The Texas Rangers scored two artificial excitement runs while the Philadelphia Phillies scored just one in their tenth inning.
We had ourselves a showdown on the rubber in the City of Brotherly Love with Rangers starter Martin Perez going toe to toe with Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler.
In a rarity for this peculiar season, both starters made it through seven or more innings with each hurler collecting three double plays apiece to erase rallies before finishing their nights unscathed in the run column.
Hits with runners on base were few and far between with the two teams combining to go 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position with Texas leaving four runners to Philadelphia’s seven stranded in the actually legitimate portion of the evening through the first nine innings before the Mandatory Manfred Resolution in extras.