One flyout, one strikeout and one perfect ninth inning later, the Rangers had a 3-2 win, Will Smith had his 100th career save, and surging Texas had some serious momentum before heading to Baltimore for a weekend series.
PITTSBURGH — Texas Rangers reliever Will Smith popped into Bruce Bochy's office on Tuesday night and told his manager he was growing antsy for a chance to get back to work following an unexpected week off.
Bochy was sort of kidding at the time. He wasn't kidding when he asked Smith to inherit a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the eighth against Pittsburgh on Wednesday with the Rangers protecting a one-run lead. Getting to a century is heady territory for a player who began his major-league career as a starter with Kansas City in 2012 and found himself fulfilling a variety of bullpen roles after being converted into a reliever before Bochy gave him an opportunity to close when they were both in San Francisco in 2018.
Marcus Semien hit the 16th leadoff home run against Johan Oviedo during a three-run first as Texas moved to 13 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2016 season. The 25-year-old Oviedo needed nine pitches — all strikes — to retire the Rangers in order in the fourth inning, the last a 98 mph fastball on the outside that Josh Smith could only stare at as it crossed the plate.
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