The start to this season has been so exceptional that this game is a weird feeling. The Cubs did show a brief sign of life in the fourth inning and the game was tied after four. This game was all Rangers, though. Shu014dta Imanaga had an uncharacteristically bad day. He allowed a couple of homers and five runs in five innings of work. Without question, this was one of the worst outings of his young MLB career.
On the other side of things, Tyler Mahle was turning back the clock to 2021. He allowed only two hits and a walk over seven innings of work.