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ARLINGTON, Texas -- After Wednesday night’s 13-1 loss, Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said that Thursday night’s rubber match against the Los Angeles Angels would be a test for his team.
It was certainly anything but an easy test. However, Schumaker and his team passed in symbolic form.
Wyatt Langford not only retuned to the lineup on his bobblehead night, but provided a walk-off single, lifting the Rangers past the Angels 6-5.
“There’s a lot of credit to our training staff of getting him [Langford] back in such a fast time,” Schumaker said.
“They [Langford] put a lot of work in. A lot of debate on if he was ready or not but you trust the player and the training staff and the training staff did an amazing job with him and that last at-bat was crucial, obviously, we don’t win that game without Wyatt Langford…”
Langford’s hit was the Rangers' third walk-off victory of the season and the fourth of his young career.
For much of the night, it didn’t look like the Rangers would need a walk-off to win this one as the offense came out firing early.
Brandon Nimmo got the scoring started in the bottom of the first when he laced a solo home run to left center field. Jake Burger also added an RBI hit in that inning to make it 2-0 Texas.
After the Angels added a run, Ezequeil Duran and Justin Foscue hit home runs in the third and fourth, respectively, to make it 5-1.
In the sixth, Foscue added another run with an RBI double and it seemed as if the Rangers would sail to victory at that point.
However, that would not be the case as the Angels stuck for five runs in the seventh to tie the game.
Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi started the inning, facing three batters and failed to record an out.
Still, Eovaldi turned in an outing far better than his line indicated as he punched out a season-high 10 batters.
Eovaldi also joined Nolan Ryan and Yu Darvish as the only pitchers in Rangers history to strike out nine or more batters in four or more consecutive starts. It is the first time in Eovaldi’s career he accomplished that.
Although for Eovaldi, the only thing that matters is that the Rangers ended up with a much needed win.
“At the end of the day, I really don’t care about my personal stats or how my outing went it’s when we win the game, at the end of the day that’s all that matters for me” Eovaldi said after the game.
“We had a lot of guys step. Wyatt coming off the IL, the at-bats, work, and preparation he was doing to be ready to go, pushing to be back. For him to come up big in that spot, I think it just speaks big to his character and his work ethic and being able to come through for the team.”
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It was certainly anything but an easy test. However, Schumaker and his team passed in symbolic form.
Wyatt Langford not only retuned to the lineup on his bobblehead night, but provided a walk-off single, lifting the Rangers past the Angels 6-5.
“There’s a lot of credit to our training staff of getting him [Langford] back in such a fast time,” Schumaker said.
“They [Langford] put a lot of work in. A lot of debate on if he was ready or not but you trust the player and the training staff and the training staff did an amazing job with him and that last at-bat was crucial, obviously, we don’t win that game without Wyatt Langford…”
Langford’s hit was the Rangers' third walk-off victory of the season and the fourth of his young career.
For much of the night, it didn’t look like the Rangers would need a walk-off to win this one as the offense came out firing early.
Brandon Nimmo got the scoring started in the bottom of the first when he laced a solo home run to left center field. Jake Burger also added an RBI hit in that inning to make it 2-0 Texas.
After the Angels added a run, Ezequeil Duran and Justin Foscue hit home runs in the third and fourth, respectively, to make it 5-1.
In the sixth, Foscue added another run with an RBI double and it seemed as if the Rangers would sail to victory at that point.
However, that would not be the case as the Angels stuck for five runs in the seventh to tie the game.
Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi started the inning, facing three batters and failed to record an out.
Still, Eovaldi turned in an outing far better than his line indicated as he punched out a season-high 10 batters.
Eovaldi also joined Nolan Ryan and Yu Darvish as the only pitchers in Rangers history to strike out nine or more batters in four or more consecutive starts. It is the first time in Eovaldi’s career he accomplished that.
Although for Eovaldi, the only thing that matters is that the Rangers ended up with a much needed win.
“At the end of the day, I really don’t care about my personal stats or how my outing went it’s when we win the game, at the end of the day that’s all that matters for me” Eovaldi said after the game.
“We had a lot of guys step. Wyatt coming off the IL, the at-bats, work, and preparation he was doing to be ready to go, pushing to be back. For him to come up big in that spot, I think it just speaks big to his character and his work ethic and being able to come through for the team.”
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