Thoughts on an 8-3 Rangers loss

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BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 01: Texas Rangers pitcher Carter Baumler (45) warms up prior to the game between the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles on April 01, 2026, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Orioles 8, Rangers 3

• That was exceedingly unpleasant.
• Do you want to think about this game? I don’t.
• It almost seems kind of appropriate that it ended on an ABS challenge. Just a blah.
• I don’t want to worry about Nathan Eovaldi. He had some bad luck in the opener, but this game was not bad luck.
• Carter Baumler pitched decently. That’s good.
• Josh Jung had two hits, having been hitless prior to that. That’s good.
• Corey Seager homered.
• I appreciate Corey Seager.
• But don’t think about the rangers.
• Think about Artemis II. Or Artemis Fowl.
• No, just Artemis II.
• Which makes me think of Audrey II. That was a plant though. Very different.
• Jack Nicholson played the dental patient in the original Little Shop of Horrors.
• Nathan Eovaldi hit 97.2 mph with his fastball. Tyler Alexander’s fastball reached 91.3 mph. Carter Baumler touched 95.9 mph with his fastball. Jacob Latz’s fastball maxed out at 95.0 mph.
• Jake Burger had a 104.8 mph ground out. Brandon Nimmo had a 104.1 mph double. Josh Jung had a 103.9 mph single and a 101.4 mph single. Corey Seager had a 101.8 mph home run.
• And now an off day. Both Rangers losses have been right before off days. Maybe they are sad they won’t be playing the next day and lose their mojo.

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