I found out on June 5th that I skipped this game, and it messed up my count of games. No time to write later on about it, but it was an nice feeling getting back over .500 again.
G56: Rangers back to .500 again with 3-1 win over A’s
This game can be boiled down to just a few things. Kevin Millwood & Brandon Boggs.
Kevin Millwood came off the DL on Friday, and threw a gem, the kind of performance you don’t expect from a pitcher making his first start off the DL. I think his exit was probably due to the DL, as he left after six innings, having given up just five hits and a single run. He threw 86 pitches, so it must have been a “pitch count” thing. Eddie Guardado was quite good following up Millwood. Eddie struck out two of the three batters he faced in a 1-2-3 inning. Jack Benoit had a scoreless frame, as did CJ Wilson, who got the save. But most importantly to our pitching performance – NO WALKS! Yeah, no walks will always help out. But it was a really great performance by our staff We allowed just seven hits overall, and a single run. Really good stuff there.
Offensively, we had nine hits, and five of them were doubles. Two of THOSE doubles were by Brandon Boggs, who had all three RBI’s in this game. Two of the runs scored were by Josh Hamilton, who is usually involved with runs by his bat, not by his feet. :) Still, a win is a win, and it was a good, crisp (2:37) game, with fantastic pitching, and timely hitting providing us with the win.
The game ended cool, on a 4-3 double play where Ian Kinsler had to make a play after crashing into a runner who was trying to avoid being doubled off. Let’s see if we can get over .500 on Saturday – something we’ve had issues breaking through on.
Several moves announced
- P Kason Gabbard optioned to AAA
- P Robinson Tejeda purchased from AAA
- P Franklyn German refused AAA assignment, now a free agent
- P Dustin Nippert activated from 15 day DL
- P Dustin Nippert outrighted to AAA after clearing waivers [ Link ]
Rays Series
As you’ve noticed, I haven’t updated for the Rays series. I just haven’t had time. I planned on doing that this morning, but got handed a huge project at work, and can’t now. I’ll try and catch up over the weekend on those – although it might be my first series skip of the year if I get too far behind. :)
Update: I ended up taking the cheap way out and I didn’t do updates for the Rays series. I did go back and add marker pages, because the new way I do the site means that if I don’t have a marker page with at least the win/loss & score, the schedule page won’t have any results for that date. :)
Several moves announced
- P Kevin Millwood activated from the 15 day DL
- 3B Travis Metcalf recalled from AAA
- P Kameron Loe optioned to AAA
- 3B German Duran optioned to AAA
- P Franklyn German outrighted to AAA after clearing waivers [ Link ]
Mariah Carey cannot pitch
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G55: Rangers dop finale to Tampa Bay 5-3
No time to write about this game.
This is a marker page so the schedule page will have the proper score update.
G54: Rangers slam Rays behind Hamilton, 12-6
No time to write about this game.
This is a marker page so the schedule page will have the proper score update.
G53: Rangers beat by Kazmir & Rays, 7-3
No time to write about this game.
This is a marker page so the schedule page will have the proper score update.
Mike Bacsik
Mike Bacsik will probably forever be known as the guy who gave up #756 to Barry Bonds. Locally, he’s known for a little more than that. He was up for a cup of coffee with the Rangers in 2004, and his dad (Mike Bacsik Sr) played for the Rangers over parts of three seasons (75-76-77).
There’s a good article up on ESPN now at the moment about Mike (Jr). It’s surprisingly not behind their “wall of pay content” (like so much of their stuff is). Go check it out.
Obviously, a good deal of it is spent on the Bonds thing. But the main thrust of the article is how Bacsik is trying to get back to the majors. Probably just to have something else besides “756” on his ledger.
Good read.
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