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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas Rangers starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore came into Wednesday night’s start looking to bounce back and get back on track after a rough month of June.
Unfortunately for Gore and the Rangers, that did not come to fruition as the left-hander allowed seven earned runs in five innings, and Texas fell to the Los Angeles Angels 13-1.
“I thought we got some guys on the ground at times,” Gore said after the game. “Obviously they got hits, put good swings on it, but when they hit homers, you can’t catch those, and they hit two homers with people on base and that was the game."
Once again, the first inning was troublesome for Gore as he allowed a leadoff double to Zach Neto to start the game and then, just one batter later, Vaughn Grissom singled him home to make it 1-0 Angels.
In the fourth inning, Angels right fielder Jo Adell hit an opposite-field, two-run home run off Gore to make it 3-0.
Adell would strike again in the fifth, connecting on a three-run home run as part of a four-run inning for the Angels.
Offensively, the Rangers had a couple of chances early in the game against Angels starter Walbert Urena, who only went four innings and walked five batters. However, Texas managed just one hit against him
The lone offense for the Rangers came in the bottom of the eighth when Kyle Higashioka hit a pinch-hit home run. It marked the second straight night that a Texas batter connected on a pinch-hit home run after Justin Foscue had a game-tying shot in the seventh inning on Tuesday night.
Higashioka also pitched the ninth inning of the game for the Rangers, allowing the Angels' 12th and 13th runs of the night. The Texas catcher also became the fourth player in franchise history to hit a home run and pitch in the same game and the first to do so since Yu Darvish back in 2016.
With the loss, the Rangers fall back to .500 at 46-46. They will still have the opportunity to win the series against the Angels on Thursday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m with Nathan Eovaldi set to take the mound for Texas.
“They’re big leaguers, you flush this one quick and move on to tomorrow is quick as you can,” Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said. “There weren’t a lot of positives today, unfortunately.”
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Unfortunately for Gore and the Rangers, that did not come to fruition as the left-hander allowed seven earned runs in five innings, and Texas fell to the Los Angeles Angels 13-1.
“I thought we got some guys on the ground at times,” Gore said after the game. “Obviously they got hits, put good swings on it, but when they hit homers, you can’t catch those, and they hit two homers with people on base and that was the game."
Once again, the first inning was troublesome for Gore as he allowed a leadoff double to Zach Neto to start the game and then, just one batter later, Vaughn Grissom singled him home to make it 1-0 Angels.
In the fourth inning, Angels right fielder Jo Adell hit an opposite-field, two-run home run off Gore to make it 3-0.
Adell would strike again in the fifth, connecting on a three-run home run as part of a four-run inning for the Angels.
Offensively, the Rangers had a couple of chances early in the game against Angels starter Walbert Urena, who only went four innings and walked five batters. However, Texas managed just one hit against him
The lone offense for the Rangers came in the bottom of the eighth when Kyle Higashioka hit a pinch-hit home run. It marked the second straight night that a Texas batter connected on a pinch-hit home run after Justin Foscue had a game-tying shot in the seventh inning on Tuesday night.
Higashioka also pitched the ninth inning of the game for the Rangers, allowing the Angels' 12th and 13th runs of the night. The Texas catcher also became the fourth player in franchise history to hit a home run and pitch in the same game and the first to do so since Yu Darvish back in 2016.
With the loss, the Rangers fall back to .500 at 46-46. They will still have the opportunity to win the series against the Angels on Thursday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m with Nathan Eovaldi set to take the mound for Texas.
“They’re big leaguers, you flush this one quick and move on to tomorrow is quick as you can,” Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said. “There weren’t a lot of positives today, unfortunately.”
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