Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager is not in Saturday’s starting lineup against the Houston Astros, as he woke up with back spasms, according to manager Skip Schumaker.

Seager, who is mired in a career-worst 0-for-27 stretch at the plate, did not play on Friday, but Schumaker said that was due to a previously scheduled day off.

“He wanted to see if he could loosen up when he got here,” Schumaker said. “It just didn’t loosen up, so just wanted to play it smart and not push him.”

Seager went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Wednesday’s game versus the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Five-year veteran Ezequiel Duran, who is hitting .274, will start his second consecutive game at shortstop and bat in the No. 5 hole.

Duran has also played second base, third base and both corner outfield spots in 2026.

Seager, a five-time All-Star, is now batting .179 with seven home runs and 20 RBIs in 42 games this season.

He is in his fifth season in Texas after signing a 10-year, $325 million deal prior to the 2022 season. Seager played for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2015-2021.

–Field Level Media

Mickey Moniak drove in two runs and the host Colorado Rockies held on to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Saturday afternoon.

Jake McCarthy was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Brenton Doyle 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Willi Castro 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Rockies, who evened the three-game series and won for only the second time in seven games.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. stole home and he and Ketel Marte each went 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Diamondbacks, who had won Friday’s series opener 9-1.

It was only the third game at Coors Field without a home run this season.

Arizona had runners on second and third, the potential tying and go-ahead runs, with two out in the seventh but reliever Jaden Hill retired Geraldo Perdomo on a grounder to first.

The Diamondbacks recorded nine hits and drew five walks, but went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Moniak was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth by reliever Brandyn Garcia to stretch the lead to 4-2.

Antonio Senzatela pitched the ninth to earn his third save, despite allowing two baserunners.

Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) got the win giving up two runs on seven hits in five innings with two walks and a strikeout.

Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez (4-1) allowed three runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings, did not walk a batter and struck out six.

The Rockies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI singles by T.J. Rumfield and Moniak as the first three batters all reached with base hits.

Arizona got on the board to make it 2-1 in the top of the second as Gurriel Jr. stole home as part of a double steal with Jose Fernandez swiping second.

Colorado upped its lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the second inning on McCarthy’s run-scoring single, which plated Kyle Karros. McCarthy was thrown out at second by left-fielder Gurriel Jr., trying to stretch the liner into left-centerfield gap into a double.

Back-to-back one-out doubles by Marte and Corbin Carroll in the fifth brought Arizona to within 3-2.

–Field Level Media

Hugo Cuypers scored for a 10th consecutive match and the Chicago Fire earned a 2-0 victory at CF Montreal on Saturday afternoon.

Cuypers took his MLS-leading total to 13 goals, two in front of Miami’s Lionel Messi and Dallas’ Petar Musa. They both play later this weekend.

Philip Zinckernagel added his fifth goal of the season early and assisted Cuypers’ late tally as the Fire (7-4-2, 23 points) posted their second away win in four days. Chris Brady made six saves to keep his and Chicago’s sixth clean sheet.

Montreal (4-8-1, 13 points) lost for the first time in five home matches under interim manager Philippe Eullaffroy.

The hosts held 56.8% of the possession and owned a 15-13 edge in shots, yet were shut out for the first time since a 3-0 loss on April 4 at New England.

Zinckernagel put Chicago in front in the 14th minute. Maren Haile-Selassie ran onto a long ball down the left, then played in a left-footed cross toward the penalty spot.

Montreal’s Brayan Vera reached it first and tried to clear, but the ball deflected off his teammate Jalen Neal and bounced toward the penalty arc. That’s where the late-arriving Zinckernagel met it with a first-time finish into the bottom left corner.

Brady was excellent to keep Chicago in front when it was 1-0, particularly after halftime. He denied Dawid Bugaj’s promising attempt from the center of the penalty area in the 56th minute, then in the 65th made an excellent double stop that included a reflexive denial of Noah Streit’s low, deflected shot through traffic.

The Fire had their second two minutes later. Haile-Selassie picked up a loose ball at the center circle and played it forward to Zinckernagel as Cuypers took off in front of him on a diagonal run.

Zinckernagel played it farther forward in time for Cuypers to remain onside. Cuypers reached it on the right side of the penalty area and guided a side-footed finish beyond Thomas Gillier (2 saves) and inside the far left post.

Brady still had work to do to preserve the shutout, reacting superbly to deny Daniel Rios’ near-post header four minutes into second-half stoppage time.

–Field Level Media