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Sigh. Another game that we looked to be winning, we lost. This looked like last year’s bullpen, tell you the truth. We’ve now lost 4 in a row, and are 6 under .500. Remember a few games back when we got to within one game of 500? I said it was time for a slide? Looks like I was right. :(
There was an additional story available about the draft here on mlb.com.

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Another game I fell asleep on on the couch and missed it. Good thing too, I didn’t appear to actually miss anything worth watching. :(

I had to work late, and I wasn’t going to be in the mood to start watching a game at 11PM, so I listened on the radio while I worked. Valdes won the game, and only gave up two, but I wasn’t sure why he came out of the game when he did. At the time, I thought he could go longer – but hey, I’m not Buck. :)
Offensively, we had some spread out RBI’s – a total of 8 amongst 5 players – capped by a 3 run HR by Ruben Sierra in the ninth, which kept Urbina off the field, and gave Cordero a save, because he stayed out there for the 9th and mowed ’em down.
I’m hoping we play better against the Orioles this weekend than we did last weekend.

I missed most of this game, because I got home late, and then fell asleep on the sofa.
I think this game can be summed up this way though.. Benes wasn’t great. Ben Grieve was. :)

We’re back on the winning track after taking the first of two in Tampa 4-2. We had three home runs in this game. We almost had four, but one of those freaky catwalk things caused an Arod ball to be called a home run, and then it was reversed, and he didn’t get it. Still, we won, which is good. All four runs scored on home runs – one each by Teixeira, Gonzalez, & Palmeiro.
Our pitching was good. I was expecting Colby Lewis to stink up the joint again, but he pitched good. He went only 5 innings, but gave up just a single run. The four relievers we used (none of which was Van Poppel, who was essentially released before the game) combined for a total of one run. A nice pitching performance – hopefully we can win again Wednesday night, so we can get back to within one game of .500 and hopefully not lose when we get to Baltimore. :)
It was nice to see old friend Mike Venafro again – although I have to say he looked odd in a Tampa uniform – I wish he was still with the Rangers, I always liked him.