Texas Rangers Spring 2023 tracker
Texas Rangers 2023 Spring Training record: 9-11
Game 1: Rangers VS Royals
Date: 2/24 at 2:05 PM Central, Surprise Stadium
Rangers Lineup:
- Semien, 2B
- Seager, SS
- Lowe, 1B
- GarcÃa, RF
- Garver, DH
- Grossman, LF
- Jung, 3B
- Taveras, CF
- León, C
Rangers starter: RHP Glenn Otto
Result: Rangers 5, Royals 6
Win: Weiss (1-0) Loss: Church (0-1, -.–)
We just thought the Rangers were done with one run losses.
Game 2: Royals at Rangers
Date: 2/25 at 2:05 Central, Surprise Stadium
Rangers Lineup:
- Smith, SS
- Miller, 1B
- Frazier, LF
- Heim, C
- Jung, DH
- Mathias, 2B
- Jankowski, RF
- Thompson, CF
- Duran, 3B
SP: RHP Nathan Eovaldi
Result: Royals 10, Rangers 5
Win: Barlow (1-0) Loss: Dunning (0-1, 33.75)
Eovaldi looked to be in mid-season firm in just his 1st start of the season. He threw 19 pitches in 2 innings. He struckout 4. He also threw about 10 more pitches in a bullpen after his two innings.
Justin Foscue (.750 AVG/3.000 OPS) has swung a hot bat in his first two games. He went 2-for-2 with a solo HR. He has a home run in back-to-back games, giving him two home runs on the spring.
Game 3: Rangers at Guardians
Date: 2/26 at 2:05 PM Central, Goodyear Ballpark
The Texas Rangers (0-2) lineup today (2/26) vs. The Guardians (0-1).
- Semien, 2B
- Seager, SS
- Lowe, 1B
- GarcÃa, RF
- Grossman, LF
- Jung, 3B
- Frazier, DH
- Huff, C
- Taveras, CF
SP: RHP Jon Gray
Result: Rangers 13, Guardians 4
Win: Jon Gray (1-0) Loss: Plesac (0-1)
Semien: 1-3
Seager: 2-2, 2 R, 3 RBI
Grossman: 1-1, RBI, 2 BB
Taveras 2-3, 2 RBI
Wendzel: 2-2, HR, 2 RBI
Gray: 2.0 IP 0 R
Ragans: 2.0 IP, 3 K, 0 R
Vanasco: 1.0 IP, 1 R, 2 K
Marc Church-97 mph
Corey Seager blasted his 1st home run of the spring as did Davis Wendzel.
Game 4: Rangers at Reds
Date: 2/27 at 2:05 PM Central at Goodyear Ballpark
Result: Rangers 13, Reds 2
Win: MartÃn Pérez (1-0) Loss: Greene (0-1)
This was the second game in a row that the Rangers lineup scored 13 runs. They are currently averaging 9 runs per game.
Mitch Garver and Sam Huff each hit a home-run.
Game 5: Rockies (3-0) at Rangers (2-2)
Rangers lineup vs the Rockies 2/28.
- Semien, 2B
- Seager, SS
- Lowe, 1B
- GarcÃa, RF
- Heim, C
- Grossman, LF
- Jung, 3B
- Taveras, CF
- Frazier, DH
SP: LHP Cody Bradford
Followed at some point by Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker.
Game 6&7 split squad Padres and Dodgers
The Rangers fell to the Padres by a score of 5-1 after the game was called in the middle of the seventh inning, when a rainstorm descended upon Peoria Stadium.
Combined with a rain-shortened, 2-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Surprise as part of a split squad slate, Texas snapped a three-game winning streak and dropped to a 3-4 record in Cactus League play.
Game 8: Rangers at Brewers (3/2)
The Rangers won 7-4 with Dane Dunning (1-1) earning the win. He pitched 3 innings, allowing one run on 3 hits and struck out 5.
At the plate the Rangers scored 7 runs on 11 hits. They walked six times. Ezequiel Duran was the only one in the line-up with a multi-hit game, going 2-for-3 with 2 RBI.
Game 9: Giants at Rangers
The Rangers won 11-7 against Bruce Bochy’s old team, the San Francisco Giants.
Left-hander Taylor Hearn started on the mound for the Rangers. The Rangers used 9 pitchers who each threw for one inning.