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ARLINGTON<\/p>\n
The Texas Rangers carried a four-game losing streak headed into a series against American League West foe Seattle and bucked that trend in a 2-1 win Monday at Globe Life Field .<\/p>\n
The victory evens the Rangers\u2019 record at 5-5, which puts them a half-game behind the Astros in the AL West. Let\u2019s take a look at how the Rangers have performed so far \u2014 with 152 regular season games left.<\/p>\n
Bats struggles after quick start<\/p>\n
Headed into their first homestand the Rangers\u2019 offense was looking sharp, averaging 5.33 runs in winning series against the Phillies and Orioles. But in their first four games at home, they\u2019ve averaged 1.5 runs and only have 5 hits out of 25 at-bats with runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n
Corey Seager\u2019s season has mirrored the Rangers\u2019 offense with the shortstop starting the season hitting .318 on the road as opposed to .083 at home, going into Monday\u2019s game vs. the Mariners.<\/p>\n
Seager, however, went 2-for-3 Monday with an RBI and run scored \u2014 he\u2019s now batting .270 \u2014 to help the Rangers find the win column again. .<\/p>\n
Some of the Rangers young guns have struggled at the plate, including Wyatt Langford, who sizzled in spring training but has not been as sharp to start the season, batting .150 with no home runs, two triples and two RBIs. He went 1-for-4 against Seattle and scored one of the Rangers two runs.<\/p>\n
Josh Jung got off to a really slow start, but he\u2019s started to right the ship after going 0 for 17 at the plate in March, hitting .333 in April. Batting in the ninth spot, Jung went 2-for-3 Monday night and upped his batting average to .188.<\/p>\n
The Rangers will need their bats as the season progresses, especially Langford who entered this season with big expectations.<\/p>\n
There have been bright spots as well; veterans Jake Burger, Andrew McCuthchen and Brandon Nimmo have been solid and Evan Carter looks like the same player who helped the Rangers win the World Series in 2023\u2014 though he still can\u2019t hit lefties.<\/p>\n
Burger is having a big bounce back year after struggling in 2025, hitting .324 with two home runs and six RBIs, tied for the team lead with catcher Danny Jansen.<\/p>\n
Burger continued his hot play going 1 for 4 with an RBI against the Mariners including a clutch two out hit in the sixth inning to give the Rangers the lead.<\/p>\n
Manager Skip Schumaker talked about facing off against a tough pitcher in Logan Gilbert, and how he felt about his team\u2019s approach at the plate.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a good pitcher, and he kept us off balance, and he was throwing 97 with a really good split… he just kept us off balance all night,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought the first time through it, we did pretty good. We had, gosh, there\u2019s at one point. We have five straight three-two counts, I think, which was really good at-bats. I don\u2019t think we got a hit off of it, but I thought they were outstanding at-bats.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scintillating start for pitchers<\/p>\n
The Rangers\u2019 ERA though 10 games is 3.34, good for seventh best in the majors and has been spearheaded so far by an elite bullpen which has the majors third-best ERA.<\/p>\n
The Rangers\u2019 bullpen only has one pitcher, Chris Martin (9.00), with a ERA above 3.18 and are 2 for 3 on save opportunities, both coming from Tyler Alexander who also sports a 1.80 ERA in his five innings pitched.<\/p>\n
Jakob Junis, who earned the save on Monday, talked about the bullpens\u2019 outlook this season after they put up four shutout innings in relief.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think as relievers you got to have a short memory. You\u2019re back in there tomorrow, type of thing. So anything that happens the day before, kind of leave it at the field the night before, and tomorrow\u2019s a new day, and we\u2019re all about picking each other up and next man up, attitude, and that\u2019s how we\u2019re approaching things,\u201d Junis said.<\/p>\n
While the Rangers starting rotation\u2019s numbers aren\u2019t particularly impressive, they rank 20th in the MLB in starters\u2019 ERA, that\u2019s partly due to early season struggles for Nathan Eovaldi who is 0-2 with an 11.42 ERA in his first two games and Jacob deGrom who\u2019s first start saw him give up three runs in 4.2 innings.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the season Schumaker talked about the importance of a well-rounded team to win and while Eovaldi and deGrom struggled in their first three starts other members from the starting rotation stepped up with MacKenzie Gore, Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter all shining.<\/p>\n
Leiter is the early season standout with a 1-0 record with a 2.45 ERA with 17 strikeouts, becoming the eighth Rangers pitcher to do so through his first two outings.<\/p>\n
Gore, who the team traded a bevy of young prospects for, has pitched well in his first two starts going 1-0 with a 3.97 ERA.<\/p>\n
DeGrom was back on the mound on Monday and unsurprisingly rebounded in dominating fashion, giving up one run off one hit with six strikeouts in five innings with his four-seam fastball as his most effective pitch, throwing it 44% of the time and accounting for five of his strikeouts.<\/p>\n
The former Cy Young Award winner made his 250th start but revealed he was bothered by his knee, which he called tender, but doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s a long term concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel OK now. My right leg, just my knee, just felt a little funny throwing, and it kind of stayed the same throughout the game. Gave \u2018em heads up and said, I\u2019m fine to go. Let\u2019s just see how long I can go and then after the fifth we were contemplating the sixth I said,\u2019 Hey, I can do it,\u2019 and we just decided that, let\u2019s just make sure it\u2019s fine,\u201d said deGrom.<\/p>\n
Early standout<\/p>\n
Nimmo has been on a tear to start the season from the leadoff position reaching base safely in every game this season ranking in the top 10 in multi-hit games (6), hits (14), batting average (.389) and on base percentage (.463).<\/p>\n
Nimmo\u2019s six multi-hit games in the team\u2019s first nine games puts him in elite company in Rangers history as one of only five players to do so.<\/p>\n
This story was originally published April 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM.<\/p>\n
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