Marcus Semien delivered a go-ahead RBI double and Corey Seager had two hits and an RBI because the visiting Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Wednesday within the resumption of a recreation suspended via rain the night time earlier than.
It in the end changed into the primary recreation in primary league historical past to be suspended earlier than an out was once recorded.
Texas out-hit Chicago 11-7 whilst sending the White Sox to their 9th loss in 10 video games and 102nd defeat general.
Rangers left-hander Andrew Heaney pitched 5 innings of one-run, five-hit ball with one stroll and two strikeouts. Heaney yielded his lone run on a Corey Julks RBI unmarried within the 3rd.
Pitching in reduction of Tuesday starter Garrett Crochet, who threw best 4 pitches, Chicago righty Chris Flexen (2-13) allowed 3 runs and 9 hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out 4.
Flexen labored into the 7th inning however allowed hits to 3 of the primary 4 batters, the final an RBI double from Semien. Fraser Ellard yielded an RBI unmarried to Seager one batter later for a 3-1 Rangers lead.
Matt Festa (2-1), Jose Leclerc, David Robertson and Kirby Yates mixed on 4 innings of two-hit, eight-strikeout reduction for the Rangers. Yates labored round a two-out stroll within the 9th for his twenty fourth save.
Ezequiel Duran had two hits for the Rangers, whilst Julks had two for Chicago. Miguel Vargas’ sixth-inning double, overturned via video overview after to begin with being referred to as a house run, was once the one additional base hit for the White Sox.
Texas grabbed a 1-0 lead on an RBI double from Adolis Garcia within the first inning. Shaky baserunning avoided the Rangers from doing additional injury as Chicago catcher Korey Lee grew to become an unassisted double play to assist break out a jam.
On a one-out flooring ball to 3rd base, Lee took a throw, nabbed Robbie Grossman in a rundown between house plate and 3rd, then dove to tag Garcia seeking to advance to 3rd.
The suspended recreation resumed with a 2-2 rely on Semien, the Texas leadoff guy, who noticed 4 pitches from Crochet earlier than storms at Assured Fee Box compelled play to prevent.
–Box Stage Media