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MacKenzie Gore works career-best 8 innings as Rangers beat Diamondbacks 7-4

MacKenzie Gore works career-best 8 innings as Rangers beat Diamondbacks 7-4 | iNFOnews.ca
Texas Rangers pitcher MacKenzie Gore throws to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — MacKenzie Gore allowed three hits in a career-high eight innings, Joc Pederson and Ezequiel Duran homered, and the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 on Tuesday night.

Jake Burger went 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs, reaching base a season-high four times.

Gore (3-3) allowed Ildemaro Vargas’ solo homer in the third inning while throwing just 95 pitches and matching the longest start by a Texas pitcher this year. He struck out five and walked one. The 27-year-old left-hander, in his fifth major league season, had worked seven innings six times previously.

Vargas also had an RBI single in the ninth on a 2-for-4 night that raised his batting average to .336.

Rangers right fielder Brandon Nimmo left in the sixth inning after his left foot hit the edge of first baseman Vargas’ foot as he tried to leg out an infield single. Pinch-runner Sam Haggerty replaced him.

After Grant Collyer allowed the first four batters to reach in the ninth, Jacob Latz came in and retired the side on 12 pitches, allowing two inherited runners to score, for his fifth save.

Pederson homered on the second pitch of the game from Zac Gallen (1-4). Duran went in the fourth, and his run-scoring infield single chased Gallen in the fifth.

Gallen allowed a season-high seven runs in 4 2/3 innings. He has a 10.67 ERA in three May starts.

Up next

RHP Ryne Nelson (1-3, 5.68 ERA) starts for the Diamondbacks in the rubber game of the series on Wednesday against Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker (1-4, 5.01).

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MacKenzie Gore works career-best 8 innings as Rangers beat Diamondbacks 7-4 | iNFOnews.ca
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Gabriel Moreno watches his sacrifice fly that scored Nolan Arenado in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
MacKenzie Gore works career-best 8 innings as Rangers beat Diamondbacks 7-4 | iNFOnews.ca
Texas Rangers’ Ezequiel Duran, left, and Jake Burger, right, celebrate the team’s win in a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
MacKenzie Gore works career-best 8 innings as Rangers beat Diamondbacks 7-4 | iNFOnews.ca
Texas Rangers’ Jake Burger connects for a run-scoring single to right in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
MacKenzie Gore works career-best 8 innings as Rangers beat Diamondbacks 7-4 | iNFOnews.ca
Texas Rangers’ Brandon Nimmo follows through on triple in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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