It’s ironic that the Little League World Series is going on. The Rangers won yesterday only because of a Little League home run. With two on and a tenuous 1-0 lead in the seventh, Delino DeShields hit a harmless slow ground ball single to Jose Bautista in right that would […]
The two best teams with the top two best offenses in the American League since the All-Start break squared off last night at the Ballpark. One with a pitcher, Mark Buehrle, who works the fastest, often getting in a game in just over two hours. One with a pitcher, Derek Holland, […]
Mitch Moreland is having his best season by far. With 66 RBIs, he has already surpassed his career best 60 RBIs from 2013, and there are still 39 games left. He’s just 18 hits away from his career best 120 in 2011, and already has the second-most HRs in […]
It wasn’t always pretty, but Cole Hamels limited the Detroit Tigers to two earned runs in six innings to walk away with his first victory as a Texas Ranger, as Texas won three of four from Detroit. On June 17 the Rangers beat the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw 5-3 in a game Joey […]
Just in case Detroit got any wild ideas about rallying, Yovani Gallardo gets JD Martinez to ground into an inning-ending double play and keep its scoreless streak alive. Detroit bats came into this series on fire, having scored 25 runs in their previous two games before Texas came to town. After beating […]
Miguel Cabrera mistakes himself for a runner with speed and is tagged out at home for the final out of the fourth inning. Every player has his kryptonite. With Shin-Soo Choo, for instance, it’s left-handed pitchers. With Josh Hamilton, it’s injuries. With Tanner Scheppers, it’s baseball. With the Tigers […]
Martin Perez tried to pitch around Miguel Cabrera in the first, and ended up allowing him to score the game’s first run. There’s a saying in baseball that momentum is only as good as that day’s starting pitcher. Yesterday’s starting pitcher for Detroit was pretty darn good. One-hit good, […]
They call Derek Holland the Dutch Oven. After watching him pitch yesterday, perhaps a more appropriate kitchen gadget-based nickname would be the Blender. Holland made his first appearance of the mound yesterday afternoon since tossing a single inning in a start here on opening day in April 10. […]
Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor’s home run was about the only damage Texas could do to Seattle’s under-rated ace Hishasi Iwakuma. This one went down to the last pitch. With the Rangers down 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, the Rangers just needed a base runner to get it […]
The Mariners un-closer Fernando Rodney moments before walking Beltre with bases loaded. Small ball turned out to be huge for the Rangers last night. It didn’t hurt that the Mariners had their version of Tanner Scheppers on the mound in Fernando Rodney. With the score tied 3-3 in the bottom of the […]