Arizona Has No Room For Error In Game 5 After Losing To Texas For Third Time In Game 4

Texas (3-1) won 11-7 at Arizona (1-3)

Winning Pitcher: Rangers LHP Andrew Heaney (1-0, 1.59)

Save: None

Losing Pitcher: Diamondbacks LHP Joe Mantiply (0-1, 3.86)

Umpires: HP David Rackley. 1B Vic Carapazza. 2B: Bill Miller. 3B: D.J. Reyburn. LF Quinn Wolcott. RF Alfonso Marquez.

Time of Game — 3:18

Attendance — 48,388

Weather: 78 degrees, clear.

Wind: 5 mph left to right.

Game 4

QUICK HITS

— Diamondbacks made the result closer than it really was. Rangers carried an 11-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth. The Diamondbacks came up with four runs in the fourth and two more in the ninth.

— The Diamondbacks did — again — outhit the Rangers, but again did not outscore them. The Diamondbacks delivered 12 hits, one more than the Rangers.

— The Rangers (four left-handed pitchers, including starter Andrew Heaney) and Diamondbacks (three left-handed pitchers including starting pitcher Joe Mantiply) combined to use 13 pitchers.

— Thanks to a 9-1 victory in Game 2, Arizona has actually outscored Texas 22-21 in the first four games.

TEXAS RANGERS NOTES

— Rangers are 10-0 in road games this post-season.

— Rangers took charge with five runs in both the second and third innings.

— 2B Marcus Semien (.263) went 2-for-5 with five RBI, two runs scored, a triple and a home run.

— SS Corey Seager (.235) went 2-for-5 with a run scored, two RBI, a double and his third home run in four games.

— 3B Josh Jung (.375) went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and a double.

— 1B Nathaniel Lowe (.143) went 1-for-4 with a run scored.

— C Jonah Helm (.077) went 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.

— RF Travis Jankowski (.500) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBI and a triple.

— LHP Andrew Heany (1-0, 1.59) started and earned the win, allowing one run on four hits and two walks, striking out three in five innings.

— RHP Dane Dunning and LHP Cody Bradford both worked a scoreless innings.

— LHP Brock Burke (three runs, one retired batter), RHP Chris Stratton (one run, two retired batters), LHP Will Smith (two runs, one hit, one walk, struck out the two batters he faced) and Jose Leclerc picked up the final out of the game, after allowing one hit.

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS NOTES

— LF Lourdes Gurriel went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run, driving in four runs.

— 1B Christian Walker (.278) went 3-for-5 with a run scored and a double.

— 2B Ketel Marte (.278) went 2-for-5 with a double.

— C Gabriel Moreno (.176) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two rBI, a walk and a strikeout.

— RF Corbin Carroll (.222) went 1-for-5 with a run scored.

— SS Geraldo Perdomo (.364) went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk.

— LHP Joe Mantiply (0-1, 3.86) started and allowed one run on one hit and a walk striking out one in 1 /3 innings pitches.

— RHP Ryne Nelson (1.69) worked took the mound in the sixth inning, working 5 1/3 innings in which he allowed one run on three hits, striking out six.

— LHP Andrew Saalfrank (0-0) registered the final two outs against Texas.

— RHP Luis Frias worked two-thirds of an inning, charged with three unearned runs.

FYI

A win by the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night would clinch the World Series. If Arizona wins the game the World Series will move back to Texas for the sixth game and a possible seventh game. The Rangers would have to win one of those two games. Arizona would have to win both of those games, finishing with a three-game winning streak, to claim the title.

FINAL WORD

Arizona manager Torey Lovullo on RHP Zac Gallen starting Game 5 Wednesday night:

“He can’t just walk out there and get the job done because of his name, It’s the time of year where everybody’s really, really good and really, really prepped. Just gotta be more efficient with his pitches, where they land and sequence them in the right way.”