The Texas Rangers scored three runs while the Baltimore Orioles scored two runs.
The Rangers’ Game 1 Andrew Heaney (3 2⁄3 IP) gambit ultimately paid off if you consider that he eventually paired with expected starter Dane Dunning (2 IP). The duo gave Texas 5 2⁄3 innings of two-run ball. That’s a pretty competent “start” for the tandem with the Rangers unable to turn to their litany of injured or Wild Card-utilized rotation mates.
Of course, that meant leaving 3 1⁄3 innings for the most troubling aspect of the team to find scary postseason outs in a nailbiter.