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09/26 00:22 CDT Rangers falter in AL West chase, lose to Twins 10-2 as deGrom
matches high by allowing 8 earned runs
Rangers falter in AL West chase, lose to Twins 10-2 as deGrom matches high by
allowing 8 earned runs
By PATRICK DONNELLY
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Jacob deGrom matched a career high by allowing eight
earned runs on Friday and the Texas Rangers stumbled again in the AL West race
with a 10-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
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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