
The Texas Rangers have officially entered the home stretch of their Spring Training schedule as Opening Day is now just 10 days away.
With the final few Spring Training games come more night games as Arizona’s temperatures rise.
Last night, the Texas Rangers welcomed the Chicago White Sox to Surprise Stadium for their 25th contest of the spring.
Texas got the better of Chicago, claiming a 3-2 ,one-run victory in what seems like a rare low-scoring game for the team this spring.
With the win, the Rangers’ Cactus League record improves to 14-10, good for the third-best record in the league.
MacKenzie Gore got the start for Texas as he continues to ramp up for his first season in a Rangers uniform.
Gore put forth a very strong outing, going 4.1 shutout innings, allowing just two hits along with three walks and three strikeouts.
“The ball was coming out great,” Gore said after his start. “We’re close, I thought probably the last time out we were much better in terms of crispness and location of everything, but we did a lot of good things tonight, down the stretch there was some inconsistency with the delivery and stuff, but the ball was coming out great.”
Following Gore, Robert Garcia pitched in a Cactus League game for the first time since returning to camp after pitching for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic.
Garcia made a strong return, throwing a clean inning with a pair of strikeouts. The same can be said for Josh Sborz, who had yet another good showing, finishing with the same line as Garcia.
Offensively, it was a quiet day for the Rangers despite having a lineup filled with regulars as Opening Day quickly approaches.
Brandon Nimmo once again led off the game and played right field, drawing yet another walk. Wyatt Langford hit second and played center field, picking up a base hit.
Once again, it was Corey Seager occupying the third and fourth spots in the lineup, playing shortstop and first base, respectively. Josh Smith played second base, picking up a pair of walks.
Perhaps the big story of the night was Josh Jung and Kyle Higashioka returning to the lineup after injury. They played third base and catcher, respectively, with Jung picking up a hit and a run.
All of the offense came off the bat of Danny Jansen, who served as the designated hitter and had a pair of RBI doubles, accounting for all three of the runs the Rangers scored.
Texas will have an off day on Tuesday before returning to action on Wednesday night against its Surprise complexmates, the Kansas City Royals.
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