Rangers Fight Back, Lose to Pirates

0:00It's April 23rd. You're listening to Dallas News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with the story. Texas Rangers saw their four-game home-winning streak in Friday 9 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. They fell behind early but scratched back with a two-run homer from Josh Jung and a clutch-two-RBI single by Jake Berger in the 8th to tie it. Pittsburgh exploded for four in the 9th, powered by a huge three-run shot from O'Neill Cruz, handing Texas a tough loss. Rangers sit at 12 wins and 12 losses, Pirates at 14 and 10. The athletics loss kept Texas just half a game back in the American League West. But now the Angels trail by one and a half, Mariners by two and a half, and Astros by three and a half. That division race is heating up fast after the Rangers grabbed a series lead earlier. With Wyatt Langford sidelined a few days by a grade one flexor strain, Texas shuffled the line up for tonight's 7-0-5 p.m. finale at Globe Life. Field.

1:00Jack Patterson slides into the number two spot, batting better lately with a 3-33 average since April 10th. Alejandro Olsuna takes left field and the 9-hole against righty starter, Bubba Chandler. Rangers home-hitting has been rough at 2-12 average, but has ticked up 12 points since the road trip. They mash right handers at 250 but struggle versus lefties, and Pittsburgh has fresh southpaws in the pin. Finally catcher Danny Jansen has seen Chandler before, going one for one. Texas needs to jump on Chandler early and protect any lead to snag this win and spark another streak. Jacob the Grum on the mound gives them a real shot to even the series.