Rangers Overwhelmed By Mariners in 6-4 Loss

Jul 27, 2026 - 01:35

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The Texas Rangers were defeated by the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, 6-4, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

With the loss, the Rangers will have to bank on a win on Monday to take a critical series from their American League West rivals. What are the takeaways from the game?

Tough day for the pitching staff

For starter Jacob deGrom and the Rangers' bullpen, the Mariners' batting order was relentless.

The first two innings actually went well for deGrom and the defense. Aside from giving up a single to Josh Naylor in the second, they were unscathed, and the Rangers maintained a 1-0 lead after Ezequiel Duran hit a sacrifice fly RBI in the first.

Things became more difficult in the third when deGrom gave up a two-out triple to Cole Young. Then, he allowed an RBI single to Julio Rodriguez that tied the game.

The Rangers’ offense recaptured the lead in the bottom of the fourth thanks to RBI singles by Nicky Lopez and Evan Carter to make it a 3-1 game. After deGrom got through the fifth, he gave up consecutive singles in the top of the sixth, and that ended his night.

By the time he left the mound, deGrom had pitched five innings and struck out four batters while allowing seven hits and one earned run. He was replaced by Robby Ahlstrom, who had the best outing of the five relievers who took the mound for Texas.

Ahlstrom provided two strikeouts while allowing no hits in one inning of work, but when Tyler Alexander took over, he gave up back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena that gave the Mariners a 5-3 lead.

Canzone made the Rangers pay one more time in the top of the ninth inning with an RBI double that sealed the deal. By the end of the game, the Rangers' six pitchers gave up 14 hits, two of which were home runs.

The silver lining was that they did not allow any walks, but it did not make a difference in the outcome.

Not enough offense

The Rangers did not lose by a lot, but they did not produce offense with the same regularity as the Mariners.

Compared to Seattle’s 14 hits, Texas notched only six in 32 at-bats. The fourth inning was the best frame the batting order had, and even though a solo home run by Duran in the bottom of the eighth brought the Rangers within reach, they could have used a few of the hits that the Mariners were putting on the board.