Texas Rangers at St. Louis Cardinals
Final
Recap
ST. LOUIS -- Jacob deGrom tossed five scoreless innings to earn his 100th career win and Ezequiel Duran had three hits as the Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Monday night. A two-time NL Cy Young Award winner, the 37-year-old deGrom (4-4) allowed four hits and struck out eight in his fourth attempt at the milestone victory. The right-hander went 1/3 with a 5.72 ERA in five May starts and has not won this season when allowing multiple runs. Jacob Latz pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save to help the Rangers win their fourth straight game.
Team stats
8Hits5
0Home runs1
2Walks1
5Strikeouts14
3Stolen bases0
144Pitches thrown135
14Pitching strikeouts5
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joc PedersonDH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon NimmoRF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro OsunaLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Burger1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ezequiel DuranSS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny JansenC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Evan CarterCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob deGromP | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Jakob JunisP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler AlexanderP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob LatzP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Peyton GrayP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |