TEX vs ATH — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballSutter Health Park · Sacramento, California

Texas

Rangers

46-46 · 29-40 away

Final

Athletics

41-51 · 29-40 home

Victory+

Top hitters

TEX

AVG

.267▼

ATH

AVG

.313▼

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

TEX

Starter

Jacob deGrom

Texas Rangers · 11-6

5.0 IP, 0 ER, 6 K, BB

xwOBA 71st

2.69 ERA · 161 K · 0.92 WHIP

ATH

Starter

J.T. Ginn

Athletics · 2-6

6.0 IP, 5 ER, 7 K, 2 BB

xwOBA 52nd

5.17 ERA · 81 K · 1.36 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

TEX9 R · .320 xBA

ATH6 R · .376 xBA

TEX scored more despite the lower team xBA — ATH squared more up and had less to show for it.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

TEX win2nd in the AL West, 0½ GB

Looking ahead

The Rangers sit 2nd in the AL West, 0½ games back — coming off a loss, 6-4 over their last 10.
The Athletics sit 4th in the AL West, 5½ games back — losers of 5 straight, 1-9 over their last 10.
The win pulls the Rangers back to .500 at 46-46.
TEX wins series 4-2.
The Rangers are up next home vs LAA (Jul 9), then home vs HOU.
The Athletics are up next at DET (Jul 9), then at CHW.

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	9	9	0
ATH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	6	9	2

Statcast

Hardest hit · TEX
J. Pederson · Home Run
113.7 mph · 1.000 xBA
Hardest hit
L. Butler · Double
110.5 mph · .870 xBA
Longest hit
J. Pederson · Home Run
418 ft · 1.000 xBA
Best barrel
J. Jung · Home Run
103.3 mph · .820 xBA
Fastest pitch
E. Núñez · 4-Seam Fastball
100.4 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Jacob deGrom
TEX
+23%
Joc Pederson
TEX
+19%
Josh Smith
TEX
+12%

Scoring summary

Pederson homered to right (418 feet), Smith scored.1st Inning2-0
Jung homered to left center (405 feet).2nd Inning3-0
Smith doubled to right, Helman scored.5th Inning4-0
Pederson doubled to left, Smith scored.5th Inning5-0
Langford walked, Duran scored, Smith to second, Helman to third.7th Inning6-0
A. García singled to right, Helman scored, Langford to second, Smith to third.7th Inning7-0
Langford hit sacrifice fly to right, Heim scored, Helman to third.8th Inning8-0
Wilson doubled to left, B. Harris scored and Gelof scored, Butler to third.8th Inning8-2
Rooker grounded out to shortstop, Butler scored, Wilson to third.8th Inning8-3
Soderstrom doubled to left, Wilson scored.8th Inning8-4
Cortes doubled to center, Soderstrom scored.8th Inning8-5
Jung doubled to center, A. García scored.9th Inning9-5
Butler doubled to center, Bleday scored.9th Inning9-6

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J. Smith	2-2	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	20	.257	.337	.379
W. Langford	0-3	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	23	.250	.344	.440
J. Pederson	2-5	5	1	2	3	1	0	1	19	.177	.283	.350
A. Garcia	2-5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	20	.237	.279	.411
R. Tellez	0-5	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	20	.260	.326	.455
J. Jung	2-5	5	1	2	2	1	0	3	21	.259	.304	.405
J. Heim	0-4	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	20	.220	.271	.344
E. Duran	1-5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	18	.221	.267	.292
M. Helman	0-2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	19	.267	.371	.600

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. deGrom	5.0	2	0	0	1	6	79-53	2.69	79
L. Curvelo	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	22-17	4.96	22
C. Boushley	0.1	4	4	4	0	1	20-12	5.93	20
S. Armstrong	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	12-9	2.55	12
P. Maton	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	29-17	3.04	29

Win probability

TEX 100%ATH 0%

Win probability over timeATH win %

Biggest swing: Pederson homered to right (418 feet), Smith scored. (+14% TEX)

Team stats

TEXATH

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

TEXATH

10.1%

Barrel%

10.56%

43.24%

Hard-hit%

42.63%

.320

xwOBA

.330

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant