{"id":401521,"date":"2026-08-09T01:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401521\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T01:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:48:16","slug":"texas-rangers-9th-inning-relay-preserves-win-over-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401521\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers&#8217; 9th-inning relay preserves win over Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A relay from Brandon Nimmo to Nicky Lopez to Elias Diaz in the ninth inning kept the Texas Rangers in the lead, though they had to hold their breath in a 2-1 victory over the Orioles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARLINGTON \u2014 Tinker to Evers to Chance is the most storied defensive trio in baseball history, though their claim to fame was turning double plays more than 100 years ago. Nimmo to Lopez to Diaz had a nice ring to it, too, Friday night for the <a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/rangers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That trio \u2014 right fielder Brandon Nimmo, second baseman Nicky Lopez and catcher Elias Diaz \u2014 teamed for a crucial and successful relay in the ninth inning to help preserve a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The out call stood after a lengthy replay challenge, and even Diaz had questions afterward about whether he had applied the tag in time to get the speedy Leody Taveras. Diaz also had no answer for this: How the hell did he hang onto the ball?<\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/diehard_badges_DLLS.png.webp\" alt=\"Diehard\" class=\"h-28 md:h-36 w-auto mx-auto mb-4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          Unlock Your Full Texas Rangers Experience<\/p>\n<p>This premium content is a Texas Rangers Diehard exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>        DIEHARD MEMBERSHIP<\/p>\n<p>\n        $79.99<br \/>\n        \/year\n              <\/p>\n<p>          Not available<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[11px] text-muted font-body mt-3 leading-snug max-w-md mx-auto\">\n          You&#8217;re on a higher plan. <a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/dashboard\/support\/\" class=\"underline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contact us<\/a> to switch down.\n        <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/dashboard\/subscription\/\" class=\"btn-primary btn-xl uppercase text-white w-full\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Manage Membership<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-base-light mt-4\">\n          You&#8217;re already a Diehard! Manage your subscription from your dashboard.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary text-base-color text-base uppercase mb-3\">Already a Diehard?<\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"#\" class=\"btn-ghost-black btn-sm uppercase text-sm\">Sign In<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A relay from Brandon Nimmo to Nicky Lopez to Elias Diaz in the ninth inning kept the Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-401521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}