Major League Baseball
Texas 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, August 19, 2024
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - John Bacon, 1B - Ramon De Jesus, 2B - Quinn Wolcott, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 28229

Corey Seager slammed two home runs to account for all of Texas' offense as the Rangers earned a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Arlington, Texas.

Marcus Semien had two hits and scored a run for the Rangers, who have won two in a row for the first time since a five-game winning streak from July 21-25.

Rangers starter Dane Dunning allowed three runs and five hits in four innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked one.

Jose Urena (4-8) followed with four innings of shutout relief, allowing two hits along the way. Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth, fanning the last two batters for his 22nd save of the season.

Jared Triolo hit a three-run homer and Billy McKinney and Joey Bart each had two hits and scored a run for the Pirates, who have dropped 12 of their past 14.

Pirates starter Luis L. Ortiz (5-4) gave up four runs and five hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked one.

Seager clubbed a 449-foot homer to right on a 3-2 cutter with one out in the first to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead.

Jonah Heim lined a single to right field to lead off the third for Texas. One out later, Semien pulled a base hit into left and Heim continued to third, drawing a throw from left fielder Bryan Reynolds, which allowed Semien to move up to second.

Seager then stepped up and hit a high fly ball that fell into the second row of seats in right-center field for a three-run homer and a 4-0 lead.

Leading off the Pittsburgh fourth, Bart beat out an infield single down the third base line.

McKinney lined a two-out single up the middle later in the inning, bringing up Triolo, who pulled a line drive down the left field line that stayed inside the foul pole for a three-run homer that cut the Pirates' deficit to one.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   Texas
Luis Ortiz Player Dane Dunning
Loss W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 4.0
7 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 5
6.00 ERA 6.75
Hitting
Pittsburgh   Texas
Joey Bart Player Corey Seager
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 4
0 HR 2
2 TB 8
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 7 1 10 .206 15 9 3 3 0 0
Texas 5 2 12 .172 3 11 4 1 0 0