Six singles is all the Rangers got. Elvis, Hamilton, Guerrero, two by Kinsler, and one by Murphy. That’s all we had. But they were bunched together enough to plate three runs, which was just enough to squeeze by the Royals.
Rich Harden was out of Oakland, so he was the regular Harden again. 5 innings, six hits, two walks, and 95 pitches. Not that great. I wonder, given the way some of our roster spots are being passed around if Harden might get dumped if he doesn’t get his shit together before too long. One gets the impression he’ll get replaced by someone else (oh, I don’t know – Ogando or Scheppers) before too long.
Royals starter Gil Meche pitched an 8 inning complete game loss. He gave up the three earned runs, which isn’t bat all over 8 innings, really. Just that the Rangers held down the Royals (which isn’t too terribly hard) for scoring any more.
Was a nice game, but Harden’s performance seemed even more flat than it was due to the performance of CJ Wilson the night before.