Kumar Rocker’s return to the Texas Rangers’ rotation came with a quality start, cramps and lots of pickle juice.

ARLINGTON — Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung was given a “mental day” and did not play Sunday’s series finale vs. the Chicago White Sox at Globe Life Field.

Josh Smith homered and scored all three Texas runs as the Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1. The leadoff hitter for the Rangers had a single in the first and scored on Corey Seager’s sacrifice fly.

The Texas Rangers may have a need to bring up a starter from the minor leagues, depending upon how things develop with this key starter

Texas Rangers Youth Academy to celebrate PLAY BALL Weekend throughout DFW Metroplex - Shawn Armstrong to participate in Angles in the Outfield STEM Camp presented by Lockheed Martin - Marcus Semien leads summer food distribution on Friday This Thursday through Saturday,

Those bullpen games have been quite a relief for the Texas Rangers. With Nathan Eovaldi still on the injured list and Tyler Mahle dealing with shoulder stiffness, the Rangers twice in the past week have gone with bullpen games.

With the three shutout innings against the White Sox, Armstrong lowered his ERA as a starter to 1.04 (four earned runs in 34.2 innings). That’s the lowest starter ERA (minimum of 17 starts) for any pitcher in Major League Baseball’s Live Ball Era, which began in 1920.

The Cleveland Browns star threw the ceremonial first pitch to his father, Lawrence, ahead of Sunday’s Rangers-White Sox series finale. Garrett, an Arlington native, seemed to place his pitch well, but his dad couldn’t come up with the catch.