On Tuesday, the subject was Chris Martin, who lasted one pitch in the ninth inning of a 4-1 game against Colorado, then walked off the mound and seemed to say “it popped,” on his way back to the dugout with athletic trainer Matt Lucero. It came a day after Luke Jackson was hit by a line drive on the hand and wrist on the first pitch he threw.

The Houston Astros play the Texas Rangers after Jeremy Pena had four hits on Wednesday in a 4-3 win over the Royals.

In his 12th career start, Rangers righty Jack Leiter finally reached a milestone that is a necessary step for anyone with any hopes of developing into a Major League ace: getting through six innings for the first time.

Luke Jackson’s save attempt during the Texas Rangers’ win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday was cut short after a line drive comebacker was sent right back at Jackson and struck the relief pitcher in the right arm. Jackson immediately exited the game with Rangers’ athletic trainer Matt Lucero.

The Rockies became the first team to start 7-36 in the modern era (since 1901). They were swept for the seventh time and are 0-3 under interim manager Warren Schaeffer, who replaced Bud Black on Sunday.

His stuff was electric against the Rockies. He fired a 99.7 mph fastball to Jordan Beck in the first, matching the fastest pitch of his career, per Statcast. Leiter threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of the 22 batters faced (72.7%), his second-highest first-pitch strike percentage of 2025 (75.0% on May 8 against the Boston Red Sox.

The Colorado Rockies lost 8-3 to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night to become the first team in baseball's modern era to lose 36 of their first 43 games. Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit opposite-field, two-run home runs and Patrick Corbin struck out six consecutive batters among a season-high nine for the Rangers.

The Texas Rangers removed a second reliever from a save situation in as many games on Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies.

Right field: Adolis García is tied for 10th in the majors in runs saved with six. Bochy credited García’s offseason explosiveness work with helping him move significantly better than a year ago when he dealt with knee pain for much of the year. “He’s really moving well,” Bochy said.