ARLINGTON -- “Humbling” was the word of the day for Rangers manager Chris Woodward on Saturday afternoon in the wake of the no-hitter by the Padres’ Joe Musgrove the previous night. But Woodward thinks it can be a motivating factor for his team through the rest of the series.

“I forgot about yesterday. I don’t even know what happened yesterday,” Woodward joked on Zoom, before adding seriously: “It's humbling. This game will knock you down. I think as a group, it's good for us. I don't want to lose a game, and I hate getting no-hit.

“Clearly I didn't know the story last night, that [Musgrove] was a San Diego kid. So the baseball fan in me was at the end not as upset because I thought it was a cool story. But it's a good test for our hitters to bounce back.”

It was the first time the Rangers have been shut out this season. They were averaging more than six runs per game before being no-hit.

Woodward has emphasized the process at the plate for all Rangers hitters through Spring Training and into the season. That process was fairly simple, like controlling the strike zone and swinging at what hitters would consider to be “their pitch.” Woodward wants the players to understand how to utilize that process in crucial moments against elite pitching like Musgrove.

The manager saw the struggles Friday as a good measuring stick of where the Rangers are as a club right now. It was especially a test for the Rangers’ younger hitters, like Eli White, Leody Taveras and Anderson Tejeda, who combined for four of Musgrove’s 10 strikeouts.

“I know a lot of our hitters were feeling good, and you know we felt good as an offense,” Woodward said. “But, again, it's humbling. When you face elite pitching, and it's like, ‘How do we test? How do we match up against the best, when we're facing a guy on top of his game, can we beat him? Can we have quality at bats? Can we control the strike zone?’

“I know that feeling as a hitter when you feel a little bit overmatched, but can we still compete.”

Woodward tipped his cap to Musgrove but also said he didn’t think the Rangers made the correct adjustments at the plate that would have given them a chance to win.

Woodward said the vibe in the clubhouse isn’t down following the no-hitter. The confidence level has stayed the same throughout the early part of the season, and the players might even have a chip on their shoulder after being no-hit.

“They believe, man,” Woodward said. “They honestly believe they're going to go out and compete every day. They believe in one another. There's a lot of trust in the locker room. Like I said, we got a little bit of humble pie, but we get right back out and compete. That's all we can do.”