Nobody ever said they had to be pretty. But that one last night was a thing of beauty. Ugly beauty. The ugly: Another Matt Moore crash and burn job. He comes into the game with an ERA of 7.67 and leaves the game with it a few clicks south […]
The four-game series started out so promisingly with a win in the first game highlighted by the Rangers biggest offensive explosion of the season. Unfortunately, they scored just one run in the next game and in the fourth game, and lost the remaining three to the Boston Red Sox. […]
The Rangers lost another game to pitch counts. Cole Hamels had given up just two earned runs and five hits through six innings. But he committed the unpardonable sin of getting to 100 pitches, which meant he had to come out of the game. And when he left, so […]
Major League Baseball staged its 2018 Home Run Derby at the Ballpark in Arlington last night. Texas pitching served up four to the Red Sox hitters. Boston pitching gave up one to Rangers hitters. It was another one of those games all to frequent in major league baseball lately […]
It was Guaranteed Win Night at the Ballpark last night. All fans in attendance were assured of witnessing a victory. Pretty bold move for a last place team playing the team with the best record in baseball. But the Rangers were facing David Price. Against the Rangers, Price folds […]
The oldest, and truest, axiom in baseball is that you are only as good as that day’s pitcher. Yesterday, the Rangers were as good as Matt Moore. Meaning, they were as good as a Yugo made by blind factory workers in the middle of a workers strike where everyone […]
When Keona Kela’s two-out, two-strike, bases-loaded in the ninth inning pitch landed in the stands in right field to tie the game at 6-6, a game the Rangers led 6-0 at one time, it looked like the sucker punch would be fatal. But Joey Gallo and Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit […]
The Rangers have lost nineteen games so far this season. Yesterday’s might have been the most frustrating. They tied it late. Went ahead even later. Then gave it up with a four-run eighth inning. And tried to tie it in the ninth but fell short. Jeff Banister sent out […]
Don’t look now, but the Rangers have officially gone to a six-man rotation. For some reason, they are under the belief they have six qualified starters. They will, of course, ignore yesterday’s anything-but-quality start from Martin Perez. Four innings pitched. Four runs allowed. Four walks. Five hits. Three home […]
It all boils down to walks. Too many times this season, Rangers pitching has generously given up far too many walks. And walks always come back to haunt you. But the Rangers have now won three games in a row to set a major league record for longest winning […]
