{"id":17178,"date":"2023-10-09T03:32:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T02:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=17178"},"modified":"2025-03-25T04:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T03:19:24","slug":"rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy has rotated a number of players through the three-hole in recent weeks, to no avail. The Rangers\u2019 three-hole hitter had a .
\n
143 average through three postseason matches entering Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter Mitch Garver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garver, made his postseason debut as a designated hitter for Texas, delivering a 419-foot grand slam deep over the left-field wall in the third inning, giving the Rangers an early 9-2 lead in a final 11-8 win over the Baltimore Orioles <\/a>at Camden Yards to go up 2-0 in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was just the second postseason grand slam in Texas Rangers history, including Nelson Cruz\u2019s walk-off in the 11th inning in Game 2 of the 2011 ALCS against Detroit.
\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got a good pitch to hit, honestly,\u201d Garver told FS1\u2019s Ken Rosenthal in an in-game interview. \u201cI was a little hesitant on the first pitch. I was kind of looking for the slider. Wasn’t quite where I wanted it. Worked myself into a count where I could get a fastball.
\n
I had a feeling he wasn’t going to go offspeed in a 3-1 count with the bases loaded, so I took my shot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garver\u2019s five RBIs tied to Rangers\u2019 postseason single-game record, done twice previously: Cruz in the 2011 ALCS and Michael Young in Game 6 of the same series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleven runs is the second-highest Texas has scored in a postseason game in franchise history, with the highest being 15 in Game 6 of the 2011 ALCS against Detroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore took an early 2-0 over the Rangers, tagging starter Jordan Montogomery with three hits and a walk in the first inning.
\n
But Texas punched back with a five-spot in the top of the second inning before Garver broke it open with his grand slam in the third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would just say controlling the strike zone,\u201d Garver told Rosenthal on the broadcast. \u201cWe really didn’t really chase out of the zone too much, minus that first inning. We’re working walks, getting guys on base, using the whole field and just playing good offense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related MLB News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Randy Arozarena\u2019s mom throws first pitch at first MLB game<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy has rotated a number of players through the three-hole in recent weeks, to no avail. The Rangers\u2019 three-hole hitter had a . 143 average through three postseason matches entering Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Sunday. Enter Mitch Garver. Garver, made his postseason debut as a designated hitter for Texas, delivering a 419-foot grand slam deep over the left-field wall in the third inning, giving the Rangers an early 9-2 lead in a final 11-8 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards to go up 2-0 in the series. It was just the second postseason grand slam in Texas Rangers history, including Nelson Cruz\u2019s walk-off in the 11th inning in Game 2 of the 2011 ALCS against Detroit. \u201cI got a good pitch to hit, honestly,\u201d Garver told FS1\u2019s Ken Rosenthal in an in-game interview. \u201cI was a little hesitant on the first pitch. I was kind of looking for the slider. Wasn’t quite where I wanted it. Worked myself into a count where I could get a fastball. I had a feeling he wasn’t going to go offspeed in a 3-1 count with the bases loaded, so I took my shot.\u201d Garver\u2019s five RBIs tied to Rangers\u2019 postseason single-game record, done twice previously: Cruz in the 2011 ALCS and Michael Young in Game 6 of the same series. Eleven runs is the second-highest Texas has scored in a postseason game in franchise history, with the highest being 15 in Game 6 of the 2011 ALCS against Detroit. Baltimore took an early 2-0 over the Rangers, tagging starter Jordan Montogomery with three hits and a walk in the first inning. But Texas punched back with a five-spot in the top of the second inning before Garver broke it open with his grand slam in the third. \u201cI would just say controlling the strike zone,\u201d Garver told Rosenthal on the broadcast. \u201cWe really didn’t really chase out of the zone too much, minus that first inning. We’re working walks, getting guys on base, using the whole field and just playing good offense.\u201d Related MLB News: Randy Arozarena\u2019s mom throws first pitch at first MLB game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nRangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Texas Rangers tore through the Baltimore Orioles at their game to go home with a 2-0 lead. They beat Orioles 11-8 in the match.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Texas Rangers tore through the Baltimore Orioles at their game to go home with a 2-0 lead. They beat Orioles 11-8 in the match.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-09T02:32:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T03:19:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-09T02:32:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T03:19:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/\"},\"wordCount\":370,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"American Sport\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/\",\"name\":\"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead - Matchplug Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-09T02:32:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T03:19:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Texas Rangers tore through the Baltimore Orioles at their game to go home with a 2-0 lead. They beat Orioles 11-8 in the match.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png\",\"width\":700,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"rangers blow past orioles to go home\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"description\":\"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"width\":389,\"height\":218,\"caption\":\"Matchplug Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead - Matchplug Blog","description":"The Texas Rangers tore through the Baltimore Orioles at their game to go home with a 2-0 lead. They beat Orioles 11-8 in the match.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead - Matchplug Blog","og_description":"The Texas Rangers tore through the Baltimore Orioles at their game to go home with a 2-0 lead. They beat Orioles 11-8 in the match.","og_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/","og_site_name":"Matchplug Blog","article_published_time":"2023-10-09T02:32:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-25T03:19:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead","datePublished":"2023-10-09T02:32:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T03:19:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/"},"wordCount":370,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png","articleSection":["American Sport","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/","name":"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead - Matchplug Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png","datePublished":"2023-10-09T02:32:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T03:19:24+00:00","description":"The Texas Rangers tore through the Baltimore Orioles at their game to go home with a 2-0 lead. They beat Orioles 11-8 in the match.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png","width":700,"height":400,"caption":"rangers blow past orioles to go home"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rangers blow past Orioles, go home with 2-0 lead"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","name":"Matchplug Blog","description":"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Matchplug Blog","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","width":389,"height":218,"caption":"Matchplug Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rangers-blow-past-orioles-go-home-with-2-0-lead.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17178"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29953,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17178\/revisions\/29953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}