It became a bit null and void, though, after Pederson fractured his right hand midway through a nightmarish 10-5 loss against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field in which the Rangers fumbled those very minutiae of competent baseball that he’d called for. It triggered another failed escape from the ongoing funk that they’re so helplessly trapped in.

Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run double in Chicago’s six-run sixth inning and the White Sox handed the Texas Rangers their sixth consecutive loss with a 10-5 victory.

The Texas Rangers scored five runs but the Chicago White Sox scored ten runs.