Texas Rangers offense remains the season’s Achilles’ heel, and the blame game has begun as they dropped 5-2 to Kansas City on the road. The numbers tell a grim story: three or fewer runs in 65 of 127 games, and three or fewer in 11 of 18 since the trade deadline, with just one win in that span. The pressure expands to game management and bullpen usage when the lineup can’t deliver. Merrill Kelly battled cramps but still held the Rangers to two solo homers over six, highlighting how the offense has to carry every margin of error. Kansas City seized the moment: Bobby Witt Jr. and Jonathan India sparked the late surge, Angel Zerpa worked out of trouble, and Cole Winn’s seventh-inning jam allowed the go-ahead run to cross. On the Rangers’ side, Cody Freeman’s appearance and a potential bunt move for him with Jonah Heim at first underscored the rare risk-reward moves Bochy tried as the offense stalled. The result pushes the Rangers further down the AL playoff path while the Royals’ bats mounted the pressure. The narrative remains simple and brutal: the offense doesn’t do its job, so everything else must be perfect—and that margin is shrinking fast.