Why Gilbert’s Performance Dazzles While the Total Score Shocks Everyone

The Rangers are above .500 again, and look like they are going to make that run they have needed all season. I think I’ve mentioned this about the Braves, Red Sox, and Rangers – I said all of them seemed incapable of a sustained winning streak. All three went on a sustained winning streak shortly after writing that. I suppose it is just that type of season for me where teams want to prove a small-time writer from Outkick wrong. The problem for the Rangers remains when they leave Texas. They are just 23-33 for the season in road games. Now they face a very rejuvenated Seattle team. Today, the task falls on the right arm of Jack Leiter to figure out the lineup. Leiter is 7-6 for the season with a 4.09 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP. Leiter has been worse on the road by about a full run. He also has allowed 15 hits and seven earned runs to the Mariners in 10.1 innings this season. In fairness to him, one game he allowed six earned in 4.1 innings, the other he allowed one earned in six innings, so it isn’t as if he has been bad in both starts. He has put up back-to-back quality starts in July and allowed eight runs over 21 innings. 

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