The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Apr 22, 2026 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Oneil Cruz went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 7.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Josh Jung went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Rangers.
- Jack Leiter pitched 5.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh Pirates box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Lowe | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Oneil Cruz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konnor Griffin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Mangum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Ashcraft | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis Santana | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Texas Rangers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Nimmo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corey Seager | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Higashioka | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Burger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan Carter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Haggerty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joc Pederson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Leiter | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Tyler Alexander | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gavin Collyer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Beeks | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cole Winn | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Apr 21, 2026: PIT 1, TEX 5 · Next Apr 23, 2026: PIT 1, TEX 6
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