Rangers rough up rookie Logan Evans, snap Mariners' 6-game win streak

Adam Jude, The Seattle Times on May 4, 2025

Published in Baseball

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Rookie right-hander Logan Evans surrendered six runs in a never-ending third inning, and the Texas Rangers ended the Seattle Mariners’ six-game winning streak with a 8-1 victory Sunday afternoon at Globe Life Field.

Making his second major-league start, the 23-year-old Evans was tagged for 11 hits (all singles) in five innings, and all six runs were recorded as earned runs.

The Mariners (20-13) had won the first five games of the season against the Rangers (17-18), including the first two games of this series.

The Mariners couldn’t complete the sweep, and they’ll head to Sacramento for their first road series in the Athletics’ new park to begin a three-game series Monday.

Josh Jung led off the third with a hard-hit lineout to Randy Arozarena in left field. After that, eight of the next nine Texas batters reached base, starting with Evans’ five-pitch walk to No. 9 hitter Blaine Crim.

Josh Smith followed with a blooper into shallow left field — just between shortstop J.P. Crawford and left fielder Randy Arozarena — and the next batter, Wyatt Langford, was credited with an infield single on a bouncing ground ball that ate up rookie third baseman Ben Williamson.

With the bases loaded, Corey Seager hit a sharp single to drive in two runs and give the Rangers their first lead of the series, 2-1.

Crawford snared a line drive off the bat of Joc Pederson for the second out, but Marcus Semien followed with a first-pitch single to drive in another run.

Evans walked Jonah Heim to load the bases again, and Adolis Garcia’s sharp ground-ball single up the middle drove in two more to make it 5-1.

Jung’s soft single made it 6-1 before Evans struck out Crim to finally end the third inning.

The Mariners had taken a 1-0 lead off Jacob deGrom in the third inning. Leo Rivas, after a 10-pitch at-bat, singled to center field and stole second; Crawford followed with an infield single; and Jorge Polanco’s groundout.

Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh drew back-to-back walks to load the bases with two outs, but Arozarena hit into a fielder’s choice to end the threat.

Evans won his big-league debut a week earlier at T-Mobile Park, allowing two runs in five innings against Miami.

He took his first loss Sunday. He did bounce back to hold the Rangers scoreless over his final two innings.

He finished five innings on 92 pitches.

The Rangers’ only extra-base hit of the game came in the eighth inning, when Josh Smith tripled down the right-field line off Eduard Bazardo. The Rangers scored two runs in the eighth to make it 8-1.

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