June 3, 2022 - Game 51
W- Penn Murfee (1-0)
L- Joe Barlow (1-1)
S - Paul Sewald (3)
HR: TEX: Lowe (5); SEA: Raleigh (5), Suárez (10)
Time of Game: 2:51
Game Recap
The Mariners came to Globe Life Field for their first of three trips to Arlington. After a four-game series that started nicely but didn't have the best finish, the Rangers sent Dane Dunning to gain the momentum back. Meantime, Seattle countered with Logan Gilbert on Friday night's game. Dane tried to bounce back after Sunday's outing in Oakland, where he didn't feel quite right (stuff-wise, physically, he felt fine). However, on Friday, Dunning showed the crowd and his teammates that it was a fluke with a good performance against the Seattle Mariners. "I was locating the ball a lot better today. I thought that Seattle was a little aggressive coming out," Dane said after the game. "Depending on which hitters come up, it's 50/50 with half of their hitters are aggressive, half take. They came out swinging."
Dane Dunning and Logan Gilbert went toe-to-toe in the first three innings. There were three baserunners during that span (Josh Smith singled and walked while Cal Raleigh doubled). On Friday, the Rangers' offense didn't have many answers for Gilbert (until the sixth), while Seattle struck first in the fourth inning. After Dane hit Ty France with a pitch, JP Crawford doubled. The Mariners scored the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly by Eugenio Suárez to take a 1-0 lead. Raleigh did more damage in the fifth with a 425-foot home run to right field off Dunning.
The Rangers strung a few hits together in the sixth inning. Marcus Semien reached on a Eugenio Suárez error and then stole second base. Corey Seager drove Semien in with a double to cut the Seattle lead. Following that, Kole Calhoun doubled to left field to score Seager, evening the night at two apiece. On the first pitch of the seventh by new reliever Roenis Elías, Nathaniel Lowe launched a home run to the Rangers bullpen, giving Texas their first lead of the night. The lead held up until the top of the ninth. After a JP Crawford walk, Eugenio Suárez took Rangers closer, Joe Barlow deep to give the lead back to the Mariners 4-3. The Rangers couldn't return the favor in the ninth and dropped their third straight.
Dane Dunning pitched efficiently on Friday. Dane threw seven innings, two runs, three hits, no walks, hit a batter, and struck out seven on ninety-three pitches. "I felt strong especially coming in the first couple of inning," Dunning said after the game. "Then hit a little rut, was a little too quick with my delivery." Dane said the delivery quickness led to the Ty France hit by pitch and a couple of push changeups. Then he had to stay back a little longer and drive off his back leg then it felt good again.
Matt Bush entered the eighth inning and allowed a leadoff single. However, he retired the Mariners in order with two strikeouts. It’s the sixth straight scoreless outing for Bush, and the third straight striking out two hitters. Joe Barlow retired the first hitter he faced. However, a walk and a home run blemished Barlow's perfect save percentage on the season. He got two groundouts to end the inning. It was only the second home run Barlow allowed all season. "I think the walk is the thing he'll talk about. I can't say anything bad about Joe, he made a mistake and the guy hit it," Chris Woodward said. "Went backside on him on a fastball."
Postgame Notes
Dane Dunning has allowed five home runs at home compared to two on the road (six home starts and five road starts).
The seven strikeouts keep a string of seven straight starts of five or more strikeouts for Dane Dunning.
Corey Seager's two hits on Friday marked his third multi-hit game in his last six played.
In eleven of his last fourteen games, Nathaniel Lowe has hit safely with four home runs.
Josh Smith reached base ten times in seventeen plate appearances in five MLB games. He left Friday's game with left shoulder soreness.
Texas fell to 2-9 in one-run games in 2022.
Entering the game, Cal Raleigh had twenty-four career at-bats against the Rangers with one extra-base hit. So naturally, Raleigh's first two at-bats Friday were extra-base hits.
Texas has lost four straight home games to the Mariners.
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