0 advantage. McCutchen also contributed an RBI single in the 10th inning during Saturday\u2019s 5-3 Rangers victory.<\/p>\n
McCutchen revealed he spent time with his Philadelphia sports fan friend who pleaded with him, \u201cStop hurting us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like, no, dude, I can\u2019t do that, I\u2019m sorry,\u201d McCutchen said with a laugh. \u201cWhen I hit the homer, he was looking right at me. I was like, dude, I\u2019m not sorry. It\u2019s a good exchange between me and him, but he\u2019s one of my guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gore is anticipated to be a cornerstone of Texas\u2019 rotation following his acquisition for five prospects.<\/p>\n
He provides the 2023 World Series champions with a starter capable of strengthening their rotation alongside Jacob deGrom \u2014 a two-time NL Cy Young Award winner who earned American League Comeback Player of the Year honors in 2025 \u2014 and Nathan Eovaldi, who battled a rotator cuff strain and underwent sports hernia surgery after posting a 1.73 ERA across 22 starts last season.<\/p>\n
Gore recorded seven strikeouts and completed five hitless frames before his bid for Texas\u2019 first no-hitter since Kenny Rogers\u2019 perfect game in 1994 ended with a leadoff infield single by Justin Crawford in the sixth.<\/p>\n
The southpaw struck out Harper with runners on all three bases in the sixth and departed after hitting Alec Bohm with a pitch to make the score 6-1.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a situation where we got ahead and we kind of wanted to put him away,\u201d Gore said.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old Gore carries a 26-41 record with a 4.19 ERA across four major league campaigns, spending the last three with Washington. He earned NL All-Star recognition last season but struggled in the second half, finishing 5-15 with a 4.17 ERA and a career-high 185 strikeouts in 30 appearances, all starts.<\/p>\n
Gore has compiled a 3.06 ERA (16 earned runs across 47 innings) with 57 strikeouts over his last eight starts against Philadelphia since early 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t necessarily know if anybody is a great matchup against that lineup,\u201d he said. \u201cI think I just really understand what they\u2019re capable of doing. I know I kind of have to be at my best to have success against them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harper drew boos following his strikeout and managed just a .091 average with one RBI, one run and two walks during the opening series.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot the start we wanted to have (this) weekend,\u201d Harper said, \u201cbut we\u2019ll get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody in the home dugout wants to hear jeers just three games into the season. But those sounds represented a successful series for the Rangers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s totally OK they don\u2019t like me,\u201d Nimmo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MacKenzie Gore delivered an impressive debut for the Texas Rangers, carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[75638,75639,5,75632,75640,75634,75635,75633,75636,4,149,1567,69,3240,75637],"class_list":{"0":"post-651527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas-rangers","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-fine-day","12":"tag-fine-day-102-3","13":"tag-fine-day-fm","14":"tag-fine-day-media","15":"tag-fine-day-radio","16":"tag-have-a-fine-day","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-rangers","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-texas-rangers","21":"tag-texasrangers","22":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116315385960650237","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}