Rangers Edge Mariners in Thriller

0:00It's April 8th. Welcome in. This is MLB News Today, where baseball meets AI. Texas Rangers snagged a tight three-to-two win over the Seattle Mariners last night in Arlington. Kyle Hagashioka smashed a two-run homer in the fifth to grab the lead. While Nathan Eel-Valdi hit his 1,500th career strikeout in. Six strong innings. Eel-Valdi bounced back after giving up an early homer to Brendan Donovan on his 300th career start. He settled down, fanning seven Mariners, including that milestone strikeout right after the first inning. The Rangers' bullpen locked it down from there. Jacob lads through two perfect innings with key strikeouts, setting a team record by holding opponents hitless in 28 at-bats to start the season. Jacob Juni's nailed his second save in as many games to seal it. Seattle got on the board first with Kyle Raleigh's RBI single in the fifth, but George Kirby took his first loss to Texas in 11 career starts. He went eight innings, allowing six hits in his second complete game.

1:03That drops the Mariners in their first series loss to Texas in 10 meetings. Up next, Brian Wu takes the mound for Seattle against Mackenzie Gore in the finale tomorrow.