Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers
Final
Recap
ARLINGTON, Texas -- MacKenzie Gore allowed three hits in a career-high eight innings, Joc Pederson and Ezequiel Duran homered, and the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 on Tuesday night. Jake Burger went 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBI, reaching base a season-high four times. Gore (3-3) allowed Ildemaro Vargas' solo homer in the third inning while throwing just 95 pitches and matching the longest start by a Texas pitcher this year. He struck out five and walked one. The 27-year-old left-hander, in his fifth major league season, had worked seven innings six times previously.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteTEX -123 · 53% to win
WonRun LineTEX -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8 · 11 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
4Hits10
1Home runs2
4Walks2
5Strikeouts10
0Stolen bases1
148Pitches thrown127
10Pitching strikeouts5
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel MorenoC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan WaldschmidtCF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ildemaro Vargas1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim TawaPH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr.LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nolan Arenado3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose FernandezDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Geraldo PerdomoSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ketel Marte2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corbin CarrollRF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zac GallenP | 4.2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Ryan ThompsonP | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon PfaadtP | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |