The Texas Rangers are a true mystery in the American League.

In game one of a four-game slate at Globe Life Field, the American League West contenders just shut out the best team in the AL, 6-0.

The Tampa Bay Rays recorded just three hits in the contest, one that saw the Rangers put up a run in the fourth and then three more in the fifth.

For a bit of insurance, they added two more in the eighth inning, and that was more than enough to get the job done.

Now, the Rangers improved to 70-71 as their road to get back to .500 continues. With the red-hot Houston Astros leading their division, wins like these will at least keep their hopes alive of sneaking into the Wild Card, should they fail to win the division.

One of the biggest questions coming into the series opener would be if Cal Quantrill could get back to his winning ways.

His recent loss wasn't necessarily all his fault as he only allowed three earned runs in six innings, but that still pushed him down to 6-5 on the year.

Thankfully, he got plenty of run support in this one, but he didn't need it as he pitched a seven-inning shutout. 

Quantrill only allowed two hits in the contest, and he struck out five Rays batters while only walking a pair.

61 of his 95 pitches were for strikes, and his season ERA now fell to 2.79 as he was a massive reason why the Rangers were able to get this series started with a shutout victory.

Going into the fifth, the Rangers enjoyed a narrow 1-0 lead. One run simply wasn't going to cut it against this Rays team, and Corey Seager knew that.

Seager, with two outs, crushed his 14th home run of the year. His two-run shot helped expand the Rangers' lead, and it capped off a really solid night for the top of their lineup.

Ezequiel Duran had an RBI of his own, and then both Justin Foscue and the man who pinch-hit for him, Evan Carter, had an RBI each.

Jake Burger also added one, but Seager's 403-foot blast was the only home run of the game. That said, Carter's lone hit was an RBI triple, and Wyatt Langford's only hit of the night was a fourth-inning double.