Darvish (0-1) allowed one run on four hits and three walks across six innings during Saturday's loss to the Athletics. He struck out five.

EDGE Analysis

Darvish didn't have his best stuff in this one, but he routinely battled back in the count and only yielded a run in the sixth inning via groundout after he allowed two men to reach. Unfortunately the Rangers' offense was stifled by Kendall Graveman until the seventh inning, eliminating any chance Darvish had to pick up a win. Entering the season with the highest K/9 rate in MLB history for a minimum of 100 appearances, Darvish has underachieved in that category thus far, whiffing just nine batters through 12 frames. He has still been solid despite not measuring up to an extremely high bar through two starts and will look to put it all together Thursday against the Angels.