You can sum up last night’s game in one word. Sloppy.

The field was sloppy from rain. The Rangers offense was sloppy from lack of hitting ability. The defense was sloppy in the sixth inning, as was Jacob Latz, allowing four runs to score.

Jacob Latz, who is horrible this year with inherited runners, was chosen to come into the game with bases loaded. He promptly did what he does—let those runners score—by unleashing a wild pitch to score one. A double steal scored the other. A bobble by Jake Burger scored the third. And a botched ground ball at second scored a fourth. 

In the end, the Rangers walked away with a sloppy 5-1 loss. About the only positive sign was Adolis Garcia getting a pinch-hit single. 

Texas has the second-worst road losing percentage in baseball, so this upcoming nine-game road trip is going to be grueling. It’s going to be challenging. It’s going to be crushing.

It didn’t help that it started sloppy.

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