The Texas Rangers scored five runs while the Washington Nationals scored no runs.

I often have the Rangers on my television while I’m busying myself at my desk. Sometimes it’s a helpful tool to quasi-tune them out when they’re having a bad game like last night, but other times it’s nice to know that any time I look over, I’m liable to see Jacob deGrom finishing off another scoreless inning.

It seems like every time my eyes were drawn to the screen, deGrom was delivering a perfect pitch. I found myself drifting more and more from my tasks and focusing more and more on just watching deGrom paint. These are the best kinds of games, when something captivates.

Win or lose, it’s a treat that deGrom is a Ranger. He might not be in prime Mets era live 100 MPH with the world’s greatest slide

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