Despite eight baserunners on the walks, a hit batter, a pair of singles and a costly error by third baseman Ezequiel Duran, Rocker was charged with only one earned run. Had Duran fielded the two-out grounder in third, he might have allowed just one run, period.

Texas Rangers heralded young pitcher Kumar Rocker struck out five in his Globe Life Field debut but struggled with his command over three innings.

Prospect made his Globe Life Field debut on Thursday. Could he join Cody Bradford, Jack Leiter in starting rotation?

ARLINGTON — Here’s the deal: Statcast classifies Kumar Rocker’s nasty breaking pitch as a slider. He calls it a curveball and a “slider at times.” It was the most effective tool in his Texas Rangers debut last Thursday against the Seattle Mariners and secured five of his seven strikeouts.

The loss officially eliminated Texas from the American League West race with the Rangers falling 9.5 games back of the first-place Houston Astros with only nine games remaining.Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman no-hit Texas over five innings and left leading 2-0 after striking out six and walking one in five innings.

Former Vanderbilt pitcher Kumar Rocker was electric in his MLB debut for the Texas Rangers. Here's a recap of his special night:

Kumar Rocker, the former Vanderbilt baseball ace pitcher, will make his MLB debut for the Texas Rangers this week.

Texas Rangers rookie right-hander Kumar Rocker makes his second MLB start and first at Globe Life Field on Thursday afternoon against the Toronto Blue Jays.