An untidy first inning made for a warm and restless Sunday afternoon at Globe Life Park.
Yu Darvish couldn’t locate his slider. Rangers hitters couldn’t get anything to fall against Seattle’s Christian Bergman. And as the 31,552 perspiring customers at the ballpark were reminded, air-conditioned baseball remains four years away.
After outscoring the visiting Mariners 20-8 the previous two days, the Texas Rangers managed only four hits and Darvish picked up his fifth loss in a 7-3 defeat.
History tells us that Darvish occasionally has games like this. Days when the dips and darts of the many pitches he throws don’t follow their prescribed orbits.