Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

79-81, 34-45 Away

Final
2 - 10

Minnesota Twins

76-84, 41-38 Home

Rangers falter in AL West chase, lose to Twins 10-2 as deGrom matches high by allowing 8 earned runs

Texas (79-81) remains tied with Houston, which has the tiebreaker. The Astros lost 6-5 at the Athletics, and the division winner will be baseball's first postseason team without a winning record in a full season. An Astros win and Rangers loss on Saturday would clinch the division for Houston.

Given a 2-0 lead, deGrom (11-11) gave up six runs in the second inning and two more in the fourth. He allowed eight hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings. It's the fourth time deGrom has allowed eight earned runs in a game.

Luke Keaschall had four hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in three runs for the Twins. Kody Clemens went 3 for 4 and hit his team-leading 27th homer of the season in the sixth inning.

Twins starter Joe Ryan (7-10) allowed two runs and four hits with eight strikeouts over six innings.

Corey Seager hit an RBI single and Wyatt Langford a run-scoring grounder as Rangers took advantage of two hit batters in the first inning.

Royce Lewis hit a tying, two-run single in the second inning, and Ryan Kreidler brought home the go-ahead run with a safety squeeze bunt that turned into a single when nobody covered first base. Keaschall tripled in two more runs before scoring on a deGrom wild pitch.

Texas designated hitter Josh Jung suffered a broken bone in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch in the first inning. He stayed in the game and scored the Rangers' second run, then was replaced by a pinch hitter in the third inning.

Up next Twins RHP Bailey Ober (7-6, 4.21 ERA) starts Saturday against RHP Nathan Eovaldi (11-10, 4.27).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jansen flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Freeman grounded into double play, third to second to first, Burger out at second. Minnesota Twins challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Freeman hit for Carter
	9th Inning	Burger singled to center.
	9th Inning	Rogers relieved Nance
	9th Inning	Sabato at first base.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
10	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	10
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
141	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	17
36	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.8	Runs Created	6.6
.194	Batting Average	.314
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.486
.097	Secondary Average	.314
.306	On Base Percentage	.368
.531	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.854
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
16.0	Batter Rating	58.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.032	Isolated Power	.171
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.079
-.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	19.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
68.5	MLB Rating	99.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0