ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Jacob deGrom struck out 10 over 5 2/3 innings, Evan Carter hit an inside-the-park home run and Corey Seager added a three-run shot as the Texas Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Thursday night at Globe Life Park.

Attendance was 24,430 and the game lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes.

DeGrom (2-0) allowed five hits and one earned run, walking one while throwing 63 strikes among 89 pitches. Carter’s two-run homer in the third opened the scoring, and Seager’s blast in the fourth capped a four-run inning. Oneil Cruz hit a solo homer in the fifth for Pittsburgh’s only run.

Bubba Chandler (1-2) took the loss for the Pirates, who fell to 14-11. Texas improved to 13-12.

Evan Sisk tossed two scoreless innings for Pittsburgh. Jalen Beeks, Peyton Gray, Jakob Junis and Gavin Collyer combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief for Texas.