Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers

Four days ago, Rangers ace Jacob deGrom stood in front of his locker in the home clubhouse at Globe Life Field and asserted his intentions to play here and win here. As the hours to this year’s Trade Deadline counted down on Aug. 3, reports began floating around that the Rangers asked deGrom if he would be willing to waive his no-trade clause after a number of teams expressed their interests. But deGrom wants to win in Texas, here with the Rangers. And he also knows that he hasn’t pitched to the best of his abilities, either. If this club is going to make a postseason push, he knows he needs to be part of the solution. In Saturday’s 5-1 win over the Orioles at Globe Life Field, deGrom got himself back on track, allowing just one run -- a Jackson Holliday homer -- over five innings, while striking out nine. Shortstop Corey Seager broke the game open with a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving the Rangers much-needed insurance runs. It was his first home run since returning from his most recent injured list stint on July 31 due to a nagging back issue. “You've heard me use the term aircraft carriers, and that's what they look like,” said manager Skip Schumaker of his leaders. “Corey Seager is that guy. Jacob deGrom is that guy.” “That's why those two horses at the top, you know, \[Nathan Eovaldi\