On Tuesday, the subject was Chris Martin, who lasted one pitch in the ninth inning of a 4-1 game against Colorado, then walked off the mound and seemed to say “it popped,” on his way back to the dugout with athletic trainer Matt Lucero. It came a day after Luke Jackson was hit by a line drive on the hand and wrist on the first pitch he threw.

Its Thursday, May 15 and the Astros (22-20) are in Arlington to take on the Rangers (23-21). Hunter Brown is slated to take the mound for Houston against Jacob deGrom for Texas. The Rangers completed the sweep over the Colorado Rockies with an 8-3 win yesterday. That sweep was the second series sweep in a row.

The Houston Astros play the Texas Rangers after Jeremy Pena had four hits on Wednesday in a 4-3 win over the Royals.

Right field: Adolis García is tied for 10th in the majors in runs saved with six. Bochy credited García’s offseason explosiveness work with helping him move significantly better than a year ago when he dealt with knee pain for much of the year. “He’s really moving well,” Bochy said.

His stuff was electric against the Rockies. He fired a 99.7 mph fastball to Jordan Beck in the first, matching the fastest pitch of his career, per Statcast. Leiter threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of the 22 batters faced (72.7%), his second-highest first-pitch strike percentage of 2025 (75.0% on May 8 against the Boston Red Sox.

In his 12th career start, Rangers righty Jack Leiter finally reached a milestone that is a necessary step for anyone with any hopes of developing into a Major League ace: getting through six innings for the first time.

The Rockies became the first team to start 7-36 in the modern era (since 1901). They were swept for the seventh time and are 0-3 under interim manager Warren Schaeffer, who replaced Bud Black on Sunday.

While the Rangers’ rotation is turning heads across baseball with its dominant start to the 2025 season, one arm is making a case for the comeback story of the year, even if he’s not stealing the headlines.

The Colorado Rockies lost 8-3 to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night to become the first team in baseball's modern era to lose 36 of their first 43 games. Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit opposite-field, two-run home runs and Patrick Corbin struck out six consecutive batters among a season-high nine for the Rangers.

The Texas Rangers recalled Jake Burger from Triple-A Round Rock on Monday, 10 days after they sent down the struggling first baseman who was one of their top offseason acquisitions. Burger rejoined the Rangers after playing six games for Round Rock,

ARLINGTON — It appears the Rangers - and more importantly - reliever Luke Jackson dodged a bullet on Monday.