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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Texas Rangers

2026-04-21 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 23910 · 74°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:28

Texas Rangers defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Ryan O'Hearn singles on a ground ball to center fielder Evan Carter. Oneil Cruz scores. Texas Rangers took the lead in the 2nd — Josh Smith out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jake Mangum. Josh Jung scores. Evan Carter to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Josh Jung doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Joc Pederson to 3rd — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oneil Cruz CF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ryan O'Hearn 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bryan Reynolds LF	3	0	0	0	1	2
Marcell Ozuna DH	4	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Yorke 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Gonzales 2B	4	0	2	0	0	2
Jake Mangum RF	4	0	2	0	0	0
Konnor Griffin SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Davis C	3	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brandon Nimmo RF	5	0	0	0	0	1
Wyatt Langford LF	1	0	0	0	1	1
Ezequiel Duran LF	2	1	1	1	0	0
Corey Seager SS	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jake Burger 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joc Pederson DH	3	1	1	0	1	2
Josh Jung 3B	3	1	1	1	1	0
Evan Carter CF	3	0	1	1	1	1
Danny Jansen C	4	0	1	0	0	2
Josh Smith 2B	2	1	1	1	1	1