Rangers vs. A's Game Highlights (4/22/25) | MLB Highlights

Osvaldo Bito who has been slicing and dicing folks coming off another solid outing for the right hander that was against the pillows and he misses badly there. Josh Smith draws the one Rangers are last in the league in walks they're averaging just two walks a game but they get a lead off walk here and here is Langford one strike. That one lined out to right field a base hit Smith stops at second and the Rangers have the first two men on two on with nobody out for Corey Seager and that was the whole point of the lineup changes get Corey up with men on base and he throws and Seager it's a ground ball and it's backhand at first by Soto and click the second for one and that's all they get. But they cut down the runner at second Langford first and third and one out for Adoles Garcia. He's hitting two sixteen four homers nine RBI Smith to Adoles he hammers that down the third baseline and that is a fair ball and bangs around down there in the corner. Smith is in Seager pulls up at third on the Garcia double and the Rangers draw first blood here in Sacramento. Here is Simeon with men at second and third the former athletic faces an infield that is drawn way in one two and that one is hit out to center Lede in his position to make the catch Seager tags. He heads to the plate the throws cut off so a Simeon sacrifice fly makes it a two run first. So three and two to Butler leading off in the bottom of the first he's batting to 80 with two homers and five RBI. Well the good thing is is the Rangers starting pitchers have been going so deep in games he had a day off yesterday. So your pen is very fresh. If they do work Corbin's pitch count up and he can only give you four or five. And Butler has a great professional take it three and two and we'll get a board to lead off block Soto shrimp Butler going throw down from Higashioka is a short hop and Seager won't even have time to apply a tag Butler loses helmet diving in head first and steals second base ground ball right side of the infield Simeon throws out Soto shrimp two away but the stolen base allows Butler to get the third. He is a dangerous hitter but he hits it on the ground right to Simeon. There's hardly anybody better in the business. He throws him out and the inning is done. And to hard leads out for the spotter with a second a trail to two nothing to two to two on Duhar he lifts it to deep left Langford going back at the track at the La Duhar leaves the building and makes it two to one Rangers. It just kept tearing and Langford kept going back and the ball appears to be carrying to left field tonight. Another P.T. Lewis got him shades of heat on Boca Chica Wyatt Langford to get things started here for the Rangers who are up two to one Wyatt single that into right center his first time up and moving Marcus Simeon to the number five spot. And there is a shot deep left field and Duhar can do nothing about it. It's off the clubhouse building home run for Wyatt Langford and a poke at that his fifth of the season the Rangers lead it three to one way clobbered that cutter hit it at one hundred one miles an hour. He got tremendous height on it as well as that pitch hung right in the middle of the strike zone about belt high traveled an estimated four hundred and three feet on Butler walked and stole the base his first time up. Fly ball right center field Smith on the run at the track. Has left the building Butler mixes it up around the base past his third home run of the year. It's run number two of the game for the A's and back and forth we go. It's three to two Rangers now. I mean that sounded crispy coming off the bat in the log on. How many can he get. Oh two line drive off the leaping glove of Simeon he played it perfectly flips off of his glove and into center Langeleer's reaches that is strike three called and do are down looking for strikeout for Corbin. Well this pitch is perfection right here at ninety three miles an hour the balls from the left side a ball the whole way Langley's breaking for second a swing and a miss throw down to second base is late as it's short hop Seager again. He had to recover the baseball that swiped the tag but by then Langeleer's was in diving head first safely double play would get Corbin out of the inning. Here's the pitch to Wilson out of an extreme open stance and he two hops young at third to second one to first late. Nice pick by Josh Young on a ball that took a tricky hop on him. He got the middle man and there are runners at first and third now with two outs and it's up to Gio Urshela one to. And that one lifted out to right field Garcia makes the catch in the inning is done. Rangers on top of the score of three to two in West Sacramento Smith walked and scored in the first flight out in the second and he hits out a ton high in the air deep out to right. And that one is gone into the bullpen and Josh Smith hits his second home run of the year and extends that Rangers lead it's four to two. Well you had a feeling about Josh Smith before this game and he gets a fastball here middle middle. He doesn't miss it. And this ball is hit high and you can see those flags blowing. He gets it into the bullpen for a homer. Simeon has a sacrifice fly in a wolf Seager's at second Adolis is at first that ball smoked deep out to left field. Will it have enough. It's gone. Simeon smashes a three run shot and the Rangers open it's one up. It's their biggest offensive night of the season now seven to two that traveled an estimated four hundred and seventeen feet. It's a four RBI game for Simeon. He joins Adolis in the 10 RBI club for the year. Beto's still out there for the A's first pitch to Berger is hit high and deep into center field today going back. He's at the track. He's at the wall. He leaps and it's gone. Jake Berger hits the first pitch of the sixth inning out of here. His third home run of the year Rangers lead it eight to two and yet another lead off home run for the Rangers their third year today. First time this season the Rangers with four home runs in a game. One back up the middle. But Jacob Wilson plays the shortstop while the race is on and Wilson wins it at second base. There was some interesting stuff that happened to Corey Seager to end the top of the sixth inning as he's coming out of the box. Look at this Dallas. Yeah a little pull up and you can see him reach right behind that right leg. And that is not what you want to see. It's a guy who's had issues in this department before for Corey Seager that right hamstring is going to be something they're going to have to keep an eye on. All right the lefty Hoby Milner coming on here for the Rangers coming into a situation where his team has a comfortable six run lead. But here's a guy who is a dangerous hitter. Lawrence Butler the one to swing and a miss struck him out got him with a change up. The only one he threw in that at bat and Butler is out on strikes. No runs two hits three or left Rangers on top here eight to the day six hits in his last 20 at bats Milner at the belt. Now the plate in the pitch sweepers one little pop line of down the left field line might be trouble. It's going to fall fair down the line for a base hit. Rooker will score on Duarte a second. It's now eight to three a little bleeder down the left field line and for Bleda that's his 11th RBI of the year. That'll bring up Urias and he'll crack this one a deep left retreating is Langford and it's gone. Luis Urias a solo home run and a little bit of noise coming in the bottom of the eighth inning. It's now eight to four. So here's Rooker is one for three with a walk and Webb delivers. This is thrilled to left center. This is way back. Langford will turn and watch it fly. Rooker hits it out to left center home run derby tonight and now the Israel eight five. How many home runs is that tonight Mr. Adasco eight home runs tonight for four. He's one. Here's Bleda. He's two for three. So the A's down to their final out bouncer second base. And that'll do it. Ledei retired on three groundouts. Luke Jackson makes it look easy in the ninth inning and the Rangers with an eight five win to open this series. Well this was a great overall team win and the offense showed up in a big way. The best offensive performance by the Rangers this year in the bullpen pitched out of some jam.