Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

82-69, 44-32 Away

Final
2 - 4

Texas Rangers

75-76, 41-32 Home

Jacob deGrom strikes out 8 to lead Rangers over Red Sox 4-2 in series between playoff contenders

Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers: Game Highlights

All-Star closer Jacob Latz, the fourth Texas reliever, got the five outs for his 30th save in 33 chances after deGrom (11-9) needed 92 pitches while giving up two runs. Latz struck out pinch-hitter Andruw Monasterio with the bases loaded to end the eighth.

Texas (75-76) stayed within one game of AL West-leading Houston (76-75) after the Astros also won Tuesday. The Rangers moved ahead of Toronto (75-77), which lost to Detroit, to stay within 1 1/2 games of Cleveland (77-75) for the third and final wild card.

Boston (82-69) is second in the wild-card race, 5 1/2 games ahead of the Guardians.

Red Sox starter Patrick Sandoval (1-6) struck out his first four batters but was done after allowing four runs in 2 2/3 innings. The left-hander struck out five and walked two.

Elias Díaz hit a two-run double into the left-field corner with two outs in the second to put Texas ahead. Sandoval walked the next two batters and Seager's high popup tipped off the extended glove of shortstop Trevor Story in short left as the Rangers extended the lead to 4-0.

Seager, who had another single in the fifth, had multiple hits for the 12th time in 27 games since Aug. 15.

Boston No. 9 batter Nick Sogard hit a two-run homer in the third.

The Red Sox failed to score after loading the bases without a hit in the fifth. They had a batter hit by a pitch, another that reached on a catcher’s interference call and a two-out walk before Adley Rutschman’s inning-ending groundout.

Up next Rangers LHP MacKenzie Gore (8-11, 4.62) is set to match the MLB lead with his 32nd start in the middle game Wednesday night. Rookie LHP Jake Bennett (9-7, 3.69) pitches for the Red Sox.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jones struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Anthony singled to center.
	9th Inning	Sogard grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Durbin struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Langford popped out to second.
	8th Inning	Nimmo struck out swinging.

Statistics

BOS		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	10
15	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
1	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	8
38	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
2.6	Runs Created	2.2
.188	Batting Average	.233
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.267
.188	Secondary Average	.133
.278	On Base Percentage	.303
.559	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.570
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
17.0	Batter Rating	25.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.30
.094	Isolated Power	.033
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.079	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.100
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.0	MLB Rating	74.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0