Nimmo hits leadoff homer, deGrom works 4 scoreless innings as Rangers beat Mariners 5-0
SEATTLE (AP) — Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night. Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season.
Texas won its third straight game. Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season.
He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers . DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases.
Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball. Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford's single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double.
The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh. The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game. J.