Texas Rangers at Arizona Diamondbacks

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

73-76, 33-44 Away

Final
6 - 2

Arizona Diamondbacks

79-70, 42-32 Home

Rangers use a 6-run 5th inning to beat Diamondbacks 6-2, stay in AL playoff race

The Rangers improved to 73-76 and are just two games back of the final American League wild card despite a sub-.500 record.

Arizona fell to 79-70 and is 1 1/2 games behind the San Diego Padres for the final National League wild card.

The Rangers took advantage of a close replay call that went in their favor during the decisive fifth.

The D-backs thought they were out of the jam with the score tied at 1-all after turning an inning-ending double play, but first base umpire Bill Miller ruled Corey Seager safe at first, signaling that pitcher Brandon Pfaadt's foot was off the bag. Arizona challenged the call, but the video review proved inconclusive and Miller's call was upheld.

The Rangers would go on to score five more runs after the review. Duran's two-run single was among the clutch hits.

Pfaadt (7-3) gave up six runs on 10 hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out seven.

Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker gave up one run on two hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out five. Langford's solo homer to lead off the fifth was his 17th long ball of the season.

Two-time All-Star Nathan Eovaldi (elbow) returned from the injured list for the Rangers, pitching in relief for the first time since 2019. He threw 2 2/3 innings, giving up one run on four hits while striking out two.

Up next The D-backs send LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5, 2.55 ERA) to the mound Sunday while the Rangers counter with RHP Cal Quantrill (8-5, 2.89)

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Waldschmidt struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Vargas flied out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Tawa lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Freeman at third base.
	9th Inning	Duran grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Morillo relieved Law

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	5
9	Strikeouts	10
6	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
38	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
20	Total Bases	8
41	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
7.1	Runs Created	2.1
.342	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.526	Slugging Percentage	.250
.237	Secondary Average	.125
.375	On Base Percentage	.250
.901	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.500
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
7.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.1
49.0	Batter Rating	16.5
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.46	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.184	Isolated Power	.063
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.024	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.105	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
12.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
96.5	MLB Rating	69.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0