NEW YORK — Yankee Stadium will always be special for Jack Leiter. The Rangers right-hander, son of Yankees and Mets great Al Leiter and Anthony Volpe’s former high school teammate at Delbarton in Morristown, N.J., grew up going to games in the Bronx.

This was the version of Jack Leiter that the Rangers have been waiting for. The Texas rookie, in his first taste of the Silver Boot Series, did his best to put the team on his back to try to secure a series win over the Astros.

Isaac Paredes hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off reliever Robert Garcia in the eighth inning after Texas rookie Jack Leiter lost a no-hit bid in the seventh, and the Houston Astros rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Rangers.

It’s impressive how quick things can change in baseball, isn’t it? What was once a certified no-hitter watch quickly devolved into a bullpen meltdown. What originally looked like a four-game series win fizzled into a split due to blown opportunities.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers right-hander Jack Leiter has not allowed a hit through six innings Sunday against the Houston Astros. The 25-year-old rookie walked two, the first after a borderline 2-2 fastball to Christian Walker at the bottom of the strike zone in the first inning was called a ball by plate umpire Nick Mahrley.

In his 12th career start, Rangers righty Jack Leiter finally reached a milestone that is a necessary step for anyone with any hopes of developing into a Major League ace: getting through six innings for the first time.

With the No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, the Texas Rangers selected starting pitcher Jack Leiter out of Vanderbilt. Oozing with talent and potential, he made his MLB less than three years after being selected,

Former No. 2 overall pick Jack Leiter had one of the best games of his young career in his outing on Sunday against the Houston Astros, taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning. During an appearance on MLB Central on Monday night alongside his father,