• Final: Cruz ends the game on grounder to first. Rangers, 6-2
• IKF hits it in the hole, Seager makes a long throw to first to just get him.
• Canario singles to left.
• Cook grounder to Seager at shortstop for the first out.
• Rangers bringing out lefty Robert Garcia to close it out up four.
• Heim lines out to IKF. Last at-bat for Pirates in bottom of ninth.
• RUN: Jung with slow roller in front of the mound to first base side to bring in another run as he's retired 1-3. Rangers, 6-2.
• Caleb Ferguson will come into the game to replace Borucki. He'll have as much time as he needs with the injury replacement.
• A mound visit for Borucki, he mentioned fatigue to me a few weeks ago. After one warmup pitch, he stayed into the game. He walked Carter and Kelly and trainer are back out to the mound and that'll end his night.
• Triolo bobbled ball on grounder by Semien, it took a strong throw to get him out at first. Now Garcia is walked, reaching base for the fourth time tonight. Duran laces a double, Rangers have runners at second and third.
• Ryan Borucki will pitch the ninth for the Pirates.
• End of eighth inning: Triolo grounds out to third to end the threat.
• Bart lines another single to left, his third hit of the night.
• Horwitz fouls out to Jung at third base.
• Cutch grounds out to third base. Gonzales reaches on an infield single as Duran makes a diving stab to knock it down but can't recover in time to get the out.
• Rangers removed Burger from the game with left-side tightness.
• Now pitching for Texas is righty Chris Martin.
• Mattson gets Seager to roll into the 6-4-3 double play, a quick catch and throw by Gonzales to turn it. Maz would be proud.
• Haggerty walks to move Heim into scoring position for Seager, not ideal.
• Heim singled to leadoff the eighth inning against Mattson, who then gets Smith to strike out.
• End of seventh inning: Cruz grounds out to second. Pirates running out of time.
• Canario and Kiner-Falefa strike out. Two down for Cruz.
• Attendance: 31,327
• Billy Cook pinch hit for Frazier to lead off the Pittsburgh seventh, and he answered the call with a single.
• After six solid innings from deGrom, Hoby Milner takes over on the mound for Texas.
• Jung grounds out to first to end the Texas seventh. Stretch time.
• Kelly's going to his bullpen. Ashcraft is done after two innings. Isaac Mattson is pitching for Pittsburgh now. Jung is up to the plate for Texas.
• Carter flies out to center. Two down.
• Burger strikes out swinging. One out in the top of the seventh.
• The sequence of Semien's hit and Garcia's RBI. Unbelievable:
• RUN: Garcia continues a monster game, crushing one to right center. A fan tries to catch it, with the play being ruled fan interference. Might have saved a home run, but replay couldn't confirm. Garcia stays at second base. Semien scores. Rangers, 5-2
• I can't even begin to explain what happened. Semien hit one into the notch and Canario and Cruz did their best little league impression. Semien goes to third.
• End of sixth inning: Triolo flies out to right field.
• Garcia falls just shy of making a third diving catch. Just out of reach. Instead, Bart reaches on a two-out single.
• Horwitz flies out to center, too.
• Gonzalez flies out to center to lead off the Pittsburgh sixth.
• Breathe a sigh of relief. The Texas sixth ends with Seager flying out to shallow left field, leaving the bases loaded.
• Ashcraft walks Haggerty to load the bases.
• Smith grounds into a 3-2 fielder's choice. Horwitz fields it cleanly and guns down Jung at home. Runners on the corners with two outs. Haggerty is at the plate.
• Heim drills one to deep center for a double. Cruz makes a great effort, but can't come down with it. Jung only gets to third because he had to wait to see if Cruz came down with it.
• Jung bounces into a fielder's choice. Carter out at second on a slick play from Kiner-Falefa. Gonzales nearly turned that for a double play, but Jung beat the throw at first.
• Solid effort by Gonzales, but a challenge by Texas pays off, allowing Carter to reach first on an infield single. Carter's speed has helped produce a stolen base and base hit, with a nice assistance from replay.
• End of fifth inning: McCutchen strikes out swinging, too. deGrom strikes out the side.
• Cruz goes down swinging, too. Only, he walks off the field to a few boos from a very modest Friday night crowd.
• Kiner-Falefa strikes out swinging.
• Ashcraft strikes out Burger to end the Texas fifth.
• Burrows is done after 88 pitches in 4 2/3 innings. He leaves a runner on first. Braxton Ashcraft is now on the mound.
• Garcia drives one up the middle for a two-out single.
• Semien flies out to right field.
• HOME RUN: Seager gets one back for the Rangers, taking Burrow deep over the Clemente wall. Rangers, 4-2
• Haggerty flies out to Frazier in right field. Caught in foul territory.
• End of fourth inning: Canario strikes out on three pitches. Stares at a called third strike. It was off the plate. But, despite the past couple of seasons, Heim is known for being excellent at framing pitches. Either way, two runs in an inning in which the Pirates made deGrom throw 32 pitches.
• RUN: Frazier lines one to Garcia in right field, driving in Horwitz. Smart decision to hold the runner and keep the bases loaded. Garcia has a cannon in right field. Rangers, 3-2
Adam Frazier singles with the bases loaded and 2 outs to bring the Pirates within 1
• Horwitz follows that up with a single muscled out to shallow left center for back-to-back hits. Gonzales advances to third. Two on, two out for Bart.
• Gonzales ends the perfect game and no-hit bid by deGrom. He lines a single into left field.
• McCutchen lines out to Seager. Really nice catch by the two-time World Series MVP. That batted ball had a .620 expected batting average.
• Cruz hits a slow bouncer to second, but can't beat the throw from Semien. One down.
• A nice snag by Horwitz saves a run. Smith grounds out to first instead of making it a four-run lead. Onto the Pittsburgh fourth.
• Heim walks. Burrows is now up to 73 pitches. Third time through the order coming up.
• Carter tries to steal second, but gets thrown out on a close play. But after review, Carter apparently just got the hand in there. Looked really close, might not have been enough to overturn. But, MLB saw it differently.
• Jung pops out to Horwitz.
• Carter reaches on a hit by pitch.
• Burger strikes out looking.
• HOME RUN: Garcia, a.k.a. El Bombi, takes Burrows deep to lead off the fourth. Rangers, 3-0
• Semien pops out to Bart. 1-2-3 inning for Burrows.
• Burrows gets Seager swinging. That's six retired in a row.
• Haggerty lines out to Burrows to start the Texas third.
• End of second inning: Jared Triolo flies out to deep right field. deGrom is working it right now. If he gets into a rhythm, this could be a quick night.
• Joey Bart goes down swinging.
• Horwitz pulls the ball with a low hanging liner to right field, a nice diving catch by Adolis Garcia robs him of a hit:
• Nice bounce back inning for Burrows, striking out Josh Jung on a slider and Jonah Heim with a changeup, ending it getting Smith to fly out to right field.
• End of first inning: Andrew McCutchen flies out to right and Nick Gonzales put a ball on the ground for a quick bottom first. That's an eight-pitch inning for Jacob deGrom.
• Cruz continues his strikeout struggles this month.
• Evan Carter flies out to Alexander Canario to end the inning. Seager, Haggerty, and Semien each had exit velocity over 100-mph.
• Jake Burger with a soft single to RF, Garcia advances to second.
• Adolis Garcia hits a lazy pop fly to foul line in right field for Adam Frazier.
• Another hard hit against Burrows, Marcus Semien lines single to left field.
• Canario snags a deep shot from Corey Seager. Nice catch. Too bad two runs have already scored.
• RUN: Haggerty scores on a wild pitch. About as ugly of a start as you can imagine. Rangers, 2-0
• RUN: Sam Haggerty hits a liner into center field, but Oneil Cruz completely whiffs on fielding it on the ground, getting far passed him. Smith scores from first and Haggerty advances to third. Rangers, 1-0
THE ASYLUM
Final: Rangers 6 Pirates 2
• Who: Pirates (30-46) vs. Rangers (36-39)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 77
• When: 6:40 p.m.
• Where: PNC Park
• Weather: 83°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Mike Burrows (1-1, 4.24 ERA) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (6-2, 2.19)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 176/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Rangers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Cruz ends the game on grounder to first. Rangers, 6-2
• IKF hits it in the hole, Seager makes a long throw to first to just get him.
• Canario singles to left.
• Cook grounder to Seager at shortstop for the first out.
• Rangers bringing out lefty Robert Garcia to close it out up four.
• Heim lines out to IKF. Last at-bat for Pirates in bottom of ninth.
• RUN: Jung with slow roller in front of the mound to first base side to bring in another run as he's retired 1-3. Rangers, 6-2.
• Caleb Ferguson will come into the game to replace Borucki. He'll have as much time as he needs with the injury replacement.
• A mound visit for Borucki, he mentioned fatigue to me a few weeks ago. After one warmup pitch, he stayed into the game. He walked Carter and Kelly and trainer are back out to the mound and that'll end his night.
• Triolo bobbled ball on grounder by Semien, it took a strong throw to get him out at first. Now Garcia is walked, reaching base for the fourth time tonight. Duran laces a double, Rangers have runners at second and third.
• Ryan Borucki will pitch the ninth for the Pirates.
• End of eighth inning: Triolo grounds out to third to end the threat.
• Bart lines another single to left, his third hit of the night.
• Horwitz fouls out to Jung at third base.
• Cutch grounds out to third base. Gonzales reaches on an infield single as Duran makes a diving stab to knock it down but can't recover in time to get the out.
• Rangers removed Burger from the game with left-side tightness.
• Now pitching for Texas is righty Chris Martin.
• Mattson gets Seager to roll into the 6-4-3 double play, a quick catch and throw by Gonzales to turn it. Maz would be proud.
• Haggerty walks to move Heim into scoring position for Seager, not ideal.
• Heim singled to leadoff the eighth inning against Mattson, who then gets Smith to strike out.
• End of seventh inning: Cruz grounds out to second. Pirates running out of time.
• Canario and Kiner-Falefa strike out. Two down for Cruz.
• Attendance: 31,327
• Billy Cook pinch hit for Frazier to lead off the Pittsburgh seventh, and he answered the call with a single.
• After six solid innings from deGrom, Hoby Milner takes over on the mound for Texas.
• Jung grounds out to first to end the Texas seventh. Stretch time.
• Kelly's going to his bullpen. Ashcraft is done after two innings. Isaac Mattson is pitching for Pittsburgh now. Jung is up to the plate for Texas.
• Carter flies out to center. Two down.
• Burger strikes out swinging. One out in the top of the seventh.
• The sequence of Semien's hit and Garcia's RBI. Unbelievable:
• RUN: Garcia continues a monster game, crushing one to right center. A fan tries to catch it, with the play being ruled fan interference. Might have saved a home run, but replay couldn't confirm. Garcia stays at second base. Semien scores. Rangers, 5-2
• I can't even begin to explain what happened. Semien hit one into the notch and Canario and Cruz did their best little league impression. Semien goes to third.
• End of sixth inning: Triolo flies out to right field.
• Garcia falls just shy of making a third diving catch. Just out of reach. Instead, Bart reaches on a two-out single.
• Horwitz flies out to center, too.
• Gonzalez flies out to center to lead off the Pittsburgh sixth.
• Breathe a sigh of relief. The Texas sixth ends with Seager flying out to shallow left field, leaving the bases loaded.
• Ashcraft walks Haggerty to load the bases.
• Smith grounds into a 3-2 fielder's choice. Horwitz fields it cleanly and guns down Jung at home. Runners on the corners with two outs. Haggerty is at the plate.
• Heim drills one to deep center for a double. Cruz makes a great effort, but can't come down with it. Jung only gets to third because he had to wait to see if Cruz came down with it.
• Jung bounces into a fielder's choice. Carter out at second on a slick play from Kiner-Falefa. Gonzales nearly turned that for a double play, but Jung beat the throw at first.
• Solid effort by Gonzales, but a challenge by Texas pays off, allowing Carter to reach first on an infield single. Carter's speed has helped produce a stolen base and base hit, with a nice assistance from replay.
• End of fifth inning: McCutchen strikes out swinging, too. deGrom strikes out the side.
• Cruz goes down swinging, too. Only, he walks off the field to a few boos from a very modest Friday night crowd.
• Kiner-Falefa strikes out swinging.
• Ashcraft strikes out Burger to end the Texas fifth.
• Burrows is done after 88 pitches in 4 2/3 innings. He leaves a runner on first. Braxton Ashcraft is now on the mound.
• Garcia drives one up the middle for a two-out single.
• Semien flies out to right field.
• HOME RUN: Seager gets one back for the Rangers, taking Burrow deep over the Clemente wall. Rangers, 4-2
• Haggerty flies out to Frazier in right field. Caught in foul territory.
• End of fourth inning: Canario strikes out on three pitches. Stares at a called third strike. It was off the plate. But, despite the past couple of seasons, Heim is known for being excellent at framing pitches. Either way, two runs in an inning in which the Pirates made deGrom throw 32 pitches.
• RUN: Frazier lines one to Garcia in right field, driving in Horwitz. Smart decision to hold the runner and keep the bases loaded. Garcia has a cannon in right field. Rangers, 3-2
• Triolo works a walk on a 10-pitch at-bat. Bases are loaded for Frazier.
• RUN: Bart takes the first pitch from deGrom and lines it into left field for an RBI single. Pirates are on the board. Rangers, 3-1
• Horwitz follows that up with a single muscled out to shallow left center for back-to-back hits. Gonzales advances to third. Two on, two out for Bart.
• Gonzales ends the perfect game and no-hit bid by deGrom. He lines a single into left field.
• McCutchen lines out to Seager. Really nice catch by the two-time World Series MVP. That batted ball had a .620 expected batting average.
• Cruz hits a slow bouncer to second, but can't beat the throw from Semien. One down.
• A nice snag by Horwitz saves a run. Smith grounds out to first instead of making it a four-run lead. Onto the Pittsburgh fourth.
• Heim walks. Burrows is now up to 73 pitches. Third time through the order coming up.
• Carter tries to steal second, but gets thrown out on a close play. But after review, Carter apparently just got the hand in there. Looked really close, might not have been enough to overturn. But, MLB saw it differently.
• Jung pops out to Horwitz.
• Carter reaches on a hit by pitch.
• Burger strikes out looking.
• HOME RUN: Garcia, a.k.a. El Bombi, takes Burrows deep to lead off the fourth. Rangers, 3-0
• End of third inning: Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounds out to second. deGrom is perfect thus far.
• Canario just misses a homer going foul, then strikes out swinging.
• Adam Frazier gets robbed by Garcia, nearly a carbon copy of his first diving catch:
• Semien pops out to Bart. 1-2-3 inning for Burrows.
• Burrows gets Seager swinging. That's six retired in a row.
• Haggerty lines out to Burrows to start the Texas third.
• End of second inning: Jared Triolo flies out to deep right field. deGrom is working it right now. If he gets into a rhythm, this could be a quick night.
• Joey Bart goes down swinging.
• Horwitz pulls the ball with a low hanging liner to right field, a nice diving catch by Adolis Garcia robs him of a hit:
• Nice bounce back inning for Burrows, striking out Josh Jung on a slider and Jonah Heim with a changeup, ending it getting Smith to fly out to right field.
• End of first inning: Andrew McCutchen flies out to right and Nick Gonzales put a ball on the ground for a quick bottom first. That's an eight-pitch inning for Jacob deGrom.
• Cruz continues his strikeout struggles this month.
• Evan Carter flies out to Alexander Canario to end the inning. Seager, Haggerty, and Semien each had exit velocity over 100-mph.
• Jake Burger with a soft single to RF, Garcia advances to second.
• Adolis Garcia hits a lazy pop fly to foul line in right field for Adam Frazier.
• Another hard hit against Burrows, Marcus Semien lines single to left field.
• Canario snags a deep shot from Corey Seager. Nice catch. Too bad two runs have already scored.
• RUN: Haggerty scores on a wild pitch. About as ugly of a start as you can imagine. Rangers, 2-0
• RUN: Sam Haggerty hits a liner into center field, but Oneil Cruz completely whiffs on fielding it on the ground, getting far passed him. Smith scores from first and Haggerty advances to third. Rangers, 1-0
• Smith lines one to left field for a lead-off single on the second pitch of the game.
• FIRST PITCH: Mike Burrows fires in strike one to Josh Smith, and we're underway.
• Bruce Bochy’s lineup for the visiting Rangers:
RANGERS
• Don Kelly’s lineup in the series opener:
PIRATES
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