ARLINGTON -- Skip Schumaker admitted it would probably be a long night for himself and the Rangers' hitting coaches.
It goes without saying that they probably needed the braintrust to get together after getting no-hit by three Astros’ pitchers on Monday night.
“We have long nights in general, anyway,” Schumaker said. “I don't want you to think that it was much different than any other night. … I think when you have a game like last night, it’s on us as a staff to come in and make sure that there’s not a carryover. It's a new day, positive outlook, and we’re trying to figure out a way to win tonight, and also learn from what happened yesterday.”
Whatever happened overnight, and whatever happened in Tuesday’s hitters’ meeting, clearly paid off.
The Rangers scored eight runs on five hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch in the first inning against Astros starter Jason Alexander on Tuesday night. They sent 11 batters to the plate, with the inning capped off by a Joc Pederson three-run shot in his second plate appearance of the frame, propelling Texas to a 10-7 win at Globe Life Field.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Texas’ eight runs are the second-most by a team in the first inning of a game that was immediately following their being no-hit, behind only the Chicago White Sox logging a nine-run first inning on Sept. 27, 1905, on the back end of the doubleheader against the Boston Americans. Boston threw a no-hitter in Game 1.
It is also the Rangers’ highest scoring single inning of the 2026 season and biggest first inning since an eight-run frame at Detroit in 2012.