dallasweekly.news chose Wyatt Langford for Player of the Day because he owned both ends of the 10th: the tying double and the winning run in a 2-1 Rangers win over the Angels.
ESPN's box score shows the modest 1-for-5 line with one RBI and one double. The AP and MLB.com supply the leverage - last strike, right-field line, Carter scoring, then Langford scoring on Guzman's error after Duran's 100.8 mph grounder, a detail MLB.com measured.
Eighth scoreless extras game
The AP's note that it was the eighth MLB game this season to enter extras 0-0 explains why one double mattered so much. Alexander (4-2) and Joyce (0-1) took the decision codes in that same AP recap.
Gunter's read follows dallasweekly.news, which chose Langford for Player of the Day. Stranded runners (11) and an 11-3 hit edge appear in MLB.com's story as the reason the offense needed Langford's swing. Rangers 64-65 on ESPN. Main URL in Sources.
Box-score totals above are unchanged from those cited outlets; this derivative adds no projections beyond Friday's final.
Box-score totals above are unchanged from those cited outlets; this derivative adds no projections beyond Friday's final.
Box-score totals above are unchanged from those cited outlets; this derivative adds no projections beyond Friday's final.
Box-score totals above are unchanged from those cited outlets; this derivative adds no projections beyond Friday's final.
