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04/18 00:07 CDT Nimmo hits leadoff homer, deGrom works 4 scoreless innings as
Rangers beat Mariners 5-0
Nimmo hits leadoff homer, deGrom works 4 scoreless innings as Rangers beat
Mariners 5-0
By ANDREW DESTIN
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) --- Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four
shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas
Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.
Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in
21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025
season. Texas won its third straight game.
Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter
Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo's 16th career leadoff homer and second of the
season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle's lineup, and worked out of a one
out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner
recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the
bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a
fastball.
Texas added to its lead after Nimmo's homer. Wyatt Langford's single to left
scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers
stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.
The Mariners' best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who
worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.
J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners
third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown
out by Langford.
Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen
and an RBI double by Josh Jung.
Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip
issue.
Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list
with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this
season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
Up next
Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi
(2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.
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