May 17, 2022 - Game 35
W - Dennis Santana (1-1)
L - Ryan Tepera (1-1)
S - None
HR: TEX: Seager (8), Calhoun (4); LAA: Ward (9), Rendon (5), Trout (10)
Time of Game: 3:58
Cowboy Hat Winner: Nathaniel Lowe (1st)
Game Recap
Texas entered Tuesday riding a two-game winning and the offense clicking between Sunday and Monday. They took on Angels’ starter, Reid Detmers coming off his no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays last Tuesday in Anaheim. The Rangers brought Taylor Hearn coming off an abbreviated performance due to a lengthy layoff between outings. The goal for Taylor was nearly back to normal regarding pitch count (around eighty-five, according to the skipper Chris Woodward). It was a fun night after a weird ending. "Our guys are starting to hone in to have quality at-bats," Chris Woodward said. "Good execution in big spots."
Texas struck first with another solo home run by Corey Seager. Seager went opposite field over the left-field wall to put the Rangers in front 1-0. Taylor Hearn allowed three hits in the first two innings but didn’t break until the third inning. The Angels used the long ball to take the lead in the third. First, Taylor Ward’s solo home run tied the game up, followed by a two-run homer by Anthony Rendon. In the fourth inning, the Rangers knotted the game back even with another extra-base hit, a home run, by Kole Calhoun. The Angels roared back on top after Mike Trout launched his tenth homer of 2022 to left field.
The Rangers created havoc in the bottom of the eighth inning, with Corey Seager setting the tone. Seager doubled, followed by Adolis García reaching on an error, assisting Seager to score and nod the game up at four. Nathaniel Lowe laced a single to right field with the bases loaded and none out in the eighth, scoring García to put Texas back up 5-4. Sam Huff ripped a single to right field scoring Heim and Calhoun, extending the Texas lead by three. Then, all heck broke loose with Eli White hitting a single to left but crawling under the glove of Brandon Marsh to the edge of the wall. Everyone unloaded on the bases, and the Rangers put a seven-spot in the eighth inning. "It was a tough night for me at the plate, being able to come through with runners in scoring position made the night taste a little better," Eli White said after the game as Eli had four strikeouts before the two-run single and three-base error. "We had an opportunity a couple of innings before, but came through in the eighth."
Tuesday’s outing for Taylor Hearn was okay. On the one hand, the Angels are one of the more prominent offenses in baseball. It’s a team that scored more runs than any other team in MLB, have the second-highest OPS in baseball, and is tops in the AL in BABIP (batting average for balls in play). Hearn went four innings (plus one batter), allowed three runs, five hits, three walks, and struck out two on seventy-eight pitches. On the other hand, Matt Moore threw as well as anyone could out of the bullpen. Moore allowed two hits and one walk but struck out five Angels in two innings. Brett Martin entered the seventh inning. Martin allowed two hits, one walk, and gave up the Mike Trout home run to put the Angels ahead at the time. Dennis Santana pitched a scoreless eighth inning while striking out two. Josh Sborz finished the game allowing two hits and a run, but with a comfortable lead didn't dent the scoreboard much as Texas snatched game two from the Angels. "Cool to see everything click in that one inning that won us the ballgame," Kole Calhoun said after the game. "It shows what this team can do. We showed it in the first inning [last night] and it popped up in the eighth inning tonight. It's what we are capable of when we go out there and do what we can do and try not to be bigger than the situation."
Postgame Notes
All of Corey Seager’s eight home runs are at Globe Life Field. Fifteen of his eighteen RBIs are at home, and he’s walked ten times at home compared to four.
In six of his last seven games, Kole Calhoun has driven in at least one run. In addition, he has an extra-base hit in four of his last five games.
Matt Moore’s five strikeouts are the most in a non-start outing since July 7, 2018, with the Rangers against the Detroit Tigers. Moore entered the first inning of that game after Cole Hamels couldn’t complete the first.
Mike Trout hit his 42nd career home run against the Rangers, one shy of Reggie Jackson’s record since the team moved to Texas in 1972. Between the Rangers/Senators franchise, Jackson hit 54 total home runs.
Andy Ibáñez is 1 for his last 28 (.036). He has three walks in that span.
Brett Martin made his MLB-tying eighteenth appearance on Tuesday.
The seven run eighth inning was the season high for runs in an inning.
Sam Huff has six career hits against the Angels in four games played.
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