Texas Rangers battle a swelling injury list but keep winning, 5-2 over Oakland as eight players were on the IL in two weeks. Jack Leiter six innings of two-run ball, leaning on a revamped changeup (26 throws, 50% whiffs) to fuel the great start. Offense leaned on timely hits: Jonah Heim’s sacrifice fly in the second, a go-ahead homer in the fifth, and Michael Helman’s two-run shot in the seventh after a call-up to replace Evan Carter. Corey Seager opens the IL story with an appendectomy, while Marcus Semien’s foot injury tests the lineup’s depth.

Depth and opportunism carry the Rangers as regulars sit out. Heim’s move to second base temporarily highlighted the roster shuffle, with Helman and Dylan Moore contributing as the lineup adapts. The series showcases how a young rotation and a flexible, hungry bench can keep pace for a postseason push.