Pittsburgh Pirates at Texas Rangers

PIT 8 — 4 TEX
Final — 2026-04-22
MVP: Braxton Ashcraft 7.0 IP, 5 K, 2 ER

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Texas Rangers 8-4. Braxton Ashcraft led the way with 7.0 IP, 5 K, 2 ER. Gregory Soto earned the win and Cole Winn took the loss.

123456789 RHE
PIT 100030004 890
TEX 020000020 472
WP Gregory Soto (1-0, B, 1)
LP Cole Winn (1-1)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Ozuna singled to left, Reynolds scored. (1-0)
Bot 2: Jung homered to right (344 feet), Pederson scored. (1-2)
Top 5: Lowe singled to left, Horwitz scored, Davis to second. (2-2)
Top 5: Reynolds singled to right, Davis scored on error and Lowe scored on throwing error by right fielder Nimmo, Reynolds to second. (4-2)
Bot 8: Burger singled to center, McCutchen scored and Nimmo scored. (4-4)
Top 9: Mangum grounded into fielder's choice to third, Gonzales scored, Cook to second. (5-4)
Top 9: Cruz homered to right (432 feet), Cook scored and Mangum scored. (8-4)

PIT — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Cruz CF5110013030 .286.352.551.903
Lowe 2B5110001030 .263.366.575.941
Reynolds LF5121001000 .264.387.414.801
Ozuna DH3010001000 .184.253.289.542
O'Hearn 1B3010000100 .325.413.519.932
Gonzales 3B4110000001 .270.308.311.619
Horwitz 1B4120000000 .271.389.407.796
Griffin SS4000000020 .194.261.258.519
Davis C2100000110 .167.286.229.515
Cook RF0100000000 .375.375.375.750
Mangum PH1100001000 .294.357.333.690
Bart C0000000000 .156.222.281.503

TEX — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Nimmo RF4111000010 .293.364.495.859
Seager SS4000000020 .193.310.410.720
Burger 1B4010002010 .250.277.448.725
Pederson DH1100000200 .231.369.308.677
Jung 3B4120012010 .303.357.526.883
Carter CF4010000021 .200.329.343.672
Higashioka C4011000010 .242.342.364.706
Smith 2B2000000000 .188.288.217.505
Duran 2B3000000010 .280.333.420.753
McCutchen LF1110000000 .233.273.400.673
Haggerty DH1000000010 .143.200.143.343

PIT — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Ashcraft 7.0422251 94-60 2.431.16
Soto 1.0322030 27-15 2.131.07W, 1-0, B, 1
Santana 1.0000020 9-7 0.751.51

TEX — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Leiter 5.0543250 84-57 4.971.44
Alexander 2.0100020 29-20 0.681.28
Collyer 1.0000000 7-3 0.001.48
Winn 0.1233010 19-14 4.911.42L, 1-1
Beeks 0.2111011 9-8 1.801.38

Venue: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas (24,289)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Shane Livensparger, First Base Umpire: Dan Merzel, Second Base Umpire: Dan Bellino, Third Base Umpire: Mark Ripperger

Broadcast: RASN | SNP+

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