{"id":438355,"date":"2026-09-17T02:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438355\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T02:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:57:25","slug":"jacob-degrom-strikes-out-8-to-lead-rangers-over-red-sox-4-2-in-series-between-playoff-contenders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438355\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob deGrom strikes out 8 to lead Rangers over Red Sox 4-2 in series between playoff contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Jacob deGrom struck out eight in five innings, Corey Seager had a two-run single and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Tuesday night in a series opener between playoff contenders. <\/p>\n

All-Star closer Jacob Latz, the fourth Texas reliever, got the five outs for his 30th save in 33 chances after deGrom (11-9) needed 92 pitches while giving up two runs. Latz struck out pinch-hitter Andruw Monasterio with the bases loaded to end the eighth. <\/p>\n

Texas (75-76) stayed within one game of AL West-leading Houston (76-75) after the Astros also won<\/a> Tuesday. The Rangers moved ahead of Toronto (75-77), which lost to Detroit<\/a>, to stay within 1 1\/2 games of Cleveland (77-75) for the third and final wild card.<\/p>\n

Boston (82-69) is second in the wild-card race, 5 1\/2 games ahead of the Guardians.<\/p>\n

Red Sox starter Patrick Sandoval (1-6) struck out his first four batters but was done after allowing four runs in 2 2\/3 innings. The left-hander struck out five and walked two. <\/p>\n

\"JacobTexas Rangers\u2019 Elias D\u00ccaz is greeted in the dugout after he and teammate Danny Jansen-, back, scored on a bases loaded single by teammate Corey Seager against the Boston Red Sox during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

Elias D\u00edaz hit a two-run double into the left-field corner with two outs in the second to put Texas ahead. Sandoval walked the next two batters and Seager\u2019s high popup<\/a> tipped off the extended glove of shortstop Trevor Story in short left as the Rangers extended the lead to 4-0.<\/p>\n

Seager, who had another single in the fifth, had multiple hits for the 12th time in 27 games since Aug. 15.<\/p>\n

Boston No. 9 batter Nick Sogard hit a two-run homer in the third.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox failed to score after loading the bases without a hit in the fifth. They had a batter hit by a pitch, another that reached on a catcher\u2019s interference call and a two-out walk before Adley Rutschman\u2019s inning-ending groundout.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

\"JacobBoston Red Sox left fielder Roman Anthony, right, watches as teammate shortstop Trevor Story (10) is unable to catch a two-run single by Texas Rangers\u2019 Corey Seager, not visible, during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

Rangers LHP MacKenzie Gore (8-11, 4.62) is set to match the MLB lead with his 32nd start in the middle game Wednesday night. Rookie LHP Jake Bennett (9-7, 3.69) pitches for the Red Sox.<\/p>\n

\"JacobBoston Red Sox starting pitcher Patrick Sandoval throws to the Texas Rangers during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

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\"JacobBoston Red Sox\u2019s Nick Sogard is greeted in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run off Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Jacob deGrom struck out eight in five innings, Corey Seager had a two-run single…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-438355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438355","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=438355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}