Thoughts on a 7-1 Rangers loss
DETROIT, MI - MAY 03: Texas Rangers Jack Leiter (22) pitches in the first inning during the game between Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers on May 3, 2026 at Comerica Park in Detroit, MI (Photo by Allan Dranberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tigers 7, Rangers 1 Detroit. Dee-Troit. D Troit.
The Tigers. They won. Jack Leiter gave up 5 runs in 6.
2 innings, which sounds bad. Which is bad, really. But he did pitch better than the line would indicate, to use that old cliche.
Leiter allowed a total of six baserunners in the game. The problem is that five of them scored. Leiter walked just one batter — Riley Greene, to lead off the fifth.
It was the first baserunner he allowed all game. The next batter, Spencer Torkelson, put an 0-2 hanging slider into the bleachers, and that, for all intents and purposes, was that. The Torkelson homer was the only ball in play over 100 mph that Leiter gave up in the game.