Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Baltimore Orioles

56-60, 24-30 Away

Final
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Texas Rangers

58-58, 31-26 Home

Joc Pederson's 2-run homer in the 6th lifts Rangers past the Orioles 2-1

Joc Pederson provides all the Rangers' offense with a 2-run shot

Pederson swung at the first pitch he saw from Shane Baz (4-11) and drove it 414 feet around the pole in right field, scoring Elias Diaz and giving the Rangers a lead they never relinquished. It was Pederson's 21st homer of the season and his eighth go-ahead homer of the year.

The Rangers were limited to three hits, one each from Pederson, Brandon Nimmo, and Díaz.

Eovaldi worked 5 1/3 innings and allowed one run on four hits while striking out two. Tyler Alexander (3-2) earned the win after allowing one hit in two-thirds of an inning. Jacob Latz worked two scoreless innings for his 22nd save.

The Orioles got a double from Leody Taveras and singles from Dylan Beavers, Coby Mayo, Colton Cowser, and Carlos Narváez.

Baz threw eight innings innings, giving up two runs on three hits while striking out nine.

Baltimore nearly tied the game with one out in the ninth, but Nimmo threw to Nicky Lopez from right. Lopez hit Díaz, who managed to tag Taveras on his sliding mitt at home. The call on the field was confirmed after a replay review.

The Rangers won their third straight game for the first time since the All-Star break and are 3-1 on their homestand.

The Orioles lost their second straight and for the fourth time in seven games.

Up next Orioles RHP Kyle Bradish (7-10, 3.79 ERA) faces Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (7-7, 3.96) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Encarnacion-Strand struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Encarnacion-Strand hit for Narváez
	9th Inning	Franklin doubled to right, Taveras thrown out at home. Baltimore Orioles challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Mayo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Taveras reached on infield single to third.
	8th Inning	Pederson fouled out to right.

Statistics

BAL		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	6
6	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	2
7	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	25
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	4
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
20	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	93
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	6
36	Plate Appearances	28
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
2.6	Runs Created	0.5
.212	Batting Average	.120
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.240
.152	Secondary Average	.160
.278	On Base Percentage	.154
.551	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.394
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.6
15.0	Batter Rating	14.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	25.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.32
.061	Isolated Power	.120
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.036
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.040
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
69.8	MLB Rating	65.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0