PIT 8, TEX 4 | Apr 22, 2026 | The Best Box Score

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Thursday, April 23, 2026•Globe Life Field•74°F, Roof Closed

PIT

Pirates

TEX

Rangers

Final

WIN

Gregory Soto

LOSS

Cole Winn

The Pirates defeated the Rangers 8-4.

★Oneil Cruz3 RBI

⚾Braxton Ashcraft7.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 K

Key Moment

Bot 8: Jake Burger singles on a line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Andrew McCutchen scores. Brandon Nimmo scores.

Weather: 74°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 12:05 AM UTCT: 2:37Att: 24,289Venue: Globe Life Field

Ump Audit

Shane Livensparger

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92.8%B

10 missed calls

+31.4% PIT

+1.92 runs PIT

Win Probability

TEX WinPIT Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	8	9	0
TEX	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Game 822913 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Oneil CruzCF	5	1	1	3	0	3	.286/.352/.551	116.9	.556	.1071
Brandon Lowe2B	5	1	1	1	0	3	.263/.366/.575	96.7	.613	.558
Bryan ReynoldsLF	5	1	2	1	0	0	.264/.387/.414	107.6	.298	.317
Marcell OzunaDH	3	0	1	1	0	0	.184/.253/.289	96.8	.359	.365
Ryan O'Hearn1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.325/.413/.519	96.8	.271	.250
Nick Gonzales3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.270/.308/.311	100.6	.347	.319
Billy CookRF	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375/.375/.375	-	-	-
Konnor GriffinSS	4	0	0	0	0	2	.194/.261/.258	103	.069	.106
Joey BartC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156/.222/.281	-	-	-
Bench
Spencer Horwitz1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	.271/.389/.407	103.6	.395	.374
Henry DavisC	2	1	0	0	1	1	.167/.286/.229
Totals	36	8	9	7	2	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Cruz (9th off Beeks, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Reynolds

TB:13

RBI:Lowe; Reynolds; Cruz 3; Mangum; Ozuna

SB:Gonzales

CS:Cruz

GIDP:O'Hearn

Team LOB:4

Texas Rangers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brandon NimmoRF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.293/.364/.495	108.3	.433

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Braxton Ashcraft	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	94-60	93.5	2.43
Gregory SotoWBS	1.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	27-15	88.5	2.13
Dennis Santana	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9-7	89.2	0.75
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	2	10	1	130-82	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Ashcraft 94-60; Soto 27-15; Santana 9-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Ashcraft 7-7; Soto 0-0; Santana 0-1

Texas Rangers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jack Leiter	5.0	5	4	3	2	5	0	84-57	92.5	4.97

Top 1 • PIT

1-0

Marcell Ozuna singles on a line drive to left fielder Ezequiel Duran. Bryan Reynolds scores.

EV: 89.1 mph201 ftLA: 14°

Bot 2 • TEX

1-2

Josh Jung homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Joc Pederson scores.

EV: 98.0 mph💣 344 ftLA: 34°

Top 5 • PIT

4-2

Bryan Reynolds singles on a line drive to right fielder Brandon Nimmo. Henry Davis scores. Brandon Lowe scores. Bryan Reynolds to 2nd. Throwing error by right fielder Brandon Nimmo.

EV: 84.7 mph178 ftLA: 13°

2-2

Brandon Lowe singles on a line drive to left fielder Ezequiel Duran. Spencer Horwitz scores. Henry Davis to 2nd.

EV: 79.0 mph236 ftLA: 19°

Bot 8 • TEX

4-4

Jake Burger singles on a line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Andrew McCutchen scores. Brandon Nimmo scores.

EV: 75.3 mph158 ftLA: 14°

Top 9 • PIT

8-4

Oneil Cruz homers (7) on a fly ball to right field. Billy Cook scores. Jake Mangum scores.

EV: 116.9 mph💣 432 ftLA: 30°

5-4

Jake Mangum reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Josh Jung. Nick Gonzales scores. Billy Cook to 2nd.

EV: 60.9 mph2 ftLA: -58°

Bench
Joc PedersonDH	1	1	0	0	2	0	.231/.369/.308	89.6	.446	.415
Josh Smith2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.188/.288/.217	89.9	.012	.018
Jack LeiterP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler AlexanderP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gavin CollyerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Cole WinnP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jalen BeeksP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Texas Rangers

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Pittsburgh Pirates

Texas Rangers

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