Texas Rangers scored nine runs while the Seattle Mariners scored eight runs.
*exhale *
It didn’t have to be that difficult but the Rangers managed to secure the final outs required to finish off a sweep of the Mariners to elevate themselves to a 2.5 game lead in the American League West.
The Rangers struck first on a lead off dong by Marcus Semien and then just kept hitting bombs. Six of them, in fact. That’s the most for Texas at The Shed since the building opened in 2020. But even with the fireworks and leads of 1-0, 3-2, 7-2, and 9-5, the Rangers kept letting the Mariners back into the game due in part to the inability to close out at-bats and innings.