ARLINGTON, Texas – The month of April for the Texas Rangers came to a fitting and predictable end.

A 5-2 loss to Seattle allowed the Mariners to complete the three-game sweep and cap what is arguably one of the worst months in franchise history.

Five hits and two runs off Seattle ace Felix Hernandez was a respectable total but not enough to keep the Rangers from ending April with a 7-14 record. The loss also saddled the Rangers with the lowest winning percentage in club history after April (.333) and their first seven-win April in a non-strike season since 1985.

The best news coming out of April for the Rangers is that it’s over now as the club is off Thursday before Oakland comes to town to open the May slate.

"It’s still early," first baseman Prince Fielder said. "There’s no magic ball. There’s no magic secret to turn it around you just have to do it. Hopefully eventually we might do it. Nobody else is feeling sorry for us so we shouldn’t feel sorry for ourselves. We’ve got a long season to go whether we’re doing good or not. They pay us to play hard and that’s all we can do."

Wednesday night’s performance was another less-than-stellar showing for an offense that’s been dormant for the month. Texas did score twice off Hernandez in the second, with Carlos Peguero bringing home the first run with an RBI double and Carlos Corporan’s single tying the game at two.

But the Mariners broke the tie with two runs off Wandy Rodriguez in the fifth inning and the Rangers couldn’t answer that. The Rangers didn’t get a hit off two Seattle relievers and finished the night with six baserunners.

The Rangers have been held to two runs or less in 10 games, which is the most in the American League. The club also finished April with a .210 average, the third worst month batting-average wise in franchise history. The Rangers are also the first team since Oakland in 2012 to finish April with an average of .213 or lower.

Manager Jeff Banister knows his offense can do better but it starts with being able to string good innings together. That hasn’t happened much for Texas.

"Consistency," Banister said when he was asked about one wish for his offense. "Again it’s putting runs together. And I mean that with the number of guys we have put to the plate, hard contact, moving the ball forward, driving the baseball."

If the offensive struggles weren’t enough, the Rangers also committed four errors Wednesday and now lead the AL with 21. That made it tougher for a pitching staff that has held up in April despite not having Yu Darvish and having Derek Holland pitch just one inning.

Banister said that will change too.

"It’s not, obviously not, the way they want to handle the baseball," he said. "It’s not the way they want to play defense. We’ll get that cleaned up. That will get cleaned up and we will make those plays and handle the baseball."

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