Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays

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Texas Rangers

55-53, 27-28 Away

Final
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Tampa Bay Rays

63-44, 39-16 Home

Diaz, Vilade homers and a 4-hitter in a bullpen game helps Rays beat Rangers 3-0

Texas Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

Ian Seymour (7-3) allowed just two hits in 4 2/3 innings of bulk relief behind opener Casey Legumina, who allowed one hit in 1 2/3 innings. Garret Cleavinger pitched out of a seventh-inning jam, and Kevin Kelly struck out the side in the eighth.

Bryan Baker converted his 19th consecutive save and 29th overall with a scoreless final inning to close out the ninth shutout this season for AL East-leading Tampa Bay. It was the Rays' third shutout in four games.

Texas starter MacKenzie Gore (6-9) allowed three hits and struck out nine in seven innings, retiring 20 of the final 21 batters he faced. The Rangers held the Rays without a hit for the final 7 2/3 innings.

Tampa Bay jumped on Gore in the first inning as Diaz led off with a 372-foot, opposite-field shot to right. Jonathan Aranda followed with a double before Vilade hit a two-run homer with one out that struck the “D” Ring in left field.

Seymour allowed a one-out double in the third before retiring 10 consecutive batters.

Texas put runners on first and second with one out in the seventh after a double by Jake Burger and walk to Nicky Lopez. But Cleavinger struck out Cam Cauley before Alejandro Osuna bounced out in front of the plate to end the threat.

Up next Rays LHP Shane McClanahan (9-6, 3.09 ERA) is scheduled to start the series finale on Thursday against Rangers RHP Cole Winn (5-3, 6.11).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lopez lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Burger flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Nimmo doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Duran grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Kelly
	8th Inning	Aranda grounded out to second.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	7
8	Strikeouts	9
0	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	27
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
135	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	10
32	Plate Appearances	29
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
0.7	Runs Created	1.7
.129	Batting Average	.111
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.258	Slugging Percentage	.370
.161	Secondary Average	.296
.156	On Base Percentage	.172
.414	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.543
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
12.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	13.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.93
.129	Isolated Power	.259
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.034
.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.185
0.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
62.5	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0