Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox

· Resumed from 8/27

Texas Rangers

61-71, 27-40 Away

Final
3 - 1

Chicago White Sox

31-102, 18-49 Home

Semien helps the Rangers beat the White Sox 3-1 in the resumption of suspended series opener

Corey Seager added a run-scoring single as Texas improved to 5-0 against Chicago this season. Matt Festa (2-1) got three outs for the win, and Kirby Yates handled the ninth for his 24th save in 25 opportunities.

Semien was at the plate and Garrett Crochet was on the mound Tuesday night when a fast-moving storm resulted in a delay. The game was eventually suspended because of persistent rain.

Semien had a 2-2 count and Chris Flexen (2-13) was the pitcher when the game resumed in front of a sparse crowd on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. Semien ended up with a leadoff walk.

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said he had to make a small adjustment because of the lack of fans in the stands.

“You know you have to tone down your comments, though, because you know everybody can hear them,” he said with a grin.

The teams were set to play again Wednesday night in their regularly scheduled game.

The White Sox (31-102) lost for the ninth time in their last 10. They dropped to 4-31 since the All-Star break, moving closer to the franchise record of 106 losses in 1970.

“I felt like the guys played hard,” interim manager Grady Sizemore said. “Just couldn’t string anything together offensively.”

Flexen was charged with three runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander dropped to 0-10 in his last 20 appearances.

“Just didn’t execute at the end,” Flexen said.

Flexen exited after Semien's liner to left field drove in Wyatt Langford. Seager then greeted Fraser Ellard with a grounder into right field that lifted the Rangers to a 3-1 lead.

Texas (61-71) jumped in front on Adolis García’s RBI double in the first, but Corey Julks responded with a tying single for Chicago in the third.

Rangers left-hander Andrew Heaney allowed five hits in five innings. He told Bochy he was good to go after he didn't face any hitters before the game was suspended Tuesday night.

“Definitely not my best stuff,” Heaney said. “Not my sharpest, but anytime you can go out there and compete, give your team a chance to win, that's what you're trying to do.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rangers: Bochy said Jacob deGrom's second minor league rehab start went so well the right-hander went to the bullpen for more work after he was removed. The two-time Cy Young Award winner tossed two perfect innings for Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday night. “He's doing really well right now with how the program has been set up,” Bochy said. “So the next time out he'll go three to four innings.”

White Sox: RHP Steven Wilson (lower back strain) was slated to begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday night.

Jack Leiter (0-1, 16.39 ERA) was slated to start the regularly scheduled game for Texas. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 amateur draft is making his fourth major league appearance. Right-hander Matt Foster is the starter for Chicago.

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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 44.7%

Rangers: 55.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Baldwin grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Vargas walked.
	9th Inning	Fletcher struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Sosa struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Yates relieved Robertson
	9th Inning	Crochet relieved Kuhl

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	12
11	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
11	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	8
38	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
4.2	Runs Created	2.2
.306	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.361	Slugging Percentage	.242
.083	Secondary Average	.121
.342	On Base Percentage	.257
.703	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.500
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
27.0	Batter Rating	14.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.056	Isolated Power	.030
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.222	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.091
6.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.3	MLB Rating	68.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0