1-1 - Heim and Leiter help Rangers welcome Win Column

The Texas Rangers scored four runs while the Boston Red Sox scored one run.

If the worst thing that happened to Jack Leiter tonight was getting doinked on the dick by a wayward return toss, I’m sure he’d take it.

A surprise addition to the opening week rotation, after a winter where he was written off as best case an option for long relief, Leiter saw an uptick in stuff during the spring and that carried over to tonight as well in his first start of the year.

Not many would have guessed that Leiter would take the bump before a healthy Jacob deGrom, but at the very least, Leiter made the most of his chance against a tough lineup and the Rangers have their first win of the season thanks in part…