Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom struck out five over three innings in his first home start for the Texas Rangers in nearly 17 months after his recovery from elbow surgery.

They stayed 2.0 games out of the final AL Wild Card spot after the Minnesota Twins won 4-2 in 12 innings against the Boston Red Sox (also on Friday). "Really good ballgame tonight," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Friday.

In fact, the only thing that broke up the monotony of the beating was a stare-down between Seattle’s Randy Arozarena and Rangers catcher Jonah Heim after Arozarena hit a seventh-inning homer off Gerson Garabito that made it 5-0.

The Texas Rangers play their final home series of the 2024 season when they host the Seattle Mariners this weekend at Globe Life Field.

In the second game of a three-game series at Globe Life Field, the Seattle Mariners (79-75) play the Texas Rangers (73-81), Saturday at 7:05 p.m. ET.The Mariners are an underdog away (+107) versus

Julio Rodriguez homered twice and drove in five runs to lead the Seattle Mariners over the Texas Rangers 8-2 Friday night at Globe Life Field. Both