The clearest glimpse of the 2025 Texas Rangers happened in the ninth inning of yesterday’s 3-2 loss to the Giants. One team was able to capitalize. One wasn’t. In the Rangers top half of the ninth, with the scored tied 2-2, Marcus Semien led off with a single, then Jonah […]
The Hitless Wonders won again. Nathan Eovaldi tossed another gem, this one was six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts and just three hits in what turned out to be a 2-0 win over the Giants. The hapless Rangers offense scored twice, which was just enough. Joc Pederson, the poster boy […]
It always starts with a walk. With a thin one-run lead in the ninth, Luke Jackson, who had been seven-for-seven in save opportunities (his opening day meltdown wasn’t one), got the first out in the ninth, then committed the cardinal sin of walking the next batter. That gave the Sacramento […]
So much for the Rangers offensive renaissance. It lasted almost as long as the torpedo bat craze. A night after boasting their biggest offensive outburst of the season, the Rangers slipped back into 2025 form, scoring just two runs, and wasting a lot of opportunities. After being buried in a […]
It was a night of firsts. The first time Texas played in Sacramento, the new and temporary home of the Athletics. The first time the Rangers scored more than six runs in a game in 2025. The first time Josh Jung walked in 2025. The first time the Rangers hit […]
Through twenty-two games, these 2025 Texas Rangers have shown one thing: they cannot hit in a major league ballpark. Their offense was potent in spring, playing in those spring training complexes. Then, the regular season started, and this team has very little offense. Twenty-fifth out of thirty teams in batting […]
It would appear Adolis Garcia’s walk-off homer actually wasn’t the offensive catalyst Rangers fans were hoping for. After that dramatic last-swing-of-the-game win on Saturday, the Rangers were shutout 1-0 on Sunday. All they could manage was five hits. Five singles. They got a runner to third. It took until the […]
And just like that, the Rangers season is resurrected. Left for dead after being shutout Friday night by the Dodgers and having managed just two hits Saturday afternoon, the Rangers entered the ninth inning looking hopeless. Through the first seven innings, eight of their nine starters were hitless. Kyle Higashioka […]
Most baseball fans recognize the significance of the number 56. That’s the number of consecutive games Joe DiMaggio got a hit in. And every time some player starts to inch close to that, all eyes are on him. Pete Rose got the closest, with 44 games, in 1978. There’s another […]
Maybe Kumar Rocker turned the proverbial corner, right in front of our eyes. In the first inning of yesterday’s 5-3 win over the Angels, in what turned out to be a three-game sweep of Los Angeles, Rocker got into his usual first-inning jam. He allowed a leadoff double, then two […]
