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Rangers
2, Mariners 1
- Another low scoring affair.
- At least this time, the Rangers came out on top.
- Excellent pitching top to bottom from the Rangers. The second batter of the game, Cal Raleigh, took Jacob deGrom deep on the 12th pitch of a his at bat. The Mariners only picked up one hit the rest of the game. Rangers pitchers issued two walks and hit a batter.
- Not bad.
- The Raleigh at bat represented 15% of the 78 pitches deGrom threw in his five innings. Maybe he would have gone farther if he had given up the home run on the second pitch rather than the twelfth, though he is apparently being limited early this season, and may not have gone more than five innings anyway.
- deGrom retired 14 of the final 16 batters he faced, with the two baserunners coming on a walk and a Josh Jung throwing error.
- Fun fact — the Mariners were 0 for 0 with runners in scoring position in the game. Of the five baserunners they got after the home run, none of them made it past first base.
- Skip Schumaker ended up utilizing five relievers in the game, which is less than ideal. Cole Winn, though, only faced one batter and threw just three pitches, while Jakob Junis threw just four pitches in getting three outs in the ninth.
- Winn threw three pitches despite getting a fly out on a 1-2 pitch because Victor Robles, who was pinch hitting for Dominic Canzone, was assessed a strike for not getting in the box on time. Tyler Alexander was still on the mound at the time. Schumaker then replaced Alexander with Winn, and J.P. Crawford then hit for Robles.
- Tyler Alexander threw 17 pitches to the first three batters of the inning, and B-R has his pitch count at 17 for the game, so the automatic strike apparently isn’t recorded as a pitch to either pitcher.
- Robert Garcia had a 1-2-3 eighth inning while protecting a one run lead. He went 3-2 on the first two batters he faced, but he retired the side in order a day after giving up the winning run, so I’ll take that.
- Texas had 7 hits and 2 walks, which, you know, isn’t great, but they scored more runs than Seattle, so we will take it.
- Corey Seager tied the game up in the bottom of the first, singling home Wyatt Langford, who had doubled with one out. Seager scored the winning run in the sixth, when he had a two out single, advanced on a wild pitch, and then scored on Jake Burger’s double.
- Josh Jung had a pair of hits, so that’s cool.
- Jacob deGrom’s fastest pitch was a 99.1 mph fastball that Cal Raleigh took out of the park. He averaged 96.6 mph with his fastball. Jalen Beeks touched 95.4 mph with his fastball. Tyler Alexander’s sinker reached 91.9 mph. Cole Winn didn’t throw a fastball, but his splitter reached 86.2 mph. Robert Garcia’s fastball topped out at 94.2 mph. Jakob Junis hit 92.4 mph with his fastball.
- Jake Burger had a 106.7 mph double and a 101.9 mph GIDP. Josh Jung had a 106.3 mph single and a 100.8 mph ground out. Corey Seager had a 104.7 mph single. Wyatt Lanford had a 100.8 mph GIDP. Brandon Nimmo had a 100.5 mph fly out.
- Let’s do this again. Only, this time, with the Rangers scoring more runs, please.
