Back to Sport

Gore's six zeros still the cleanest line from a 2-1 walk-off

fortworthweekly.news chose MacKenzie Gore for Ace of the Night after Friday's Rangers 2-1 walk-off in 10 innings against the Angels.

Allen Newsroom

August 22, 20261 min read

MLBFinal
Los Angeles Angels1
Texas Rangers2

August 21, 2026

fortworthweekly.news chose MacKenzie Gore for Ace of the Night, and Allen readers can treat the pitching line as the whole argument for Friday night in Arlington.

ESPN's box score has Gore at 6.0 innings, two hits, zero runs, one walk, seven strikeouts, and 100 pitches with 64 strikes, with his ERA at 4.26 after the start. The Associated Press recap on ESPN said Reid Detmers and Gore both lasted six innings, and that Gore allowed two singles, in Texas' 2-1, 10-inning win over the Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Field.

Scoreless into extras

The AP called it the eighth MLB game this season to enter extras still 0-0. MLB.com framed Gore's six scoreless innings and seven strikeouts as the work that preserved the tie. Manager Skip Schumaker told MLB.com, "MacKenzie Gore was just fantastic tonight." CBS Sports listed him among the players of the game.

After he left

ESPN's pitching lines show Cole Winn, Chase Silseth, and Jacob Latz each throwing a hitless inning behind him. The AP had Tyler Alexander (4-2) earning the win in the 10th after Wyatt Langford's tying double and the error that scored him. ESPN had Texas at 64-65.

fortworthweekly.news chose Gore for Ace of the Night for the zeros, not the walk-off heroes. The main article carries the longer feature; this derivative keeps the verified starter line and lists that public URL in Sources.

Box-score totals above are unchanged from those cited outlets; this derivative adds no projections beyond Friday's final.

Sources

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401816615

https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401816615

https://www.mlb.com/news/mackenzie-gore-pitches-six-scoreless-innings-in-rangers-walkoff

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametracker/live/MLB_20260821_LAA@TEX/

https://fortworthweekly.news/article/six-scoreless-seven-ks-gore-hands-texas-a-walk-off-stage

Share

Allen Newsroom

Reporting from Allen and the surrounding area.

Related Stories

More in Weather