On a ‘frustrating’ night for Rangers pitching, Houston’s Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker went 4 for 5 with a walk against Rangers lefties.
Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez runs the bases on a three-run home run against the Texas Rangers in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. for the Rangers. It was stunning for a few minutes. After that, if you didn’t peer through protective lenses, you might just lose a retina. Not that anybody really wanted to watch.and leave the Astros wondering what might come next, it was the Rangers instead who were left to think about what might have been.
“It was not a good night,” said Heaney, who allowed two runs in 33-pitch first inning, then found himself with a 5-2 lead after the Rangers knocked Fort Worth-raised rookie Blair Henley out after nine batters. “I had a first inning. The offense came back and gave me a lead and I flushed it about two innings later.Heaney, as he can do, struggled with his fastball command.
The teams combined for 76 pitches in a 37-minute first-inning. And you thought your eyes burned after looking at the sun?But it only got worse for Heaney. He gave up a one-out single to No. 9 hitter Victor Caratini in the second on a fastball, then made the cardinal sin of leaving a first-pitch fastball over the inner third of the plate to Alvarez. He drove it into the right-field seats to make it a one-run game.In the fourth, he hit José Abreu, who entered the game hitting .
With Alvarez and Tucker coming up, manager Bruce Bochy went to Burke, his top lefty. Burke got ahead of Alvarez 0-2 with fastballs, then left a slider at the bottom of the strike zone. Alvarez turned it into a run-scoring double to tie the game. Tucker singled on a fastball out over the plate to give Houston the lead. The Rangers gave Burke one more hitter because, by rule, they had to. Right-handed hitting Alex Bregman lined it for a double. Bochy quickly went to Grant Anderson.
The Rangers are starting to face a crisis with Burke, their most-used reliever over 2022-23. Really, just a fastball pitcher with elite extension, he struggled down the stretch last year and was almost unusable in the postseason. In four outings this season, he’s allowed seven of 16 runners to reach.“I think it’s fair to say he’s not hitting his spots,” Bochy said. “He made some mistakes out there to three consecutive hitters. And he’s got to face three. We’ve got to get him going.
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