The Rangers have not had much success playing on the road this season. 

On Thursday, the struggles playing away from Globe Life Field continued on a day when both the hitting and pitching struggled for most of the ballgame.

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After starter Mike Foltynewicz was pulled after allowing five runs in 3 2/3 innings, the Rangers offense was unable to get much going for most of Thursday’s finale as they lost, 11-6, to the Rockies at Coors Field. Texas dropped all nine games on its road trip.

“I wanted to do something well for the team, especially with the circumstances that we're in, and all that stuff. ... I was grinding and trying to make pitches, and they just got the best of me today,” said Foltynewicz, who had given up just two runs over his last 14 innings before Thursday.

Prior to the ninth inning, the Rangers combined to put together four hits and two runs after struggling to figure out Rockies lefty Austin Gomber, who shut out Texas for six innings.

Rangers manager Chris Woodward said Gomber’s changeup usage, which was up nearly 19% from his season average, was an issue that his hitters didn’t immediately adjust to.

“That guy threw a lot more changeups than he normally does and that's on us to kind of recognize that,” Woodward said.

As a whole, the offense has struggled to put together consistent output over the last nine games. In the winless road trip, the Rangers scored five runs or more just three times and averaged 3.3 runs per game.

Following Thursday’s loss, the Rangers have put together a .172 team batting average over the last seven days.

But with the offensive struggles, Texas did receive a late-inning spark from its bats to end the ballgame. It was a spark that Woodward believed could have an effect on the team amid the current losing skid.

Down 11-2, the Rangers put together a four-run final inning with RBIs coming from Willie Calhoun, Brock Holt and Jose Trevino, who hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth.

Woodward said the offensive showing and hustle on plays like Adolis García’s leadoff infield single in the ninth inning are moments that can transfer over to the next night to help his ballclub break out of the skid. The Rangers host the Rays beginning Friday.

“I do believe that it matters,” Woodward said. “I know that they would've had a different guy in there if we were closer in the game, I get that. … We got to find small victories right now and that's definitely one. It's not gonna matter tomorrow as far as like putting a run on the board, but maybe it gives us a little bit of a confidence boost to say, 'Hey, we could still play this game at a high level. We're not going to let that defeat us and we got another game to play tomorrow.’”

Amid the rough stretch, five of the Rangers’ nine losses came in ball games that were decided by two runs or fewer.

Like Woodward, Foltynewicz said the showing in the ninth shows their ballclub is competitive.

“It's been a long road trip for us, especially after taking some losses,” Foltynewicz said. “It's not like we're getting blown out every game either. I mean, we still came back. We still got some hope today [to] carry some more momentum into tomorrow.”