The Texas Rangers and the Frisco RoughRiders both played on Thursday.
Here is what happened on the field and behind the scenes.
MLB
Texas Rangers (42-26, first in American League West)
Last Game: Los Angeles Angels 5, Rangers 3
The Rangers held a 2-1 lead after three innings, but Mickey Moniak tied the game with an RBI single in the fourth and gave Los Angeles the lead with a solo home run in the seventh.
Shohei Ohtani’s two-run blast made it a 5-2 game in the eighth. Texas scored once in the ninth on a Nathaniel Lowe walk with the bases loaded, but Adolis Garcia struck out swinging to end the game.
Noteworthy: Texas’ lead in the Al West is down to 3.5 games.
— Ohtani’s home run tied him for the MLB lead with 22 this season. He was the Angels’ starting pitcher on Thursday and allowed two runs over six innings.
— Second baseman Marcus Semien, pitching coach Mike Maddux, and manager Bruce Bochy were all ejected after a controversial third strike in the seventh inning.
— Rangers’ starter Nathan Eovaldi gave up three runs and struck out nine batters through seven innings but took the loss for the first time since April. He had been 8-0 over his previous 10 starts.
Next Up: Toronto Blue Jays (38-32) at Rangers, 7:05 p.m. CT Friday
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Frisco RoughRiders (27-32, fourth in Texas League South Division, seventh in AA Texas League)
Last Game: RoughRiders 10, Northwest Arkansas Naturals 2
RoughRiders pitching held the Naturals to just five hits as Frisco’s offense carried it to a win. The Roughriders led 5-1 after four innings, Luisangel Acuna added a three-run homer to make it an 8-2 game in the eighth, and Frisco added two more in the ninth. Jorge Bonifacio hit two solo home runs for Northwest Arkansas.
Noteworthy: RoughRiders’ first baseman Nick Tanielu went 4-5 with an RBI while scoring three times. He is hitting .302 with a home run and five RBIs in June and is second on the team with seven home runs this season.
— Reliever Alex Speas is now 2-0 with an 0.76 ERA this season after pitching an inning and two-thirds with three strikeouts on Thursday.
— Frisco is now 20-14 when scoring the first run and 7-6 in the month of June.
Next Up: RoughRiders at Naturals (22-38), 7:05 p.m. CT Friday