Thoughts on a 2-0 Rangers loss
HOUSTON, TX - MAY 15: Joc Pederson #3 of the Texas Rangers looks on from the dugout prior to the game between the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on Friday, May 15, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Michaela Schumacher/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images Astros 2, Rangers 0 Well, at least they didn’t get no hit. Still, an ignominious way to start the road trip, getting one-hit by the team with the worst pitching staff in baseball this year.
Justin Foscue being the guy who broke up the no hitter was kind of funny. Justin Foscue then being picked off of first base — when there was a runner at second, to boot — was less funny. Ezequiel Duran was at the plate with a 2-0 count, Alejandro Osuna at second and Foscue at first when Foscue was picked off.
That was one of the Rangers’ best scoring opportunities of the game. The best scoring opportunity came in the fifth. Jake Burger drew a one out walk, and then Alejandro Osuna lined a ball into the gap the other way that looked like it was going to be a double.
Zach Dezenzo made a great diving catch on it, for the second out. Burger then stole second, and Kyle Higashioka reached on an E5 to put runners on the corners with two outs for Foscue, who grounded out to end the inning. Those were, really, the only meaningful scoring opportunities the Rangers had in the game.
Per Statcast, the Rangers had an xBA in the game of . 161, which meant that they would have been expected to have 4 hits in their 27 at bats, rather than 1 hit. Not that that would have been that much better.