Rangers lose 4–3 after deGrom strikes out 12

Jacob deGrom struck out 12 over six scoreless innings, but the Texas Rangers lost 4–3 to the Seattle Mariners after Julio Rodríguez hit a three-run homer in the seventh. Texas took a three-run lead into the inning and watched it disappear before reliever Jakob Junis recorded an out.

The result was particularly difficult for Texas because deGrom had allowed just one hit and no walks. He threw 92 pitches, 64 for strikes, and handed the bullpen a 3–0 lead. Seattle finished with only four hits, but three arrived in the inning that decided the game.

Four batters reversed the lead

Junis replaced deGrom to start the bottom of the seventh and hit Randy Arozarena with a pitch. A wild pitch moved Arozarena to second, and Dominic Canzone singled him home to cut the deficit to 3–1.

Cal Raleigh followed with a single, bringing Rodríguez to the plate with two runners aboard. Rodríguez drove the first pitch to left-center for a 410-foot homer, according to ESPN’s play-by-play. Seattle led 4–3. Junis had faced four batters, allowed three hits and been charged with all four runs without recording an out.

Robert Garcia entered and retired the next three hitters, striking out Josh Naylor and Lazaro Montes around a Cole Young flyout. That stopped the scoring, but the Rangers never regained the lead.

Pederson and Lopez built the advantage

Texas had gone ahead in the third when Joc Pederson hit a two-run homer to right-center, scoring Nicky Lopez. In the fifth, Lopez reached on a bunt single that brought Evan Carter home for a 3–0 lead.

Lopez finished two for two with a run and an RBI. Pederson drove in two runs, and Danny Jansen supplied Texas’ other hit. The Rangers collected four hits in all and struck out 13 times. Corey Seager, Ezequiel Duran and Brandon Nimmo each went hitless in four at-bats.

Seattle starter Logan Gilbert kept the game within reach, working seven innings and allowing three runs on three hits. He struck out 11 and walked two. Gabe Speier followed with a scoreless eighth before Andrés Muñoz handled the ninth.

One last chance in the ninth

Muñoz retired the first two Texas hitters, then walked Wyatt Langford. Langford stole second, and Carter also walked, putting the tying run in scoring position with Jake Burger at the plate.

Burger grounded into a fielder’s choice, with Carter forced out at second. Texas challenged the call, but it stood and ended the game.

The Rangers received six dominant innings from their starter and still left with a one-run loss. The decisive difference was concentrated in one short stretch: a hit batter, two singles and Rodríguez’s swing turned a three-run cushion into the final margin.

Statistics and inning sequences are from ESPN’s final box score and play-by-play.