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The Texas Rangers struggled at the hands of three Astros pitchers on Monday. And Rangers outfielder Evan Carter got 100% real after the no-hitter dealt by the Astros , according to a post on X by Jeff Wilson.
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"We have a plan," Carter said. "We want to go in there and execute that plan. The way the game started, if you would have told me this is how it's going to end up, I would have strongly disagreed. Credit to him, he turned it around really, really quick after a couple of walks there to start the game.
"One of those things, he found his groove. We just gotta flush it and try again tomorrow. Have a plan for the next guy tomorrow. And that's all you can really do in baseball."
Carter, who recently hit a key home run in a win over the Yankees , went 0 for 2 in the game before being removed in favor of Jake Burger .
Rangers couldn't find hitting shoes against Astros
Tatsuya Imai started things off while Steven Okert and Alimber Santa finished the deal. It was the first major-league no-hitter since September of 2024.
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Imai walked four batters in six innings and left after 97 pitches. Okert followed with an inning. And Santa, making his MLB debut, ended things with two strong innings.
The loss left a bitter taste in the Rangers' mouths, according to Sports Illustrated.
"There's no excuses when you get no-hit," Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said. "We wanted to get (Imai) in the strike zone. So we took our walks and, again, we had traffic in the first inning. We felt like we were on our way to a big inning, and we wanted to get into their bullpen early."
It has been a rough patch for the Rangers' offense. The dry spell has carried on for multiple weeks.
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"We have to do something different," Schumaker said. "That's the takeaway. I'm going to look for different ways to make it click because, aside from the Rockies series, we haven't been great on the offensive side."
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