G112: Tommy Hunter shines again in 5-0 win. Squeee!

Tommy Hunter does it again. 7.2 innings pitched, 98 pitches thrown, six hits, no walks, five strikeouts, and NO RUNS! Tommy looked awesome again, and wow, is it refreshing having this much quality pitching from young guys. Always we had to grow our own, and man, 2009 makes it feel like we've finally got the message across. It's exciting. Man, it REALLY is exciting.

Offensively, Josh Hamilton led the way with three of the nine overall Ranger hits. He definitely appears to have found his groove again, right around the time he said he was coming off his ADD medicine. Josh had two doubles, and two RBI's in the game. Pedro Borbon also doubled, and the rest of our hits were singles. The other RBI's were pretty spread out (Blalock, Vizquel, & Andrus).

But this night was about the pitching. Tommy Hunter was really great, and CJ Wilson came in and threw 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, not allowing his one interhited runner to score.

All was good this game. Kind of amusing though that this is the third straight game the Rangers have been involved in where one team was shut out. It's also the second straight game with a 5-0 score, although not in the same direction. :)

Squeee indeed. :)