ARLINGTON -- Full of energy from a weekend sweep of Tampa Bay, the Rangers returned to Globe Life Park on Monday full of the hard-to-quantify substance called “momentum.”
It lasted all of five pitches.
Down by two runs before their first swing, the Rangers went quietly in a 4-0 loss to Miami. Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton drove in three runs with a two-run homer in the opening inning and an opposite-field drive in the eighth.
The performance underscored the all-or-nothing nature of the Rangers’ offense. If this team does not hit homers, it struggles to produce and win.