Texas Rangers at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

5-2, 2-1 Away

Final
1 - 0

Cincinnati Reds

2-4, 2-4 Home

Jack Leiter shuts down Reds in Rangers' second straight 1-0 win

Josh Smith gets Rangers going with RBI double

The Rangers were outscored 14-5 in the three games but still won the series.

Leiter (2-0) retired the first 11 Reds batters until Elly De La Cruz doubled. He left after the fifth inning with a blister on his pitching hand but still tied his career-high with six strikeouts.

Josh Smith’s two-out double in the fourth inning scored Joc Pederson with the first run of the game off Hunter Greene (0-1), who allowed one run in seven innings on two hits. Smith started the season without a hit in his first eight at bats but had two in the final two games of the series.

Greene struck out Jake Burger for the 500th strikeout of his career.

De La Cruz made a highlight-worthy catch of a foul ball down the left field line in the eighth inning. He was positioned for a left-handed hitter.

Jacob Webb, Robert Garcia, Chris Martin and Luke Jackson, who earned his third save, backed up Leiter with four scoreless innings.

The Reds had the tying run on in the ninth but for the second straight game, De La Cruz grounded out to end the game.

Key moment Pederson’s slow roller single to third eluded Jeimer Candelario to set up the winning run.

Key stat The Reds scored 14 runs in the first six innings of the series. They were shutout in the next 20.

Up next The Rangers are off Thursday. Tyler Mahle (0-0, 5.40 ERA) will open a three-game series against Tampa Bay's Zack Littell (0-1, 1.50 ERA).

For the Reds, Nick Lodolo (1-0, 3.00 ERA) is scheduled to face Nestor Cortes (0-1, 36.00 ERA) in Milwaukee on Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	De La Cruz grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	McLain struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Friedl singled to right.
	9th Inning	Hurtubise grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Jackson relieved Martin
	9th Inning	Burger fouled out to first.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	10
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	1
125	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
4	Total Bases	4
32	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
-0.3	Runs Created	-1.0
.100	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.133	Slugging Percentage	.133
.100	Secondary Average	.067
.156	On Base Percentage	.100
.290	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.233
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
-0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.9
9.0	Batter Rating	7.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.033	Isolated Power	.033
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
59.5	MLB Rating	57.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0