Josh Jung hit a first-inning three-run home run and an eighth-inning solo shot while Jack Leiter allowed only one run on two singles over six innings as the Texas Rangers beat the struggling Colorado Rockies 4-1 Tuesday.

The Texas Rangers are one game over .500, but that’s only good enough for third place in the AL West. At 22-21, they’re tied with the Houston Astros, sitting half a game behind the Athletics and two games behind the Seattle Mariners.

For the 22nd time this season, the Colorado Rockies (7-35) scored two runs or less. That is the highest number of games this season and highlighted a night where the pitching was immaculate and the offense was absent in a 4-1 loss to the Texas Rangers (22-21).

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Texas closer Luke Jackson took a 111-mph comeback liner off his pitching hand on the only pitch he threw after coming on in the ninth inning of the Rangers’ 2-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

The Texas Rangers removed a second reliever from a save situation in as many games on Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies.

The Texas Rangers were suggested as a team that could bolster their lineup by trading for a former Silver Slugger on the Baltimore Orioles.

In their second game under interim manager Warren Schaeffer, the Rockies’ offense was once again a no-show in a 4-1 loss to the Rangers on Tuesday night at Globe Field. Schaeffer was named interim manager on Sunday when Bud Black was fired.