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Never invent or estimate stats. - If something isn't in the file, say so plainly. - When you make a claim, name the section (and game/date) it came from. ============================================================================== # RECENT FORM + BOX SCORES — Pittsburgh Pirates @ Texas Rangers Slate date: 2026-04-22 Generated: 2026-08-08 02:13:51 AM ET — all data is as of this moment Source: MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com) | Packaged by PNN Game Packs Depth: last 3 completed game(s) per team and last 3 start(s) per probable starter Size: ~3.7K tokens (est., chars/4) ============================================================================== ## GAME DETAILS - First pitch: 8:05 PM ET - Venue: Globe Life Field (night game) - Series: Regular Season, game 2 of 3 - Status: Final — Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Texas Rangers 4 (at generation time) - Away: Pittsburgh Pirates [PIT] — record 14-10 (.583) Probable starter: Braxton Ashcraft — 11-5, 4.08 ERA, 132.1 IP, 145 K / 32 BB, 1.16 WHIP (23 GS) - Home: Texas Rangers [TEX] — record 12-12 (.500) Probable starter: Jack Leiter — 3-7, 5.29 ERA, 80.0 IP, 83 K / 35 BB, 1.44 WHIP (15 GS) ## RECENT FORM — Pittsburgh Pirates [PIT] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 0-3 in last 3 | scored 8 (2.7/gm), allowed 15 (5.0/gm), combined 23 (7.7/gm) ### 2026-08-07 — L 4-6 vs New York Mets Innings: NYM 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 | PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 R/H/E: NYM 6/10/0 — PIT 4/12/0 Decisions: W: Zac Thornton | L: Carmen Mlodzinski Conditions: Weather: 80 degrees, Partly Cloudy. | Wind: 7 mph, Out To LF. | First pitch: 6:42 PM. | T: 2:53 (:36 delay). | Att: 33,497. NYM batting: 6 R, 10 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 7 K, 4 SB, 12 LOB A.J. Ewing (CF): 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP | avg .269 Francisco Lindor (SS): 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 SB | avg .232 Bo Bichette (3B): 1-5 | avg .256 Carson Benge (LF): 2-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB | avg .270 Cristian Pache (LF): 0-2, 2 K | avg .000 Jared Young (1B): 1-4, 1 R | avg .253 Marcus Semien (2B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI | avg .215 Brett Baty (RF): 1-4, 1 K | avg .220 Jorge Polanco (DH): 0-4, 1 K | avg .139 Luis Torrens (C): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 SB | avg .231 NYM pitching: Zac Thornton: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 63 pitches | season ERA 2.52 Dedniel Núñez: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 9.00 Jefry Yan: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 0.00 Daniel Duarte: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 1.17 Devin Williams: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 21 pitches | season ERA 4.66 PIT batting: 4 R, 12 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 4 BB, 4 K, 0 SB, 16 LOB Jake Mangum (CF): 0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .295 Brandon Lowe (2B): 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .254 Bryan Reynolds (LF): 2-5, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .267 Esmerlyn Valdez (RF): 0-2, 2 BB | avg .245 Spencer Horwitz (1B): 1-4 | avg .271 Nick Gonzales (3B): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B | avg .311 Ronny Simon (DH): 2-4, 2 R | avg .222 Jared Triolo (SS): 2-3, 1 RBI | avg .245 Endy Rodríguez (PH): 0-1 | avg .267 Rafael Flores Jr. (C): 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .227 Jacob Gonzalez (PH): 1-1, 1 RBI | avg .237 PIT pitching: Carmen Mlodzinski: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 63 pitches | season ERA 3.51 Evan Sisk: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 37 pitches | season ERA 2.31 Yohan Ramírez: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 43 pitches | season ERA 2.80 Luke Weaver: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 1.80 ### 2026-08-06 — L 2-5 @ Milwaukee Brewers Innings: PIT 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | MIL 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 x R/H/E: PIT 2/6/0 — MIL 5/7/0 Decisions: W: Dustin May | L: Braxton Ashcraft | SV: Chad Patrick Conditions: Weather: 76 degrees, Cloudy. | Wind: 7 mph, In From LF. | First pitch: 1:10 PM. | T: 2:27. | Att: 38,145. PIT batting: 2 R, 6 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 9 K, 0 SB, 15 LOB Jake Mangum (CF): 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB | avg .298 Brandon Lowe (2B): 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .255 Bryan Reynolds (LF): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K | avg .266 Endy Rodríguez (DH): 1-4, 2 K | avg .269 Spencer Horwitz (1B): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .271 Nick Gonzales (3B): 2-3, 1 HBP | avg .309 Ronny Simon (RF): 0-4 | avg .000 Jacob Gonzalez (SS): 0-2, 1 K | avg .231 Jared Triolo (SS): 0-1 | avg .239 Henry Davis (C): 0-3, 1 K | avg .170 PIT pitching: Braxton Ashcraft: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 82 pitches | season ERA 4.08 Gregory Soto: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 23 pitches | season ERA 3.70 Camilo Doval: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 4.43 Kirby Yates: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 10 pitches | season ERA 3.68 MIL batting: 5 R, 7 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 10 K, 1 SB, 5 LOB Brice Turang (2B): 1-4, 1 RBI | avg .266 Jackson Chourio (LF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .277 Garrett Mitchell (CF): 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .257 Andrew Vaughn (1B): 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K | avg .299 Christian Yelich (DH): 0-4, 2 K | avg .231 Luis Lara (RF): 0-3, 3 K | avg .224 Gary Sánchez (C): 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .223 David Hamilton (3B): 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB | avg .233 Cooper Pratt (SS): 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI | avg .289 MIL pitching: Dustin May: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 97 pitches | season ERA 4.30 DL Hall: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 6 pitches | season ERA 2.67 Aaron Ashby: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 19 pitches | season ERA 3.68 Chad Patrick: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 3.38 ### 2026-08-05 — L 2-4 @ Milwaukee Brewers Innings: PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | MIL 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 x R/H/E: PIT 2/3/1 — MIL 4/4/0 Decisions: W: Kyle Harrison | L: Paul Skenes | SV: Trevor Megill Conditions: Weather: 75 degrees, Cloudy. | Wind: 6 mph, In From CF. | First pitch: 6:40 PM. | T: 2:37. | Att: 33,528. PIT batting: 2 R, 3 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 14 K, 0 SB, 7 LOB Jake Mangum (CF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .298 Brandon Lowe (2B): 0-4, 2 K | avg .254 Bryan Reynolds (DH): 1-4, 1 R, 2 K | avg .268 Esmerlyn Valdez (RF): 0-3, 1 BB, 3 K | avg .248 Nick Gonzales (3B): 1-3, 1 K | avg .306 Endy Rodríguez (C): 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K | avg .269 Jared Triolo (SS): 0-2, 1 K | avg .240 Jacob Gonzalez (SS): 0-1, 1 K | avg .235 Rafael Flores Jr. (1B): 0-1, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .200 Spencer Horwitz (1B): 0-1 | avg .270 Jhostynxon Garcia (CF): 0-1, 1 K | avg .174 Ronny Simon (LF): 0-1, 1 BB | avg .000 PIT pitching: Paul Skenes: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 93 pitches | season ERA 3.96 Lake Bachar: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 37 pitches | season ERA 3.86 Evan Sisk: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 2.17 MIL batting: 4 R, 4 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 6 BB, 10 K, 3 SB, 12 LOB Brice Turang (2B): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .266 Jackson Chourio (LF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .276 Garrett Mitchell (CF): 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 SB | avg .257 William Contreras (C): 1-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .270 Christian Yelich (DH): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB | avg .234 Andrew Vaughn (1B): 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB | avg .300 Luis Lara (RF): 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .236 Cooper Pratt (SS): 0-3, 1 K | avg .286 David Hamilton (3B): 0-3, 1 K | avg .235 MIL pitching: Kyle Harrison: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 69 pitches | season ERA 2.84 Chad Patrick: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 19 pitches | season ERA 3.42 DL Hall: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 2.76 Antonio Senzatela: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4 pitches | season ERA 3.52 Abner Uribe: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 9 pitches | season ERA 2.14 Trevor Megill: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 2.70 ## RECENT FORM — Texas Rangers [TEX] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 3-0 in last 3 | scored 13 (4.3/gm), allowed 5 (1.7/gm), combined 18 (6.0/gm) ### 2026-08-07 — W 2-1 vs Baltimore Orioles Innings: BAL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | TEX 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x R/H/E: BAL 1/7/0 — TEX 2/3/0 Decisions: W: Tyler Alexander | L: Shane Baz | SV: Jacob Latz Conditions: Weather: 74 degrees, Roof Closed. | Wind: 0 mph, None. | First pitch: 7:15 PM. | T: 2:29. | Att: 27,804. BAL batting: 1 R, 7 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 BB, 6 K, 0 SB, 11 LOB Gunnar Henderson (SS): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .217 Pete Alonso (1B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .247 Jackson Holliday (2B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .234 Tyler O'Neill (DH): 0-2, 2 BB | avg .217 Dylan Beavers (LF): 1-3, 1 K | avg .246 Jeremiah Jackson (LF): 0-1 | avg .239 Leody Taveras (RF): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .224 Coby Mayo (3B): 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .205 Colton Cowser (CF): 1-2 | avg .205 Christian Franklin (CF): 1-2, 1 2B | avg .125 Carlos Narváez (C): 1-3 | avg .184 Christian Encarnacion-Strand (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .245 BAL pitching: Shane Baz: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 93 pitches | season ERA 3.76 TEX batting: 2 R, 3 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 9 K, 0 SB, 4 LOB Joc Pederson (DH): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K | avg .252 Wyatt Langford (LF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .262 Corey Seager (SS): 0-3, 1 K | avg .198 Brandon Nimmo (RF): 1-3 | avg .274 Ezequiel Duran (3B): 0-2, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .274 Evan Carter (CF): 0-2, 1 K | avg .197 Jake Burger (1B): 0-3, 1 K | avg .236 Elias Díaz (C): 1-3, 1 R, 2 K | avg .242 Nicky Lopez (2B): 0-2 | avg .278 TEX pitching: Nathan Eovaldi: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 86 pitches | season ERA 4.21 Tyler Alexander: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 9 pitches | season ERA 3.20 Robby Ahlstrom: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 4.01 Jacob Latz: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 32 pitches | season ERA 1.87 ### 2026-08-05 — W 6-0 vs San Francisco Giants Innings: SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | TEX 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 x R/H/E: SF 0/8/0 — TEX 6/9/0 Decisions: W: Tyler Alexander | L: Carson Whisenhunt Conditions: Weather: 74 degrees, Roof Closed. | Wind: 0 mph, None. | First pitch: 1:38 PM. | T: 2:34. | Att: 26,098. SF batting: 0 R, 8 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 BB, 10 K, 0 SB, 17 LOB Bryce Eldridge (1B): 1-5, 1 K | avg .255 Jung Hoo Lee (RF): 1-5 | avg .303 Willy Adames (SS): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .221 Rafael Devers (DH): 2-4 | avg .248 Osleivis Basabe (3B): 1-4, 1 K | avg .286 Buddy Kennedy (3B): 0-3, 2 K | avg .043 Nate Furman (2B): 0-0, 1 BB | avg .000 Grant McCray (CF): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .107 Eddys Leonard (LF): 1-3, 1 2B | avg .200 Drew Gilbert (PH): 0-1 | avg .241 Drew Cavanaugh (C): 2-4, 1 2B, 2 K | avg .250 SF pitching: Carson Whisenhunt: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 70 pitches | season ERA 7.25 Carson Seymour: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 37 pitches | season ERA 10.29 Jason Foley: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 4.26 Tristan Beck: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 23 pitches | season ERA 7.07 TEX batting: 6 R, 9 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 BB, 8 K, 0 SB, 15 LOB Wyatt Langford (LF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .265 Ezequiel Duran (3B): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .276 Brandon Nimmo (RF): 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB | avg .274 Jake Burger (1B): 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .238 Justin Foscue (DH): 1-2, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI | avg .256 Joc Pederson (DH): 1-2, 1 K | avg .252 Elias Díaz (C): 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI | avg .240 Nicky Lopez (SS): 2-4, 1 RBI | avg .282 Cam Cauley (2B): 0-4, 2 K | avg .192 Evan Carter (CF): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .199 TEX pitching: Cody Bradford: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 70 pitches | season ERA 0.00 Tyler Alexander: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 26 pitches | season ERA 3.24 Robby Ahlstrom: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 4.18 Chase Silseth: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 2.98 Cole Winn: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 6.10 ### 2026-08-04 — W 5-4 vs San Francisco Giants Innings: SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 | TEX 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 R/H/E: SF 4/6/0 — TEX 5/11/0 Decisions: W: Jacob Latz | L: Dylan Smith Conditions: Weather: 74 degrees, Roof Closed. | Wind: 0 mph, None. | First pitch: 7:08 PM. | T: 2:55. | Att: 26,959. SF batting: 4 R, 6 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 5 BB, 8 K, 1 SB, 15 LOB Osleivis Basabe (2B): 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI | avg .294 Jung Hoo Lee (RF): 1-5, 1 2B | avg .305 Willy Adames (SS): 1-4, 2 K | avg .222 Rafael Devers (1B): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .246 Daniel Susac (C): 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .257 Buddy Kennedy (3B): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .050 Eddys Leonard (LF): 0-2, 1 K | avg .000 Drew Gilbert (CF): 1-1, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB | avg .242 Grant McCray (LF): 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K | avg .120 Christian Koss (3B): 0-2 | avg .167 Nate Furman (2B): 0-1 | avg .000 Bryce Eldridge (PH): 1-1, 2 RBI | avg .256 SF pitching: Blade Tidwell: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 100 pitches | season ERA 3.18 Jason Foley: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 5 pitches | season ERA 5.06 JT Brubaker: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 3.17 Reiver Sanmartin: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 7.71 Adrian Houser: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 pitches | season ERA 4.70 Dylan Smith: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 3.10 TEX batting: 5 R, 11 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 SB, 19 LOB Joc Pederson (1B): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .250 Jake Burger (1B): 1-1, 1 R, 1 2B | avg .237 Wyatt Langford (LF): 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .264 Corey Seager (DH): 3-4, 2 R, 1 BB | avg .201 Brandon Nimmo (RF): 3-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .271 Ezequiel Duran (3B): 3-5, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB | avg .278 Evan Carter (CF): 0-4 | avg .201 Elias Díaz (C): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .240 Nicky Lopez (SS): 1-4, 1 K | avg .276 Justin Foscue (2B): 0-2, 2 K | avg .252 Alejandro Osuna (PH): 0-1 | avg .255 Cam Cauley (2B): 0-1 | avg .208 TEX pitching: MacKenzie Gore: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 99 pitches | season ERA 4.55 Chase Silseth: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 3.05 Robby Ahlstrom: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 4.37 Peyton Gray: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4 pitches | season ERA 3.50 Jacob Latz: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 24 pitches | season ERA 1.94 ============================================================================== End of packet. 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