ARLINGTON -- The Rangers need more offense early in the game, and they need more consistent starting pitching. The Rangers have been lacking on both sides in their first 12 games, and the early problems have becoming a glaring issue.
The Rangers again found themselves trailing early on Monday night, and they fell for the eighth time through 12 games with an 8-3 loss to the Angels at Globe Life Park.
"No excuses," catcher Robinson Chirinos said. "We need to be better, pitching and hitting. I don't think we have been playing the way we are capable of playing as a group.