Rangers come up empty in American League West showdown at Seattle

While it might be tempting to give an A for effort to the Texas Rangers for “hanging in there” with the division leaders, style points don't gain you any ground and when you get swept – as Texas did over the weekend to fall 8.5 games behind the Seattle Mariners – chances are, the effort wasn't worth a passing grade regardless. The spotty, sporadic offense from the Rangers stayed with the club throughout this series, which proved inopportune.