ARLINGTON, Texas — The Rangers’ first at-bat with runners in scoring position didn’t come until the bottom of the sixth inning. Marcus Semien hit a double off of Kyle Gibson to get on base, and Corey Seager stepped up to the plate and roped the first pitch he saw, a cutter at the top of the zone. Semien scored to give the Rangers a 3-0 lead.
The Rangers had one opportunity to score with runners in scoring position on Tuesday night and capitalized on it. The Phillies had nine opportunities on Tuesday night, didn’t capitalize on any of them and lost 7-0.
They could have gotten on the board in the top of the first inning, when Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins got on first and second with a single and a walk. But Nick Castellanos grounded into a double play and J.T. Realmuto grounded out.
