If you had a nickel for each time a Texas Rangers rookie recorded their first base hit in a late-inning, tight-game, pinch-hit situation this season, you’d have two nickels. It’s not a lot, but, it’s interesting that it’s happened twice.
Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Ryne Stanek throws to the Texas Rangers in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/)
Cincinnati Reds (14-11, third in the NL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (13-13, second in the AL West) Arlington, Texas; Friday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Graham Ashcraft (3-1, 5.24 ERA, 1.34 WHIP,
A lot can go right in baseball. A lot can go wrong in baseball. Sometimes, even, a lot can go right and things can still go wrong. If you’ve had a hard time following that logic, the Texas Rangers’ 4-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Thursday at Globe Life Field might serve as an apt explainer.
Momentum for the Texas Rangers, it seems, is as hard to come by these days as a healthy starting pitcher is. They’ve been no more than two games above or two games below .500 since an April 8 loss to the Houston Astros,