Any game that starts off with a six spot in the bottom of the first inning is pretty much set. Oh sure, no lead is insurmountable, but when you put up a six spot in the bottom of the first, you pretty much have this one done. This game makes me want to break out this image..
Bah. The Rangers lost to Kevin Millwood. Not that I hated Millwood. I liked him doing his time here. If you go back and look at the commentaries I wrote when he was a Ranger, I was generally supportive. Still, one never likes losing to their own former pitcher. Kevin went six innings, didn’t allow any runs, only three hits and a walk. Safeco field fits him well. He’s a flyball pitcher, and Safeco eats fly balls. He’s only 3-4 after this game, but has an OK era. I suspect he’ll probably get to about 10 or 12 wins there. Not anything like his year in Cleveland, but still. [Read more…]
This game was Matt Harrison vs. Hector Noesi. Noesi is a guy we usually rock pretty well, and while he did lose this game, he pitched pretty well himself, and probably could have used some help from his own offense. But Matt Harrison took care of that. Hector Noesi actually stayed in the game longer than Matt Harrison did. He went eight innings. Matt went seven. Look at these lines: [Read more…]
This was supposed to be an “elite” pitching matchup with Felix Hernandez going against Yu Darvish. Granted, one wouldn’t expect a pitcher with just about 10 major league starts to be “elite”, but you don’t drive a truckload of money that large up to Darvish’s house and not expect him to be called “elite” quickly enough. Darvish was out of the game early, only lasted four, while Hernandez stuck around twice as long as that. [Read more…]
NOTE: Have to confess, I know next to nothing about this guy. He was optioned to AAA after he was acquired.
Remarks: It would explain Neffy’s iffy outings lately. Tateyema is not a direct replacement, just an “arm” replacement. Word is that Scott Feldman will initially slide into the rotation, but whether we go with him, or make a move on Roy Oswalt who is hanging out there is unknown now.
Tateyama has been tearing it up in AAA this season, going 1-0 with a save, and a 0.54 ERA (1ER in 16.2IP). Quite the line. If it translates up here, then this is a major bonus!
This is a record for the team – we were still operating with the opening day 25 – it’s definitely a Rangers record going to May 21st and game 40 until you make your first roster move. Wonder what the longest streak for all the teams is?
This game can pretty much be summed up with two things.
1) Colby Lewis pitched like the guy who’s pitched in the playoffs the last few years.
2) Big crooked number early on.
Colby Lewis had more runs batted in than runs allowed in the game!
I felt bad for Derek Holland. I thought this game was going to be easy for him. Again – Houston Astros. We got up 4-0 in the third inning. Was a nice outburst of offense, actually. [Read more…]
The final series against the Astros in Houston as an interleague game got underway on Friday night. Right now, the Astros are a bad team. Probably will be for another year or so. It’s not like I expected the Rangers to win 17 or 18 to 3 each night, but I figured we’d handle ’em pretty easily. We did get the win, but it was a slightly odd pitching performance. Robbie Ross got the win, his fifth, but he didn’t start. [Read more…]
Uh-oh. Josh’s average fell to .399! Time to Panic!