MILWAUKEE -- The Rangers don’t need perfection from their starting pitchers, in theory.

A key part of the game of baseball is that perfection on the mound is as rare as they come.

But lately, even as Texas rode a four-game win streak coming into the series against Milwaukee, the club has felt like it’s needed just that from its arms. It was never more obvious than on Tuesday night, when starter Andrew Heaney gave up two runs in five innings and ultimately shouldered the loss as the Rangers fell, 3-1 to the Brewers.

It would be understandable if Heaney -- and the rotation as a whole -- felt a pressure with a struggling offense to be perfect. Manager Bruce Bochy disagrees.

“I’m not seeing that,” Bochy said. “Andrew threw a lot of pitches, but he went five innings. That’s what we look at, five or six innings, in that area. He did a nice job, but I don't think they're putting added pressure on themselves. … We've been playing good, it's not putting pressure on pitchers. They're going to do their thing. The offense has to do their thing and that's what wins ballgames for you.”

Entering today, Heaney has received two or fewer runs of support in eight of his past 10 starts and 10 of his 14 starts in 2024, and has gotten an average 3.33 runs of support this season.

Like Bochy, Heaney emphasized that it doesn’t affect how he pitches on a daily basis.

“I mean, you play close games and you're gonna go out there and pitch to how your scouting report, how you're feeling and how your situation dictates,” Heaney said simply.

Though Heaney himself hasn’t been blessed with much run support, the Rangers offense as a whole has been quiet oftentimes, especially late in games.

In both losses to the Brewers, Texas had an early lead and was not able to add on late in the game, allowing Milwaukee to overtake them quickly.

The Rangers are now 2-29 when trailing after six innings. Those two wins came on back-to-back days on May 5 in Kansas City and May 6 in Oakland. That win over the A’s is also the last time they won a series opener on the road.

“We haven't had the comebacks that you would think we would have,” Bochy said. “Part of that is we're seeing some really good arms at the back end of the game. All the teams have them, just like we have them. When you're down, you're gonna see their guys. [The Brewers] have one of the better bullpens in baseball. It's a fact, but we've still got to find a way to get it done.”

Entering the day, the Rangers had slashed .215/.287/.341/.627 over their past 39 games (beginning May 10) dropping their batting average 43 points over that span. They’ve posted MLB lows in batting average, slugging, and OPS over that time period.

Texas also has a .215 average with runners in scoring position since May 10, dropping season figure from .318 to .273.

Bochy has pointed out multiple times that the Rangers hitters meet every day, just like their pitchers do. There’s no glaring need for a Team Meeting, with a capital T and a capital M. There is confidence throughout the clubhouse that things can get turned around sooner rather than later.

“I don't have any doubt in anybody in this clubhouse,” Heaney said during the last homestand. “I don't think anybody else [in here] does. But yes, like, we need to stack some wins together for sure. … We just need more wins. It sounds cliche or whatever, but yeah. I don't know if it's outwardly spoken like we're not we don't have we're not having team meetings or anything like that look like guys understand like we're not playing well.

"I guess there's no heightened sense of urgency. I think you should have that every single game every time you go out there.”