Rangers 2, Mariners 0
- Well, I guess we shouldn’t have questioned starting Sandy Leon instead of Mitch Garver or Jonah Heim today.
- The last five starts Sandy Leon has made have been with Jon Gray on the mound. In those five games, Gray has allowed three runs in 34 innings. I can understand why Bruce Bochy wouldn’t want to break up that pairing.
- The Rangers needed Gray to be great tonight, given the performance of Mariners starter Luis Castillo, who kept Texas off the board until they pushed across a run in the sixth.