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Texas Rangers @ Toronto Blue Jays

2018-04-27 · Night game · Rogers Centre · Att: 26312 · 68°F, dome, dry · 2:50

Texas Rangers defeated Toronto Blue Jays 6–4. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 1st — Nomar Mazara singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Kevin Pillar. Delino DeShields scores. Shin-Soo Choo scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Steve Pearce doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Joey Gallo. Russell Martin scores. Aledmys Diaz scores. Steve Pearce to 3rd. Steve Pearce advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by shortstop Jurickson Profar — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	10
TOR	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10

W: Mike Minor L: Marcus Stroman SV: Keone Kela

Umpires — HP: Mike Muchlinski · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Tim Timmons · 3B: Rob Drake · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	4	1	1	0	0	0
Shin-Soo Choo	4	1	0	0	1	0
Jurickson Profar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nomar Mazara	4	2	3	2	0	0
Joey Gallo	4	2	2	2	0	1
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ronald Guzman	4	0	2	2	0	1
Juan Centeno	3	0	0	0	1	1
Drew Robinson	4	0	1	0	0	2

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Steve Pearce	5	0	1	2	0	1
Teoscar Hernandez	5	1	1	0	0	1
Justin Smoak	4	0	4	1	0	0
Yangervis Solarte	4	1	1	0	0	1
Kevin Pillar	4	0	2	1	0	0
Russell Martin	4	1	1	0	0	0
Kendrys Morales	3	0	0	0	1	2
Devon Travis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Aledmys Diaz	3	1	0	0	0	0
Curtis Granderson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Minor	6.0	9	0	4
Kevin Jepsen	0.2	0	0	0
Alex Claudio	0.1	1	0	0
Chris Martin	1.0	0	1	0
Keone Kela	1.0	0	0	1

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marcus Stroman	5.1	8	1	4
Tyler Clippard	0.2	0	1	0
Aaron Loup	1.0	0	0	1
John Axford	2.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: S6/G56-
Shin-Soo Choo: W.1-2
Jurickson Profar: 63/G4MS-.2-3;1-2
Nomar Mazara: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H
Joey Gallo: HR/F7D+.1-H
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: K
Ronald Guzman: K23

Bot 1

Steve Pearce: K
Teoscar Hernandez: D8/L89XD+
Justin Smoak: WP.2-3
Justin Smoak: S9/F9S.3-H
Yangervis Solarte: K
Kevin Pillar: D8/F8LXD+.1XH(842)

Top 2

Juan Centeno: K
Drew Robinson: K
Delino DeShields: 63/G6

Bot 2

Russell Martin: D8/F78XD+
Kendrys Morales: WP.2-3
Kendrys Morales: K
Devon Travis: 53/G5
Aledmys Diaz: HP
Steve Pearce: D7/L5D+.3-H;1-H;B-3(E6)
Teoscar Hernandez: 53/G6S-

Top 3

Shin-Soo Choo: 43/G34
Jurickson Profar: 31/G34S-
Nomar Mazara: D9/L9LM+
Joey Gallo: 6/L6MD+

Bot 3

Justin Smoak: S7/G6+
Yangervis Solarte: S8/G4M.1X3(85)
Kevin Pillar: T7/L7M.1-H
Russell Martin: 3/F3-
Kendrys Morales: K

Top 4

Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 7/F7M
Ronald Guzman: 7/F7S
Juan Centeno: 9/F8RM

Bot 4

Devon Travis: 13/G15+
Aledmys Diaz: 43/G4
Steve Pearce: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Drew Robinson: S7/L56D+
Delino DeShields: 13/SH/BG13S.1-2
Shin-Soo Choo: 53/G56+
Jurickson Profar: 63/G6+

Bot 5

Teoscar Hernandez: 63/G6
Justin Smoak: D7/L7LD+
Yangervis Solarte: 53/G56
Kevin Pillar: 8/L89D+

Top 6

Nomar Mazara: S9/G34+
Joey Gallo: S8/L8RM.1-2
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 54/SH/BG56S+.2-3;1-2
Ronald Guzman: S7/L7S.3-H;2-H;B-2
Juan Centeno: W
Drew Robinson: WP.2-3
Drew Robinson: 9/F9S.1-2
Delino DeShields: 4/F4MD-

Bot 6

Russell Martin: 43/G4MD+
Kendrys Morales: 53/G56
Devon Travis: 6/L6D

Top 7

Shin-Soo Choo: 7/F78M
Jurickson Profar: K
Nomar Mazara: 13/G13S-

Bot 7

Aledmys Diaz: 8/F8RD+
Steve Pearce: 8/L8LXD+
Teoscar Hernandez: E6/G56+
Justin Smoak: S8/L6MD.1-2
Yangervis Solarte: 5(2)/FO/G5-.1-2

Top 8

Joey Gallo: K
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: S8/L8LS
Ronald Guzman: CS2(25)
Ronald Guzman: D7/F7D+
Juan Centeno: 7/F7LM

Bot 8

Kevin Pillar: 4/F9LSF
Russell Martin: 13/G13S-
Kendrys Morales: W
Curtis Granderson: 1/G34S-

Top 9

Drew Robinson: K
Delino DeShields: 8/F89D+
Shin-Soo Choo: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 9

Aledmys Diaz: 6/F6-
Steve Pearce: 9/F89D+
Teoscar Hernandez: K

Notes & reviews

Blue Jays challegned call that Martin was out at 3rd; call was overturned - wild pitch
Rangers challenged call that Diaz was hit by pitch; call was upheld - hit by pitch
Rangers challenged call that Kiner-Falefa was out at 2nd; call was upheld - caught stealing second

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