Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

4-3, 0-1 Away

Final
2 - 5

Texas Rangers

6-2, 4-1 Home

Mahle pitches 5 shutout innings for first win since April 2023 as Rangers beat Rays 5-2

Mahle (1-0) allowed only a two-out single to Yandy Díaz in the third inning, striking out five and walking two on 83 pitches. He lasted only 1 2/3 innings last Saturday against Boston, walking three and allowing two hits with 31 of his 61 pitches called balls.

The 30-year-old Mahle had Tommy John surgery in May 2023 while with Minnesota, signed with Texas as a free agent that December, and made three starts last August without a win before being shut down with a stiff shoulder.

Texas’ first five batters in the third all had hits off Zack Littell (0-2). The streak ended when center fielder Jonny DeLuca made a diving catch to turn Wyatt Langford’s liner into a sacrifice fly. Littell also contributed an error on a high pickoff throw to first base that advanced leadoff batter Josh Smith to second base, where he scored on Higashioka’s double.

Smith homered in the seventh.

Luke Jackson struck out two in the ninth for his fourth save.

Key moment Higashioka’s double on a 1-0 slider over the middle of the plate lifted chalk down the left-field line.

Key stat Rangers pitchers threw 25 consecutive scoreless innings, winning 1-0 at Cincinnati on Tuesday and Wednesday, before the Rays scored on wild pitches by Shawn Armstrong and Chris Martin in the seventh.

Up next In Saturday’s middle game of the series, Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (0-0, 0.00 ERA) should be capped around 85 pitches after throwing 73 in his season debut last Sunday. He’ll face Rays RHP Taj Bradley (1-0, 3.00), who’s 4-0 in his career in March and April.

How can I watch Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers?

TV Channel: Rays at Rangers 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on Apple TV+.
Online streaming: Sign up for Fubo.

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jansen flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Misner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Morel struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Jackson relieved R. Garcia
	8th Inning	Pederson grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Langford stole second.

Statistics

TB		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
7	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	4
0	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	3
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	27
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	4
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	95
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
7	Total Bases	10
34	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
1.0	Runs Created	3.1
.188	Batting Average	.222
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.370
.094	Secondary Average	.333
.235	On Base Percentage	.290
.454	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.661
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
12.0	Batter Rating	34.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	27.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.06
.031	Isolated Power	.148
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
-.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.111
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
65.3	MLB Rating	80.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0