Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien stayed in the game and scored on a go-ahead singleafter taking a 94.6 mph fastball off the ear flap of his batting helmet against Atlanta. Semien was

Just this past month, the Rangers broke out their red hats for the first time this year vs. the Mariners. The red hats were the club’s only hats for its first three playoff seasons and a regular part of the rotation in the 2010-11 World Series runs.

Braves first. Jurickson Profar walks. Matt Olson singles to center field. Jurickson Profar to third. Ronald Acuna pops out to shallow right field to Marcus Semien. Drake Baldwin walks. Matt Olson

The Texas Rangers plan to activate Joc Pederson from the 10-day injured list on Sunday and start him against the Atlanta Braves.

The Rangers have the second-worst record against left-handed pitching and are dead last in OBP, slugging and OPS against lefties.

The Rangers didn’t string together any big rallies until the eighth inning but continually put runs on the scoreboard in the first, second, fourth and fifth innings. The wheels fell off in the eighth by way of an erratic Rafael Montero.