Leiter's Dominant Start: Rangers Rotation on Fire

0:00Jack leaders stepped up for the Texas Rangers rotation on Monday night and snagged his first win of the season. He went six full innings, the first Ranger pitcher to do that this year. Face down five hits and two earn runs, but only issued one walk while fanning eight orals. He mixed it up big time, throwing 92 pitches with 60 strikes. Leamed on six different pitches, hitting his change up and slider a combined 49 times. That's a shift from last year. He cut his fourth seam fastball way back to just 16 tosses. Orioles hitters couldn't touch him after a rough first inning with a homer. He shut the door, no hits until the fifth, retiring 10 of 11 batter straight. That kind of dominance had the crowd buzzing in the bullpen chilling. Dig into the whiff's 21 total, his MLB career high. Change up and slider snagged 15 of them while his fastball played set up man. One was on point, forcing swings and called strikes left and right. One start doesn't make a season, but ladders evolving arsenal screens potential.

1:04If he keeps this pitch mix cooking, the Rangers rotation just got a whole lot spicier. Stay informed with Dallas News today. AI-powered updates.