Rangers Fifth Week of Spring Training Recap

March 16th-

The Rangers are slated to play the Chicago White Sox today. Jack Leiter gets the ball to start this one. The Rangers got on the board early in the first inning. Josh Smith tripled home Marcus Semien, who led off the inning on a single. Later that inning Adolis Garcia got an RBI on a sacrifice fly to tie the game for the Rangers at 2-2. The Rangers didn’t score until the 9th inning where they scored 4 runs, to bring their run total to 6. They scored on a groundout, a double, a single and a wild pitch. Pitching was not great today for Rangers, only one pitcher didn’t give up a run. That being Caleb Boushley who walked a hitter in his inning of work. Hoby Milner gave up an unearned run, and struck out a hitter. Jack Leiter’s command wasn’t great today, he had 3 walks but he did have 4 strikeouts in 4 innings.

March 17th-

The Rangers did not play.

March 18th-

The Rangers are set to face off against the Cleveland Guardians in this one. Tyler Mahle got the start in this one. The Rangers once again got on the board early, they scored in the bottom of the 1st inning on a 3-run double from Adolis Garcia to take a 3-0 lead. Wyatt Langford added to the Rangers’ run total in the bottom of the 5th on an RBI triple to make it a 4-2 Rangers lead. Next batter Joc Pederson smacks a double down the right field line to score Wyatt Langford. Joc had a little bit of fun coming out of the box, he carried the bat all the way to first base and pointed to the dugout with the bat, and his tongue was out too. I got a laugh out of watching that. Then in the bottom of the 6th inning Kevin Pillar hits a 2-run home run to center field to bring the Rangers run total to 7. That’s all the Rangers would need in this one. The pitching gave up 3 runs in the game. Two runs were scored on two solo home runs that were let up by Tyler Mahle, and the other one was another solo home run, this one given up by Patrick Murphy. Tyler Mahle looked good in this one besides the two pitches that were home runs. Mahle through 5 innings struck out 6 hitters, walked 2 hitters, and gave up 2 hits. Patrick Murphy continued to look good, he got through 3 2/3 innings allowing 3 hits and striking out 4 hitters. He did give up his first run of the spring. The Rangers won the game 7-3 over the Guardians. 

March 19th-

It was deGrom day for the Rangers, and they are set to face off against division rival in the Seattle Mariners. Not too much offense in this game for the Rangers. Corey Seager got the Rangers on the board early with a solo home run in the first inning. The Rangers only other run to score came in the 6th inning on an RBI groundout from Jake Burger. deGrom was solid in this game. He went 4 innings striking out 3 hitters and gave up 4 hits, but he did give up 2 runs, one of those being a solo home run. Pitching for the rest of the game was solid for the Rangers, but Jacob Webb did give up a run in the 5th inning on a home run as well. Robert Garcia, Chris Martin, and Luke Jackson all worked scoreless innings. Luke Jackson collected 2 strikeouts ins inning of work. The Rangers lost the game 3-2.

March 20th-

It is split squad day for the Rangers. They face off against the Padres and the Rockies.

Kumar Rocker gets the ball for the Rangers against the Rockies. Kumar had his best start of the spring. Rocker threw 4 2/3 innings allowing 3 hits, 2 runs, and a home run. He also struck out 8 hitters. Dane Dunning then came in after Rocker. Dunning got through 3 1/3 innings giving up 5 hits, 5 runs, and he gave up 3 home runs. He struck out 4 hitters through his 3 1/3 innings of work. Caleb Boushley then pitched the last inning, he gave up 1 hit and struck out 2 hitters. This was a slugfest of a game, all runs were scored on home runs. Joc Pederson got the Rangers on the board in the first inning with a 2-run home run. In the bottom of the 5th smacked a solo home run to right field to bring the run total for the Rangers to 3. Cody Thomas then got the final run for the Rangers on a solo home run in the bottom of the 8th inning. The Rangers lost 7-4 against the Rockies

Adrain Houser gets the start for the Rangers against the Padres. Houser went 3 2/3 innings allowing 4 runs and 5 hits, but struck out 6 hitters. Then the Rangers had 6 other pitchers who entered the game. They all combined for giving up 3 hits, 1 run, and striking out 2 hitters. The Rangers offense was not amazing in this game. They only scored 3 runs in the game. Cooper Johnson had a 2-run single in the top of the 9th, and Tommy Specht had an RBI single of his own. The Rangers fell short against the padres 5-3.

March 21st-

The Rangers are set to face the Angels with Nathan Eovaldi starting. Eovaldi worked through 4 innings allowing 2 hits and 1 run. He also struck out a hitter. Shawn Armstrong then came in after Eovaldi and was lights out for an 1 2/3 he gave up 1 hit and struck out 4 hitters. Robert Garcia then came in to finish the bottom of the 6th inning for Armstrong. Garcia ended the inning on a strikeout. He pitched the next inning, not allowing a base runner and he struck out a hitter. Jacob Webb pitched the last two innings. Webb allowed 4 hits, 2 runs, and he struck out a hitter. Wyatt Langford got the Rangers on the board in the 3rd inning with an RBI single to take a 1-0 lead. The Rangers only then scored in the 8th inning. They scored two runs on two RBI singles by Kevin Pillar and Sam Haggerty. The Rangers tied with the Angels 3-3.

March 22nd-

The Rangers once again face off against the Kansas City Royals, Jack Leiter is on the bump to start this one. pitching for the Rangers in this game wasn’t great. Jack Leiter was getting hit hard, but only gave up 3 runs. Leiter allowed 11 hits and struck out 4 hitters. Gerson Garabito threw an inning and 2/3 and gave up 7 hits and 3 runs. He did not strike out a hitter. Hoby Milner threw 2/3 of an inning and he gave up 2 hits, one of those being a home run. Avery Weems then threw the last 2/3 inning and didn’t give up any hits or runs. Wyatt Langford led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a solo home run to left centerfield getting the Rangers on the board. Jake Burger then in the bottom of the 3rd inning hit a 2-run double to bring the Rangers run total to 3. Adolis Garcia got the Rangers last run of the game on a solo home run to left center field. The Rangers came up short in this one against the Royals, they lost 9-5.