Texas carried a 3-1 lead into the eighth before Trevor Story's three-run homer turned it into a 4-3 loss to Boston. The Rangers finished with only four hits and fell one game behind Houston in the AL West with nine to play.

Austin gets into why Jacob Latz shouldn't wear the whole loss, the ninth-inning decision to leave Wyatt Langford at first, and why Cody Bradford's 4⅓ scoreless innings strengthened the case for using him in bulk. The show also reworks Skip Schumaker's bullpen sequence, checks in on Carter Baumler and other rehab/farm developments, and previews a Toronto series Texas cannot afford to let this loss bleed into.

Chapters / Timestamps

• (00:00) - Texas Trails 4-3 After Latz’s Three-Run Homer
• (07:32) - Langford Walks, Then Stays at First
• (15:19) - All Is Not Lost: One Back With Nine Games Left
• (27:41) - Bradford in Bulk and Avoiding Another Slide
• (33:22) - Reworking the Bullpen: Silseth, Ahlstrom, Junis, Latz
• (36:56) - Nine Games Left and the Margin Texas Burned
• (45:20) - Semien Returns, 2023 Memories and Rangers Fandom
• (54:52) - Baumler Rehab and Rangers Farm Watch
• (01:02:07) - On Deck: Toronto, Cease-Rocker and Josh Smith

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