Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers

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Boston Red Sox

1-1, 1-1 Away

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Texas Rangers

1-1, 1-1 Home

Jonah Heim homers twice and rookie Jack Leiter gets 1st career win as Rangers beat Red Sox 4-1

Heim's second homer was a 417-foot drive to right-center that put Texas up 2-1 in the fifth, after Leiter (1-0) had thrown the last of his 82 pitches. Heim led off the third pulling a pitch just over the right field wall against All-Star Tanner Houck (0-1), who gave up four runs in 5 2/3 innings.

Leiter struck out four with one walk while allowing five singles. The second overall pick in 2021 amateur draft, and the son of former big leaguer Al, made his big league debut last season going 0-3 with an 8.83 ERA in nine games (six starts).

Luke Jackson, the fifth Texas reliever, worked a perfect ninth for his first save.

Wilyer Abreu's RBI single was the third consecutive Red Sox hit in the fourth. That tied the game at 1 before Connor Wong grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Boston also had two on in the second when Wyatt Langford made a running and lunging catch of Wong’s liner to deep left field.

Key moment Boston had the bases loaded in the seventh when Rafael Devers struck out, then third baseman Josh Jung made a backhanded stop on Alex Bregman's chopper and a strong throw to get him for the final out. Jung then exited with neck stiffness.

Key stat Devers, now solely the Boston DH after the offseason addition of third baseman Bregman, struck out in all four at-bats. He is 0 for 7 with six Ks this season.

Up next Two-time All-Star right-hander Walker Buehler makes his Red Sox debut on Saturday night, after going 47-22 for the Los Angeles Dodgers since 2017. Tyler Mahle goes for Texas after three starts last August in his comeback from Tommy John surgery.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rafaela grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Wong flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Abreu fouled out to second.
	9th Inning	Jackson relieved Webb
	9th Inning	Pillar as designated hitter.
	8th Inning	A. García flied out to right.

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
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	3
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
2	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	15
36	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
2.2	Runs Created	4.9
.235	Batting Average	.276
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.235	Slugging Percentage	.517
.118	Secondary Average	.414
.278	On Base Percentage	.344
.513	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.861
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.7
14.0	Batter Rating	34.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.000	Isolated Power	.241
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.138
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.8	MLB Rating	85.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0