Texas Rangers at Atlanta Braves

Brandon Nimmo isn’t shy about quoting one of his favorite shows, “Ted Lasso.” “Be a goldfish,” the fictional soccer coach says in season 1 of the Emmy Award-winning show. Luckily for Nimmo, he’s had ample opportunities to use that motto this season. Both fortunately and unfortunately, that really does apply to the Rangers. Having a short memory is part of baseball, the part that this club has succeeded the most with this season. But let’s start with the bad news: The Rangers opened the second half of the 2026 season with a 14-run loss to the Braves on Friday night, marking the club’s largest margin of defeat since losing by the same margin on Sept. 13, 2021, against the Astros. It was not fun. But the good news is that in games following a loss by six or more runs this season, the Rangers are 8-4 (.666), the fourth-best such record in MLB (Braves, .875; Nationals, .800; Blue Jays, .778). Entering Saturday’s matchup, Texas had slashed .288/.359/.497 with 5.73 runs per game in those contests. Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said it’s always about how you respond to getting your butt kicked. And what a response they had. The Rangers beat the Braves, 7-6, on Saturday at Truist Park. “I said it, and I was hopeful it was going to happen,” Schumaker said. “It did. It was a good team win. … I don't want it to be a trademark a lot, though, because I don't want to get blown out, right? But \[the ability to bounce back\