HOUSTON -- The Rangers have been the best team in baseball to this point.

Texas' 100 defensive runs saved and 30 outs above average both rank top three in baseball. The 100 DRS is far more than the Cubs, the club at No. 2 in the rankings (80).

The Rangers lost to the Astros, 6-3 , to open a three-game set at Daikin Park on Monday night.

A pair of throwing errors -- one in the first inning and one in the fifth -- were not the only reasons for the Rangers' series opening loss in a season-defining week. But it is a big part of it.

Things spiraled very early for Jack Leiter and the Rangers to start the evening, when the rookie allowed a single to Jeremy Peña and a walk to Yordan Alvarez. Then a throwing error by Leiter himself allowed Carlos Correa to reach base and score both of t

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