Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox

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Texas Rangers

66-66, 30-37 Away

Final
11 - 2

Chicago White Sox

68-63, 39-27 Home

Corey Seager sparks offense as Rangers rout White Sox 11-2 to grab AL West lead

Ezequiel Duran drove in two runs and Texas (66-66) outhit the AL Central leaders 14-5 to move a half-game ahead of idle Houston and take sole possession of first place in the AL West for the first time since July 30.

Kumar Rocker (5-10) pitched 5 2/3 innings for the win, allowing two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts and three walks. Robby Ahlstrom retired all four batters he faced and Jordan Montgomery finished with two perfect innings.

Joc Pederson drew a walk from José Urquidy (2-2) to start the game before scoring on Duran's groundout. Evan Carter added a two-out RBI double for a 2-0 lead.

Brandon Nimmo robbed Andrew Benintendi of a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to keep it 2-0.

Duran's two-out infield hit with the bases loaded made it 3-0 in the second. Pederson was ejected by plate umpire Chris Guccione for comments from the dugout before Carter's groundout ended the inning. Pederson — mired in an 0-for-24 slump — struck out looking and was too late trying to challenge the call to start the inning.

Tristan Peters homered for a third straight game and the 10th time this season — a two-out shot in the second off Rocker that cut it to 3-2.

Seager drove in two with a two-out double in the third for a 5-2 advantage.

Burger hit his 22nd homer leading off the fifth. Justin Foscue — who replaced Pederson — and Seager had back-to-back doubles with two outs for a 7-2 lead.

Burger added an RBI double in the sixth, Duran scored on a wild pitch in the eighth and Langford hit his 15th homer — a two-run shot off Trevor Richards — in the ninth for the final margin.

Urquidy allowed five runs and six hits with four walks over three innings.

Up nex t Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (9-8. 3.77 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite White Sox LHP Anthony Kay (9-6, 3.96).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Peters struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Meidroth grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	C. Montgomery fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Freeman at third base.
	9th Inning	Duran in right field.
	9th Inning	Pitcher Jordan Montgomery enters the batting order, batting 4th, right fielder Brandon Nimmo leaves the game.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
6	Strikeouts	11
10	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
6	Doubles	0
22	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	0
214	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
26	Total Bases	8
49	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
8	Extra Base Hits	1
11.8	Runs Created	1.6
.359	Batting Average	.156
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.667	Slugging Percentage	.250
.487	Secondary Average	.188
.490	On Base Percentage	.229
1.156	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.479
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
12.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.6
74.0	Batter Rating	16.0
19.5	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.37	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.77
.308	Isolated Power	.094
1.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.163	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.128	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
21.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
114.5	MLB Rating	67.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0