Nimmo hits leadoff homer, deGrom works 4 scoreless innings as Rangers beat Mariners 5-0

SEATTLE (AP) — Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.

Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.

Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.

Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford's single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.

The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.

J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.

Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.

Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.

Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.

Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.

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Seattle Mariners' Josh Naylor is tagged out at home by Texas Rangers catcher Danny Jansen trying to score on a single from Mariners' J.P. Crawford during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Texas Rangers relief pitcher Gavin Collyer walks back to the dugout after the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Texas Rangers' Brandon Nimmo points as he jogs home after hitting a solo home run against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

U.S. President Donald Trump said the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran, after Tehran said it had fully reopened the strait to commercial vessels but threatened to close it again over the U.S. blockade.

Asked by a reporter Friday night what he will do if there’s no deal when a ceasefire with Iran expires next week, Trump said, “I don’t know. Maybe I won’t extend it, but the blockade is going to remain. But maybe I won’t extend it, so you’ll have a blockade and unfortunately we’ll have to start dropping bombs again.”

However, Trump also told reporters accompanying him aboard Air Force One to Washington that, “I think it’s going to happen,” referring to a deal.

Questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on the strait and who got through, and threatened to close it again if the U.S. kept in place its blockade of Iranian ships and ports.

Iran’s Friday announcement about the opening of the crucial body of water, through which 20% of the world’s oil is shipped, came as a 10-day truce between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon appeared to hold.

The fighting has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, nearly 2,300 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Thirteen U.S. service members have also been killed.

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President Donald Trump flatly rejected the idea when a reporter asked about the prospect of restrictions or tolls managed by Iran on the Strait of Hormuz.

“Nope. No way. No. Nope,” Trump said. He said there can’t be tolls along with restrictions. “No, they’re not going to be tolls.”

An Israeli soldier directs a military vehicle in northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A boy plays with a toy gun on the sidelines of a state-organized rally supporting the supreme leader, marking National Girls' Day, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight aboard Air Force One, Friday, April 17, 2026, while in route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)