Tyler Mahle follows his first start of the season in which he slogged through a sixty-one-pitch start where he managed to get just five outs with a five-shutout-inning performance.

The top of the lineup starts showing shines of life as both Semien and Seager get a hit.

Texas seems to have a closer in Luke Jackson, who picked up his fourth save.

The Rangers beat the Rays 5-2 to move to 6-2 on the season. 

And, because nothing is ever easy, Jack Leiter goes on the I.L. with a blister, and Patrick Corbin will take his place. 

This is starting to seem like one of those seasons where having the steady leadership of Bruce Bochy will be critical. 

But, so far, the Rangers have been able to navigate every speedbump. They lost Jon Gray and Cody Bradford in spring training. Corey Seager pulls up with a calf injury that threatens to drag on. Josh Jung, once again, goes on the I.L. this time with a pinched nerve—who knows what his next I.L. stint will be for, but it is coming. 

Through it all, the Rangers are putting up Ws. Imagine how good this team could be if they didn’t keep running into bad luck

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