Rangers send a message in Seattle, and do something they haven't done there in nearly 4 years

Q: When was the last time the Texas Rangers won in Seattle before this game?

The Texas Rangers last won in Seattle nearly four years ago, with a record of 9-38 since the start of 2020.

Q: Who were the standout players in the Rangers' win over the Mariners?

Wyatt Langford and Corey Seager were standout players, combining for three runs and multiple hits in the game.

Q: What was significant about the Rangers' pitching performance in this game?

The Rangers achieved a six-pitcher shutout, which is only the sixth in franchise history.

Q: How did the Rangers score their runs in the ninth inning?

The Rangers scored two runs in the ninth inning through a combination of singles, a sac bunt, and a sac fly.

Texas Rangers catcher Danny Jansen, left, greets right fielder Brandon Nimmo, right, after a win over the Seattle Mariners in a baseball game, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP) SEATTLE — The wins are becoming increasingly wacky as the Rangers' 10-day road trip reaches its final stages. One day, it’s baseballs blowing all over the yard. The next, it’s six of one (pitchers) and a dozen or more of the others (strikeouts and men left on base). Yet, when Friday night was over, the Rangers had cobbled together the mish-mash of numbers to do what was most important: Establish a beachhead in Seattle, a place where their hopes, dreams and ambitions have regularly met a watery death the last five years. Also, take advantage of a Seattle team struggling to score runs. The Rangers won 5-0 at T-Mobile Park and, we say that up front, because given the couple of sentences that follow, you might not be so sure. They put together a shutout win despite the fact that sniffly ace Jacob deGrom, bogged down by a 32-pitch scoreless first inning, didn’t make it to the fifth. It ended up becoming just the sixth six-pitcher shutout in franchise history. The offense scored five runs despite striking out 12 times and leaving 13 runners stranded. Times they’d previously hit a dozen in both categories and still won a nine-inning game: Three. If there was a theme to the night, though, it was that the Rangers found a way. They found a way to win. Especially notable in Seattle, where they had been just 9-38 since the start of 2020. They found a way to win in a place where they never find wins. “As a team, we have to find different ways to beat you and they did,” manager Skip Schumaker said. “We had a ton of guys on, not a lot of hits in scoring position, but we didn’t chase against a really good pitching staff. That shows growth. So growth in how to win a game. Growth in the execution of the game plan. So, yeah, it was a good night and it makes for a great team win.” So, how exactly did they do it? Thanks for asking. –Synchronicity: and are the drivers of this offense. And on Friday, they at least got their hands on the wheels. , Seager lined a pair of doubles in a stadium that has long plagued him. Langford, on the heels of a two-hit day, had three more singles. They combined to score three of the Rangers’ runs. Seager had been hitting .203 for the year, Langford .185. Neither is where they want to be, but it was a step towards productivity. The Rangers can’t count on Brandon Nimmo and to carry the offense all year, though Nimmo did lead off the game with a homer and Burger had three singles and a 13-pitch at-bat (that ended in a strikeout). “Neither of us have started off probably the way we want to,” said Langford, who struggled to smooth out his bat path after spring training, leading to poor contact. “And we’ve all just been trying to find ways to win at-bats. When we do, it’s a very complete offense.” Said Schumaker: “The guys in the middle producing like they did is huge for our team. There's a reason why they're up there. It shows you what type of offense we can have when they get going.” –Small ball, baby! The Rangers scored two important runs in the ninth inning and run-manufacturing played a big role. After Langford and Burger led off with singles, bunted them to second and third. drove in a run with a sac fly. drove in the other with his third double of the night and his fifth extra-base hit in the last two days. It was only the second time since the start of 2024 that the Rangers had both a sac bunt and a sac fly in the same inning. Carter also had a bunt single in the game. He had a sac bunt in the middle of the Rangers’ four-run, ninth-inning rally to win at Sacramento on Thursday. “He’s a young player still learning this league, still learning himself, so that 100% should be part of his game,” Schumaker said. “He’s got the combination of speed, power and good defense. That’s who he can be. So I loved it tonight; I’m glad he did it.” –Bullpen in bulk: The Rangers were without Robert Garcia () and (workload), so they were short-handed in the bullpen. The situation was made all the more dire when deGrom, battling a cold, struggled to put the Mariners away in the first inning. They fought him for 32 pitches, loading the bases with one out before he willed himself to strike out and (the latter with a fastball in which he missed his location badly). By the end of the fourth, deGrom had 88 pitches and was done for the night. Gavin Collyer, , worked through the top half of the Mariners lineup over the next 1 ⅓ innings, followed by a collection of , , and , who pitched for a third straight day. Collyer, who hit 99.7 mph with his best fastball of the night, ended up earning the win. Took him three days in the big league; it took Winn almost three seasons. Nobody said life is fair. But the conglomerate of pitchers held things together against a Seattle offense that is struggling for runs. In the Rangers' first game of the season at T-Mobile Park, they put together their first shutout win in the stadium in nearly four years. They also won their fourth game of the season against the Mariners, which is more than they won in either of the last two years. It may not have gone exactly according to plan, but the Rangers have sent their message. They are no longer Seattle’s pushovers. That was an imperative for the Rangers to prove this season. They’ve done it in three weeks.