ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jacob deGrom’s career has been one of the most dominant of any pitcher to step foot on a big-league mound.

On Monday night, deGrom made his 250th start in his storied career as the Texas Rangers took on the Seattle Mariners.

The Rangers made sure to celebrate deGrom’s career milestone in style as they took down the Mariners 2-1 to snap their four-game losing streak.

In his 2026 home debut, deGrom was solid, going five innings and allowing just one hit and one run while striking out six.

If you ask his new manager, it was yet another showing of the greatness we’ve seen from deGrom throughout his whole career.

“He’s been doing this for such a long time at an elite level,” first-year Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said after the game.

“He’s a future Hall of Famer for a reason and he looked pretty electric today with 97-99, a really good slider, I thought his changeup was effective today so just a really good start.”

deGrom’s really good start was one that the Rangers weren’t even sure if they were going to get after a pregame scare.

While warming up in the bullpen, deGrom felt something in his knee but was still able to go out and produce a strong outing.

“I feel OK now,” deGrom said after the game. “My right knee just felt a little funny throwing, and it kinda stayed the same throughout the game.

“I gave them a heads up and said I’m fine to go, let’s just see how long I can go, and then after the fifth, we were contemplating the sixth," deGrom said. "I said, 'Hey, I can do it,' but we just decided, let’s just make sure it’s fine."

deGrom’s lone blemish of the night came in a 12-pitch battle with Mariners superstar catcher Cal Raleigh in the first inning. After laying off and fouling off several tough pitches, Raleigh launched a solo home run into the right-field seats to open the scoring.

However, it didn’t take long for the Rangers to respond as in the bottom of the first, Corey Seager singled home Wyatt Langford to tie the game.

In the sixth, Jake Burger produced what ended up as the game-winning swing with an RBI double.

The Rangers' bullpen fired four scoreless innings to hold the lead, with their effort highlighted by Jakob Junis earning his first save of the season, making quick work of Seattle in the ninth to seal the series-opening win.

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