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The Ticket Top 10

The Sweet Spot- Rangers successful weekend against the Chicago Cubs

The Ticket Top 10

The Ticket | Cumulus Media Dallas

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4.5683 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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May 11th, 2026

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0:00.0

I'm Sam Slayton, CEO and co-owner at Sante Center for Healing.

0:03.8

For three decades, Sante Center has been providing lasting recovery for addiction.

0:08.2

Addiction left untreated is a fatal disease.

0:10.9

Sante offers treatment-based, clinical excellence, and compassion.

0:14.5

We're available now at santecenter.com.

0:17.2

But right here, let's talk a little baseball.

0:18.8

We do have Diamond Talk tonight after game one of Rangers and Diamondbacks, a rematch of the 2023 fall classic.

0:26.0

And Friday night, we had a post game show after Texas lost 7 to 1 to the Chicago Cubs as many Cubs fans were at Globe Live, Channing, let's go Cubbies.

0:35.2

And it was pretty sickening because Texas had a total of two hits.

0:38.8

They did walk five times.

0:40.5

They were not good with runners on base and they lost seven to one.

0:44.2

And but pitching led the way over the weekend.

0:47.5

Saturday they win six nothing.

0:48.8

Sunday they win three nothing as the bullpen did great work on Saturday in relief of Jack Leiter who went four and two-thirds.

0:55.8

And yesterday, Jacob de Grom was just incredible with seven.

0:59.2

But before we get to the arms, we just have to talk about where this team is through 40 games.

1:04.2

Because even before the season began, our friend Evan Grant of the morning news talked about how this is just a crucial, crucial stretch of baseball to start the year.

1:12.3

And if you're looking at data right now, things will definitely change as the season progresses.

1:19.1

They have the hardest schedule to start the year, and the rest of the way their opponents have the lowest winning percentage in baseball.

1:26.4

And that's going to be very, very apparent, especially in May as they take on a lot of

1:30.7

bottom feeders.

1:31.4

Yeah.

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