Offense stalls as Pirates fall to Rangers
This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW. com. The Pittsburgh Pirates saw an early lead slip away and watched Evan Carter steal the chance of another in a 5-1 loss to the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Tuesday night.
Scoring Plays Top 1st, 1-0 PIT: Ryan O’Hearn singled home Oneil Cruz off Kumar Rocker (1-1) to give the Pirates (13-10) an early 1-0 lead. Bottom 2nd, 2-1 TEX: The Pirates’ lead was short-lived as the Rangers (12-11) went ahead by a run in the second inning against Carmen Mlodzinski (1-1). Evan Carter single to right and Josh Smith plated another via sac fly.
Bottom 5th, 5-1 TEX: Texas ballooned its lead with a three-run fifth. Ezequiel Duran doubled home a run, Corey Seager plated another on a base hit and Josh Jung brought home another on a fielder’s choice. All three runs were charged to Mlodzinski.
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