Texas Rangers at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

44-45, 18-26 Away

Final
7 - 4

San Diego Padres

47-41, 26-15 Home

Kyle Higashioka homers and drives in 5 runs in the Rangers' 7-4 victory over the Padres

Texas Rangers vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

Patrick Corbin (5-7) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings to help Texas even the series.

Luis Arraez singled four times for San Diego, with the final one coming off Robert Garcia and loading the bases with two outs in the ninth. Shawn Armstrong came in and retired Xander Bogaerts on a force at third for his third save.

Josh Smith hit the first pitch from Stephen Kolek (3-4), who allowed six runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings, to right field for his eighth homer and a 1-0 lead.

Jose Iglesias drew a one-out walk off Corbin in the second and Jake Cronenworth, who singled in the winning run in the 10th inning of a 3-2 win Friday, hit his eighth home run to put the Padres up 2-1.

Jake Burger was hit by a pitch leading off the third, and Higashioka followed with his second homer to put the Rangers ahead 3-2.

Wyatt Langford walked with two outs in the fourth and scored on Jonah Heim's double. Burger and Higashioka had two straight singles for a 5-2 advantage.

Langford singled leading off the sixth, took third on Burger's single and scored on Higashioka's sacrifice fly to make it 6-2.

Luke Jackson replaced Corbin to begin the seventh and loaded the bases with nobody out. Jackson Merrill and Manny Machado followed with sacrifice flies to get the Padres to 6-4.

Texas answered in the eighth with Higashioka's third hit — a two-out run-scoring single for the final run.

Machado went 1 for 4, leaving him two hits away from 2,000.

Key moment Higashioka's two-run homer in the third gave Texas the lead for good.

Key stat San Diego has won 13 of 15 games against Texas since 2020.

Up next The Padres haven't announced who will start opposite Rangers RHP Jack Leiter (4-5, 4.29) on Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bogaerts grounded into fielder's choice to third, Merrill out at third.
	9th Inning	Armstrong relieved R. Garcia
	9th Inning	Wade ran for Arraez
	9th Inning	Arraez singled to right, Merrill to second, Maldonado to third.
	9th Inning	Machado struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Merrill singled to right, Maldonado to second.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	14
4	Strikeouts	7
7	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	10
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	2
35	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
143	Pitches	162
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	13
40	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
6.6	Runs Created	5.1
.314	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.514	Slugging Percentage	.371
.343	Secondary Average	.200
.375	On Base Percentage	.341
.889	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.713
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
6.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.1
49.0	Batter Rating	29.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.58	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.200	Isolated Power	.086
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.086
14.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
96.8	MLB Rating	83.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0