Rangers vs. Tigers Game Highlights (5/29/23) | MLB Highlights

And Matthew Boyd's on the mound today the Tigers are going to need Matthew Boyd to be at his best today against this very potent lineup of the Texas Rangers. How is he going to do it. He's got a foreseen fastball that he'll work the top of the strike zone with he'll work the bottom of the strike zone with a good change up and a good slider. There's our leadoff guy Marcus Simeon. How about his forty three RBI as a leadoff hitter this season. One away on a strikeout by Matthew Boyd Corey Seager this year three twenty nine four home runs 19 RBI OPS just under a thousand. Here's a chopper to first make it to second Nick Maytok to Andy O'Connor's Lowe batting two seventy three five homers twenty nine runs batted in Lowe goes to the left side gobbled up by Zach Short and a one two three start to this Memorial Day for Matthew Boyd. The Nivaldi on the mound for the Rangers here this afternoon. He's got a six and two record in a two point six O.R.A. over sixty nine in the third innings sixty six strikeouts eleven walks upon ascending only to twenty four against the right hander Zach McKinstry leads things off playing right field today. Two to ninety seven miles an hour swung on and missed. And there's the first strikeout victim of the day for Navaldi ready to square off against Javier Baez to two and there is a broken bat lifted to Marcus Simeon and my goodness there are broken bats and that's what we just saw there to Javier Baez who still has the bottom of the bat in his hand. Riley Green is hitting two ninety three pitched very tough by the White Sox over the weekend. And here's a little tapper up the middle. Corey Seager is there over to first and the inning is over in a very quiet one two three inning for the Tigers which pitch to young he swings in lines one in the right center field a base hit first base runner of the game for either side a lead off single or first pitch single excuse me for Josh Young and the Rangers have a man on with one out. They got him picked off. The. Will chase him down and now tagged out by Maytime. Matthew Boyd helping himself out right here is a real nice pickoff right here. Nice move there. He struck him out third punch out of the day for Matthew Boyd big spot here for Eric again. Bases loaded none out. He delivered the game winner on a sacrifice fly yesterday for two one and this one grounded to the right side. Lowe's going to come home and the force out is made to a little bit wide. But Jonah Heim does a nice job holding home plate one out here with the bases still loaded as he hits a ground ball to Corey Seager slow roll there over to Simeon for one to first. No they did not get the double plate I think everybody in that infield believe that they did Bruce Bochy he's got his hand up he's got 15 seconds to make a decision they're going to challenge it and very quickly Will Venable tells him yeah go ahead and challenge this one and if it holds up that was an incredible double play turned by the Rangers. Texas is challenging the play of first base as we're watching his slow mo. Oh yeah he got him. I didn't think the ball was hit hard enough to Corey but take a look how quick Corey comes in gets rid of it quickly. I think you're probably right. Jeremy Rehak is the first place first base umpire and I got to tell you this wasn't that close. Those guys have made the decision of all these still standing at home plate next to the home plate umpire but everybody else with the Rangers yeah after they saw it up on the big screen inside the dugout they're like all right that's enough. After a few balls overturned Laody Taveras switch hitter batting from the right side against the lefty boy. There's one line to right field and that one is going to get over the head of the right fielder McKinstry and that is going to be a one out double for Leo Taveras. He continues to swing a hot bat Laody 90 feet closer. Simeon for one against Boyd ground ball to third hot shot handled by short nice job by Matthew Boyd. He strands the one out double Rami Grossman moving off this fifth inning rounded out the short in his first at bat but he makes the pitchers work and he adds to their pitch count. That's a good walk from Robbie Grossman first out here in the top half of the fifth and brings up Bubba Thompson squares to but lays it down Matthew Boyd has one play and he hit the runner and they're going to call Bubba Thompson out of the forty five foot lane and that means that Robbie Grossman is going to have to go back to first base. So second out of the inning Simeon who is 0 for two today. And there's a 3 1 that one just misses. And so now a couple of base runners here after two walks one to Robbie Grossman and now one to Marcus Simeon Corey Seager now will step in against Matthew Boyd offers at a first pitch breaking ball hits it high and deep to right field and that one is gone. Corey Seager on a first pitch curve ball hits a home run to right field and the Rangers are on the board home run number six for the Rangers shortstop. Now we've got some runs Texas three Detroit nothing's Marcus Simeon now steps in bases loaded nobody out the best in baseball with runners in scoring position and here's the first pitch and this one is lifted in the center field Riley Green is chasing he's under it he'll make the catch but Grossman will tag from third to various from second to third and there's another run across the board for the Rangers it's now four to nothing Corey Seager steps in runners at first and third one outs and this one is lined in the right field and it's going to drop in front of McKinstry to various will trot home it'll be an RBI single for Seager his fourth RBI the afternoon and it is now five to nothing Rangers Rangers with a base runner here in the eighth inning and a five nothing lead and that brings up Robbie Grossman ground ball to first nice play by a Banez to second for one the relay nice stretch and they got him Banez flash in the leather gets up Akron throws Javier bias back to Banez Texas is challenging the call at first base with that left foot I ain't safe he's safe it's a good stretch from a Banez not a regular first baseman maxed out everything he had outside of the split yeah I think that one may get overturned right here runner is safe Texas retains their challenge that'll give Leone Taveras a chance here with two outs and Grossman over at first base and this is one is lined up the middle for a basic Grossman is going to go first a third to various will pull up at first so now some runners in scoring position at least one of them over at third base Travis Jankowski who came on as a pinch hitter in the seventh and delivered a single out in the right center Jankowski swings and foul tips it into the glove of Eric Haas and that's the inning whose boat he goes into the bullpen once again so far it's been a really good afternoon for Ranger relievers Jose Leclerc is called upon to finish this one out it'll be by two then Eric Haas and Andy Abanez for the Tigers here in the night and he gets rewarded with a leadoff walk here's the one one ground ball left side Corey Seager has it over to Marcus Simeon for one to Nathaniel Lowe double play no better way to erase a threat than a six four three double play here in the ninth inning last hope for the Tigers is at the plate and this one grounded to the left side Josh Young has it over to first and this one is over a shutout for Ranger pitching today Nate of Aldi started this game five shutout innings for him and a very nice job by the bullpen after that to keep the Tigers off the board the rest of the way.