WASHINGTON - The game between the Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals, scheduled for 12:35 p.m. CT Sunday, was delayed by inclement weather. A line of showers was approaching Nationals Park around the scheduled game time, according to Nationals officials, leading to the delay.

After the Nationals shut out the Rangers in game one of the series, Texas returned the favor last night. A Jacob Degrom masterclass lifted the Rangers to a 5-0 win. The streaky Nationals offense needs to get back on track. They have been very quiet this home stand.

Texas has done all it can to get the offense going short of pushing a button and blowing it up. But games like Saturday’s 5-0 win over the Washington Nationals remind him of something else, something so frustratingly simple that it may end up defining whether Texas makes the playoffs or not.