The usually cocky Astros had come into town under .500 and in fourth place in the division. The swagger is waning. The game was knotted up at 1-1 in the sixth With a runner at second and two outs in a critical situation in the game, Astros budding star Kyle […]
The Rangers come back home from a west coast road trip on which they went 3-3. That has to be considered a successful trip for the Rangers. Considering that the last two seasons under Chris Woodward, leaving home has been a nighmare for Texas. They were just 24-57 away from […]
After 193 starts, Martin Perez had one of the better starts of his career. The thirty-one-year-old lefty came into yesterday’s start 0-2 for the year, having posted a stratospheric ERA of 6.75. That, after three seasons of ERAs in the upper 4.00s and higher. In fact, in his ten big […]
It took thirteen games, but the Rangers finally got a W from a starter. Glenn Otto got his first career win last night over the Oakland Athletics, allowing just one run in five innings. He retired the first eleven Oakland hitters. The only two hits he allowed were on back-to-back-doubles […]
The Rangers won their third game of the year last night. They overcame a 5-0 first inning, Taylor Hearn’s wildness, and their shaky bullpen. Kole Calhoun had his first big moment as a Ranger with the go-ahead RBI double in the top of the ninth that just hugged the first base […]
Well, let’s see. They pulled off a triple play. They showed some rare late life by scoring two in the ninth, avoiding being shut out. Brock Burke had two scoreless innings. Marcus Semien put up his first two-hit game. Corey Seager and Nathaniel Lowe got two hits each as well. […]
Marcus Semien is off to a rough start. To a team that is 2-8, Marcus Semien is the least of the Rangers worries. It’s not as if a guy like Semien just suddenly forgot how to hit. He has been in the top three in MVP voting in the American […]
Four. Five. Three. Four. Four. Three-point-two. One. Three-point-two. Four. That’s how many innings Rangers starters have gone in every game this season. Yes, part of it was the shortened spring training and the need to protect arms. But other teams have starters going seven and eight. The problem is, the […]
Well, at least the Rangers stopped their pattern of lose, lose, win, lose, lose, win. Lose, lose, lose wasn’t exactly what anyone was hoping for, though. And now it gets hard. The easy part of the April schedule is over. The Rangers finished 1-5 for the six games they should […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Rangers thought they could add Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, and Mitch Garver and that would move them toward contention. Seager plays shortstop. Semien, second. Garver, catcher. Not one of those guys pitches. Which is something that can be said […]
