The Texas Rangers lost 1-0 to the Arizona Diamondbacks, marking only their second shutout of the season. Despite a strong bullpen performance, the Rangers' offense struggled against Mike Soroka, who pitched 6.1 scoreless innings.
Key points
Rangers lost 1-0 to Diamondbacks
This was the second shutout for the Rangers this season
Mike Soroka pitched 6.1 scoreless innings
Rangers' offense struggled against Diamondbacks' pitching
Rangers have allowed 30 runs in the first inning this season
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ARLINGTON, TEXAS - MAY 11: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers is hit by a pitch during the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Globe Life Field on May 11, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) | Getty Images
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - MAY 11: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers is hit by a pitch during the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Globe Life Field on May 11, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) | Getty Images
D-Backs 1, Rangers 0
Surprisingly, this was just the second time this season the Rangers have been shut out.
They have been held to just one run seven times, though. So it feels like they’ve been shut out more than twice.
On the one hand, once Nathan Eovaldi was scratched from his scheduled start on Monday, one wasn’t going to be flush with optimism about the Rangers’ chances.
On the other hand, the bullpen game worked out well for the Rangers, holding the D-Backs to just one run on six hits and two walks, one of which was intentional.
Well, kind of intentional? Cole Winn allowed a Ketel Marte double with one out, went 3-0 on Corbin Carroll, then Carroll was put on intentionally.
Q&A
What was the final score of the Rangers vs. Diamondbacks game on May 11, 2026?
The final score was 1-0 in favor of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
How many times have the Rangers been shut out this season?
The Rangers have been shut out only twice this season.
Who pitched for the Diamondbacks against the Rangers on May 11, 2026?
Mike Soroka pitched for the Diamondbacks, throwing 6.1 scoreless innings.
What issues did the Rangers' offense face during the game?
The Rangers' offense struggled significantly, failing to score against Soroka and managing only a few hits throughout the game.
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Winn seemed to be pretty clearly pitching around him, but if you throw more unintentional balls, even if they were kind of intentional, instead of intentional balls, is it really an intentional walk?
The one run in the game came on back-to-back one out first inning doubles by Corbin Carroll and Geraldo Perdomo off of Jakob Junis, who gave the Rangers 2.2 innings as the starter.
The Rangers have now allowed 30 runs in the first inning of games this season, and 123 runs in all the other innings combined.
Here’s something interesting…the Rangers have allowed no unearned runs in the first three innings of games this season. They’ve allowed three unearned runs in innings 4 through 6, and six unearned runs in innings 7 through 9.
Maybe the fielders are just getting tired as the game goes on.
Anyway, tip of the cap to Jakob Junis, Jalen Beeks, Peyton Gray, Cole Winn and Tyler Alexander, who did very fine work.
Too bad the offense did nothing.
Mike Soroka shut the Rangers down for 6.1 innings. He’s a fascinating story…he had a 6.0 bWAR season for Atlanta as a 21 year old in 2019. He finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting, behind Pete Alonso, and sixth in the Cy Young voting. Jacob deGrom finished first, and Max Scherzer finished third.
Its still weird to think to myself, oh, yeah, Max Scherzer is a former Ranger. And not just any former Ranger…he won a ring for the Rangers!
Anyway, three games into the 2020 season Soroka tore his Achilles tendon, which required surgery. He missed all of 2021 and 2022 due to two more Achilles tendon surgeries. He split 2023 between AAA and the majors, and wasn’t good when he was in the majors. After the 2023 season he was sent to the White Sox in that weird trade when the ChiSox took on five guys the Braves were going to non-tender in exchange for Aaron Bummer.
Soroka wasn’t particularly good in 2024, signed with the Nationals for 2025, was underwhelming in their rotation, was traded to the Cubs at the deadline, and made one start and five relief appearances for them.
Arizona signed Soroka to a one year, $7.5 million deal this offseason, and he’s been pretty good for them. He had one disaster outing — an 8 run, three inning start against Milwaukee — but has a 3.53 ERA and 3.19 FIP overall.
And Soroka is still just 28 years old, which seems weird, because he’s seemingly been around forever. Someone who was getting Cy Young votes pre-pandemic shouldn’t be only 28 years old.
Anyway, the Rangers offense did a whole bunch of nothing against Soroka for 6.1 innings. After recording 19 outs, D-Backs manager Torey Lovullo went to lefty Brandyn Garcia with Evan Carter due up next.
We know what was going to happen next. If the Rangers are trailing and the opposition brings in a lefty to face Carter, Skip Schumaker is going to pinch hit for Carter. Schumaker went with Justin Foscue, who struck out. Andrew McCutchen then hit for Joc Pederson, and flew out.
Look, Evan Carter can’t hit lefties. We know that. You don’t want him to face a lefty.
But pulling him from the game with one out in the seventh, no one on base, so that Justin Foscue can hit? How much does that really increase your odds of winning?
And then, in the eighth, the Rangers had Foscue play second base, moved Ezequiel Duran from second base to left field, and Alejandro Osuna from left field to center field, meaning that the Rangers weakened themselves defensively at three position after that move.
The Marte double that Winn gave up was a screamer to left center that Osuna tried, and failed, to make a play on. There was some carping that Carter makes that play, but Statcast had it as a 5% catch probability, so Carter most likely doesn’t make that play. Still, the immediate reaction — my immediate reaction — when that happened was, man, I wish Carter was still in center field.
In the eighth, Osuna led off the inning with a single, then Jake Burger hit into a fielder’s choice. Sam Haggerty pinch ran for Burger. Haggerty promptly got picked off, which is how things went on Monday for the Rangers.
In the ninth, Brandon Nimmo and Ezequiel Duran were retired by Paul Sewald, and then Corey Seager was hit by a pitch, bringing up Josh Jung. Jung flew out to end the game. Had Jung gotten a hit other than a homer, though, you know would have been due up?
Justin Foscue. Against a righthanded hitter.
I’ve not been terribly impressed with Skip Schumaker as an in-game manager thusfar this season, and the late inning events from Monday kind of illustrate that. If the Rangers are trailing and a lefty reliever comes into the game, Evan Carter is being pinch hit for, because that’s what you do, even if its the seventh inning, no one is on base, you’re going to weaken yourself defensively in multiple positions as a result of the move, and it sets you up to have disadvantageous matchups later in the game.
Josh Jung had a 110.1 mph ground out. Brandon Nimmo had a 105.0 mph fly out.
Jakob Junis touched 93.3 mph with his fastball. Jalen Beeks reached 94.7 mph with his fastball. Peyton Gray maxed out at 92.7 mph with his fastball. Cole Winn’s fastball reached 95.9 mph. Tyler Alexander topped out at 91.9 mph with his fastball.
Let’s see if the Rangers can score a run on Tuesday.