Arguably the biggest debut of a pitcher for the Rangers since David Clyde as Kamar Rocker makes his way in today and is ready to make his major league debut tonight against a very good Seattle Mariners ball club. Here he is and it's for good reason. Now we go back and look at the timeline for him. He was one of the great pitchers in college baseball history. A very well decorated career at Vanderbilt. Then the Rangers kind of a surprise drafted him third overall in 2022 after he had a little trouble with the Mets the year prior, but tommy john surgery last may derailed progress he was making in the organization. And so we had the long rehab process once again to get back to throwing. Well, what has he done in the minor leagues this year? Coming from that surgery, he has been flat out dominant and mike , he's been getting a lot of swinging this. It's the Mariners and the Texas Rangers opening game of this four game series. So Bryce Miller from Texas from New Brons, Texas making his 29th start of the year. He's ready to go. Marcus Simon. To lead things off for the Rangers. Here's the 12 and Simeon shoots it out to left center field that drops down base hit first man aboard here tonight. That's a good start to the inning. And the pitch from Miller there goes the runner Simeon pitching the way the ball, the throw on a second by Cal to catch the tag and out at second is Marcus Simeon. Cal Raley throws out his 25th would be Steeler. He's having a tremendous year. This throw on the money to JP Crawford down with the tag and Simeon is out at second. He get under this one pop up in the short right field and Robles takes control and that is out number two, swinging a one to third hard hit but right there, Rojas, he's got it on the hop to throw to first in time and that's going to retire the side. This is going to be fun tonight. The Rock Show, a lot of excitement about Kamar Rocker. Your dream is coming true and you want that dream to be a good dream today. Mom and dad looking on from the sea, Tracy Rocker, one of the great players from the SEC back in the day and now a coach and here's his son, Kamar Rocker ready to go. Handers first pitch and this one on the ground up the middle and that's through a base hit victor Robles with a single for Seattle to get things started. There's a bouncer that one gets a base hit for head to third base, but unfortunately, it's 1st and 3rd 2 ground balls find holes. So now a real challenge for the rookie cal Raley, one of the better hitting catchers in the game locker 2 to 0 and a swing and a miss runner goes to second Rodriguez has his 22nd steal of the year. I think you have to throw on the strike with first base open and that is a fastball strike. Three called and Raley strikes out looking and there's the first strikeout in the career of Kamar Rocker. I love it. Fastball heater. 97. Mom and dad very proud. That's right. Number one and there's a swing and a Miss Rosa Rena strikes out on the slider back to back strikeouts for Kamar gets a Rose arena because that 97 in on the hands gets you out in front. Can't hit that breaking ball 2nd and 3rd. Nobody out. Now we have 2nd and 3rd 2 outs. What if he gets out of this situation in the first inning? First pitch to Raley and that one lined out to right field and back there for Jankowski, he does get out of the jam and mom and dad, you should be bummed. What a great first inning for the rookie, an emotional moment for mom and dad. The broken bat pop up Lowe is out. Number two that will bring up third baseman josh Young Young, batting 277 6 home runs, 14 runs , Bennett in on fly ball deep in the right field. Rob this going back to the one track near the wall leaps up and this one is gone. Goodbye. Baseball. And the Rangers get that first run of the ball game big home run for the young cat. His seventh of the season. The Rangers have a 1 to 0 lead in the top half of the second. It's one inning, but that's what makes major league pitchers great is when they can get out of those situations. Here it comes and he got him swinging third strikeout already for Rocker. How about this execution here? He knows what he has to do and perfectly executes this breaking ball on the plate starts in the zone, drops below the zone. He just walks around the mound like I'm cool, give me the ball and let's do it again. And he does a strikeout of Crawford completes the 12, three to watch this inning for the Mariners that two on with two out for Randy Rose Arena. Now you just have 1st and 2nd 2 outs, make some really good pitches and get back in the dugout, got him swinging fifth strikeout of the night for Kamar Rocker. What's not to like tonight? Here's Garcia two out. Nobody on here top of the 4th 1 to 0 swing and a Miss Jason 97 running away from a malign hitter from Bryce Miller. Fourth inning working on like old school. The slider gets really swinging and that's his sixth strikeout tonight for Kamar Rocker. You see another slider here. He went through the 10 with an 11th 1 there and his fourth strikeout on that pitch stranded two runners in the first, stranded another two in the third. You can see already tonight just how elite that slider is to center field. John straight away has tied drives one out on a 3 to 2 pitch. His 10th home run of the season. Fourth is a Mariner, a ball game here in the fourth inning. He swings and misses it, the slider here and that will do it in the fourth inning. Kamar Rocker likely done tonight. Seven strikeouts through four innings allowed one run in his major league debut. Tavares walks to load them up. That's a big walk because now with the bases loaded, that's one piece of it. But it also turns the lineup over from and he's in a great spot to drive in runs, which is what he does really well. Ground ball to. He's got a third base and the Jer done after four in. It was impressive to watch this guy throw tonight. Seven p outs over the four innings. It's been an incredible journey and he's just come out just fighting, putting his head down and working hard. You were in shock. I mean, this is just so amazing to see the first man that he faces. Cal Raley is aboard, the Mariners, have him loaded and here is a Arozarena drives two that skips to the plate, goes to the backstop and that gets home from third. That is a wild Daniel Lowe leading it off for the Rangers here in the seventh inning, Rosa giving ground on the track at the wall and it's gone a couple of home runs tonight. Both the opposite way. It turns out for the Rangers and it's a two run game is now stands in. He is 1 to 3. The righty who is , that is back. It's gone third solo home run of the night for the Rangers and it's suddenly a one run game big chance here with one more swing like that to tie the game up two breaks in the inning. The error by Raley earlier that allowed Smith to reach and Then that one allows light to score and it is 5 to 4 Texas and the winning run count to the plate in the form of Julio. This one is over Rocker Major League debut and the Rangers win it five to four and getting a big win on Rocker night. That's a memorable night. That is such a memorable night, a great debut by the 24 year old rookie and the Rangers come from behind to win it 5 to 4.