Rangers: Kumar Rocker’s debut in the majors finally arrived. It was a mixed bag for his highly anticipated first outing. Rocker threw four innings for the Rangers on Thursday night in their series opener against the Mariners. It was the conclusion of a lengthy journey through the pro game for the one-time college phenom and the top pitching prospect in the Rangers organization. With his parents watching from the stands, Rocker endured a shaky start, giving up a single to Victor Robles on the first pitch of his career and a dribbling single to Julio Rodriguez. But he escaped the first without damage getting strikeouts of Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena, and a flyout to the warning track from Luke Raley. He eventually struck out seven. Rocker missed a chance to leave with the lead after giving up the first run of his career on Justin Turner’s solo homer in the fourth, but watched as his teammates came back from a three-run deficit to claim a 5-4 win over the Mariners. Rocker was pulled after throwing 74 pitches. He allowed three hits and walked two to go along with the seven strikeouts. “We got him where we wanted him, around 75 pitches, and he’s got to feel good about that start,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “I’m sure he was nervous out there, and then the first two guys get hits, and, you know, he’s got runners in scoring position, nobody out, and he made pitches when he had to. So it says a lot about him.”

Yankees: Aaron Judge’s power outage set a personal record. Judge’s homerless streak stretched to a career-high 16 games as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 2-1 in 10 innings on Thursday night. Judge, who leads the major leagues with 51 homers and 126 RBIs, went 1 for 4 with a single and is batting .207 (12 for 58) with 21 strikeouts since Aug. 26, a day after he went deep twice against the Rockies. He went homerless in 15 games from Aug. 17 through Sept. 2 in 2017. “Homers, even for guys like him, they still come in bunches and you’re going to have those stretches,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I guess it’s amazing that he has avoided those. But, I mean, that’s just a testament to how good of a hitter and how much power he has, but I thought he had good at-bats tonight and almost got one.” Judge hit a first-inning drive that Wilyer Abreu caught in front of the wall and a 104.7 mph grounder that third baseman Rafael Devers grabbed with a spinning stop and turned into an inning-ending double play in the fifth. Judge hit nine homers in 10 games before the homer drought. “He’s getting base hits. He’s getting on base. He’s creating traffic,” pitcher Nestor Cortes said. “The homers haven’t been there but I know they’ll come.”

Brewers: Jackson Chourio hit a two-run homer, Frankie Montas pitched six scoreless innings, and the Brewers beat the Giants 3-0 on Thursday night to take another step toward winning the NL Central. The Brewers, who hold a nine-game lead over the Cubs in the division, took two of three from the Giants and reduced their magic number to seven.