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Young absolutely hammered a homer that had an exit velocity of 113.9 mph and was originally listed as a 470-foot homer, but Statcast is apparently looking into it because that number has been deleted. Doesn’t matter, it was tanked, and it was a reminder that this is one of the top young talents in baseball; even if the numbers haven’t been spectacular yet. Don’t be surprised if Young is much more relevant over the final two months of the year.

After Gore retired 15 of 17 batters to begin the game, the sixth opened single, walk, single to bring up Bryce Harper with the bases loaded and none out. Gore actually struck out Harper, but he then hit Alec Bohn was a pitch and was lifted. Cole Winn replaced him and allowed only one of the three runners to score on a sac fly before retiring Bryson Stott to end the threat. Gore wound up with the win in his Rangers debut. He got off to a very shaky start this spring, but he turned things around in the second half of March and he was obviously effective today in striking out seven. He’ll next pitch at home against the Reds.