Tonight on #RightonRangers live: • Texas got thrown into an emergency pitching plan after Nathan Eovaldi was scratched, and somehow the bullpen has still held Arizona to one run. • Tyler Alexander just gave the game its biggest pulse check: bases loaded in the 8th, one-run game, and he walked out of the fire with Texas still breathing. • That changes the pressure map. This is no longer just “the bats are quiet.” The bullpen has done enough to make one clean swing feel massive. • Arizona’s only run came early, and Texas has been chasing 1-0 ever since. At some point, surviving is not enough. Somebody has to cash the ticket. • Michael Soroka bottled up the lineup for six, but the game is still sitting right there. One swing flips the whole conversation. • Bigger picture: after two shutouts against the Cubs, this is the exact kind of low-scoring game where one good offensive inning should be enough. Chat question: What bothers you more tonight, the missed early chances or the fact that the bullpen keeps handing the bats a runway and Texas still has not taken off? #TexasRangers #MLB #Dbacks #ArizonaDiamondbacks #MLBBaseball #Baseball #TexasRangersBaseball #MLBHighlights #TylerAlexander #MichaelSoroka #NathanEovaldi
Tonight on #RightonRangers live: • Texas leads Arizona 3-2 late, and this has turned into a one-swing game fast. • Jake Burger ...
Leadoff Joc Pederson sounded ridiculous until he homered on the second pitch. But MacKenzie Gore was the real grown-up part ...
Tonight on #RightonRangers live: • Joc Pederson leading off sounded weird for about five minutes. Then he opened the game ...
Tonight on #RightonRangers live: • Joc Pederson leading off sounded weird for about five minutes. Then he opened the game ...
The Texas Rangers got the bullpen game you’re supposed to steal. Nathan Eovaldi was scratched, five arms covered nine innings, and Arizona scored once. That should be enough. Instead, Texas finished with four singles, zero runs, and another night where the lineup made the pitching staff live on a tightrope. Fun when the bottom half steals a series. Dangerous when it has to carry the season. #TexasRangers #MLB #Dbacks #ArizonaDiamondbacks #MLBBaseball #Baseball #TexasRangersBaseball #MLBHighlights #NathanEovaldi #TylerAlexander
Tonight on #RightonRangers live: • Texas got thrown into an emergency pitching plan after Nathan Eovaldi was scratched, and somehow the bullpen has still held Arizona to one run. • Tyler Alexander just gave the game its biggest pulse check: bases loaded in the 8th, one-run game, and he walked out of the fire with Texas still breathing. • That changes the pressure map. This is no longer just “the bats are quiet.” The bullpen has done enough to make one clean swing feel massive. • Arizona’s only run came early, and Texas has been chasing 1-0 ever since. At some point, surviving is not enough. Somebody has to cash the ticket. • Michael Soroka bottled up the lineup for six, but the game is still sitting right there. One swing flips the whole conversation. • Bigger picture: after two shutouts against the Cubs, this is the exact kind of low-scoring game where one good offensive inning should be enough. Chat question: What bothers you more tonight, the missed early chances or the fact that the bullpen keeps handing the bats a runway and Texas still has not taken off? #TexasRangers #MLB #Dbacks #ArizonaDiamondbacks #MLBBaseball #Baseball #TexasRangersBaseball #MLBHighlights #TylerAlexander #MichaelSoroka #NathanEovaldi
Tonight on #RightonRangers live: • Jacob deGrom gave Texas a real ace start: 6 scoreless, 2 hits, 0 walks, 8 strikeouts, and career K No. 1,900. That is the headline. • Texas is up 1-0, but this is not comfortable baseball. One run means the bullpen and defense do not get a lazy inning. • The only run came from pressure, not fireworks: Josh Jung scored, Joc Pederson moved to third, and Alejandro Osuna put the ball in play to force the issue. • Jameson Taillon kept this thing tight too, which is why the Rangers cannot treat one run like enough until the handshake line is real. • The series is sitting right there. The Cubs took Friday, Texas answered with Saturday’s shutout, and now deGrom handed them a chance to take the rubber game. Chat question: What matters more tonight: deGrom looking like deGrom, or the Rangers proving they can protect a one-run lead? #TexasRangers #MLB #Cubs #ChicagoCubs #MLBBaseball #Baseball #TexasRangersBaseball #MLBHighlights #JacobdeGrom