{"id":662386,"date":"2026-04-04T07:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662386\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:07:10","slug":"photos-of-texas-rangers-first-game-at-home-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662386\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of Texas Rangers first game at home for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas Rangers<\/a> celebrated their home opener with new manager Skip Schumaker on Friday at Globe Life Field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just grateful for this opportunity,\u201d said Schumaker. \u201cI hope every player feels the same when they look up and see their families and the fan base.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rangers fell in their home opener<\/a> to the Cincinnati Reds 5-3.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas Dallas Stars goaltender and Olympic gold medalist Jake Oettinger throws the ceremonial first pitch before the start of the Texas Rangers\u2019 home opener against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Globe Life Field. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com \"Texas Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seagar hugs manager Skip Schumaker prior to the home opener against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com \"The The Texas Rangers take the field for their home opener against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026. None amccoy@star-telegram.com \"Texas Texas Rangers starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore on the mound during the home opener against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026. None amccoy@star-telegram.com \"Texas Texas Rangers outfielder Evan Carter hits a double in the second inning against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026. None amccoy@star-telegram.com \"Texas Texas Rangers outfielder Evan Carter celebrates in the dugout after scoring a run against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026. None amccoy@star-telegram.com \"Texas Texas Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford makes a catch against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026. None amccoy@star-telegram.com \"Texas Texas Rangers outfielder Brandon Nimmo sprints around the bases to reach third during their home opener against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026. None amccoy@star-telegram.com \"Texas Texas Rangers outfielder Brandon Nimmo high-fives teammates in the dugout after scoring a run to tie the game against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, April 3, 2026. None amccoy@star-telegram.com \"Texas Texas Rangers pitcher Chris Martin reacts after giving up a home run to the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth inning on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Globe Life Field. None amccoy@star-telegram.com \"The The Texas Rangers react after the Cincinnati Reds hit a home run to take the lead during the ninth inning on Friday, April 3, 2026. None amccoy@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

This story was originally published April 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM.<\/p>\n


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Amanda McCoy<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Amanda McCoy is a visual journalist that produces daily and documentary videos. Before moving to Fort Worth in 2018, she spent 11 years telling the stories of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. She is a native of Michigan and graduate of Michigan State University.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas Rangers celebrated their home opener with new manager Skip Schumaker on Friday at Globe Life Field.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2393],"tags":[5,4,149,1567,69,3240],"class_list":{"0":"post-662386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas-rangers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-rangers","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-rangers","13":"tag-texasrangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116345184915021331","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}