Arizona Diamondbacks @ Texas Rangers
Danny Jansen's single gives Rangers a 6-5 win over Dbacks after both teams score 3 runs in 9th
ARLINGTON, Texas -- — Danny Jansen had a game-ending single with two outs as the Texas Rangers rallied for a 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night in a frantic ninth inning that included three-run rallies by both teams.
Jansen capped the Rangers comeback when he grounded the only pitch thrown by Juan Morillo into the left-field corner. Morillo relieved Paul Sewald (0-4), who had converted his first nine save opportunities.
Ezequiel Duran had an RBI double and Jake Burger, whose three-run homer for Texas in the fifth produced the game's first runs, tied the game with an RBI single and chased Sewald.
Arizona had gone ahead 5-3 in the top half. Nolan Arenado’s RBI double off Jacob Latz, the sixth of seven Texas pitchers, tied the game at 3 and Ildemaro Vargas lined a two-run single.
Cal Quantrill (2-0) took over after Latz failed to retire a batter.
Rangers shortstop Corey Seager struck out starting the ninth and finished 0 for 4, slipping into a career-worst slump.
Seager has gone seven games in a row without a hit. That is the longest hitless span in the two-time World Series MVP's 12 big league seasons, as is the 0-for-27 span with 11 strikeouts over the last week. He has a .179 batting average.
Diamondbacks left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who fouled a pitch hard off the inside of his left knee in the fourth, had an RBI double in the sixth. Arenado had a sacrifice fly in the seventh, and his double came after Corbin Carroll led off the ninth with a double and Geraldo Perdomo walked.
Rangers starter Kumar Rocker walked four and needed 97 pitches to get through five scoreless innings. Arizona right-hander Ryne Nelson, who gave up Burger's homer, struck out eight without a walk over seven innings.
A day off for both teams before road games Friday night: Arizona at Colorado, and the Rangers in Houston.
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TEX wins 2-1
Game Information
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Jansen Visconti
- First Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher
- Second Base Umpire - Alex Tosi
- Third Base Umpire - Cory Blaser
2026 National League West Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 25 | 17 | .595 | - | W1 |
| Los Angeles | 25 | 18 | .581 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Arizona | 20 | 22 | .476 | 5 | L2 |
| San Francisco | 18 | 25 | .419 | 7.5 | L1 |
| Colorado | 17 | 26 | .395 | 8.5 | W1 |
2026 American League West Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 22 | 20 | .524 | - | W1 |
| Texas | 21 | 22 | .488 | 1.5 | W2 |
| Seattle | 21 | 23 | .477 | 2 | L1 |
| Houston | 17 | 27 | .386 | 6 | W1 |
| Los Angeles | 16 | 28 | .364 | 7 | L3 |

