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Whoa! We won a series! That’s the first time that’s happened in 5 weeks. Granted, it’s against Tampa Bay, but at this point, I’ll take anything.
Finally, Rick Helling pitched a game that we held the lead, and a game that Rick didn’t give up a bazillion gopher balls (although he gave up one). I really wished he would have tried for the complete game – I know we didn’t have anyone get 8 innings this year, so that was a first, but I would have liked to have seen a complete game attempt. There was some stuff in the press about Rick discovering some mechanical flaw in his delivery, and fixing it. Hopefully that’s the case, because Rick isn’t a 2-6 pitcher. :(
Was the night of Arod again, with two home runs, and 5 RBI’s. That was essentially all we needed, but there was other offense. Pudge looked good, Caminiti looked good.
However, the injury bug bites us again, with Randy Velarde taking a hit. Hopefully it’s not too bad, I don’t want to have to deal with another DL situation. :(
We’re going to Baltimore, hopefully we can do well there. Our home run streak continued, though – 17 games in a row now.

(I’m not going to be writing much about this game, as it was a casualty of me being out of touch for awhile due to a business trip).
I didn’t think we’d get to three. Actually, I watched very little of this game, about the first hour, because I was busy watching the series finale of Star Trek: Voyager last night (which I enjoyed).
When I turned off the Ranger game, we were winning 5-2, which looked good for me. However, it wasn’t good for the Rangers, as they then gave up 8 more runs after I stopped watching. Good thing I did, or I would have been more annoyed.
We have a chance on Thu night to actually take a series, and if we don’t take a series against the Rays, then we deserve the crappy record we have.
Our home run streak continued, though – 16 games in a row now.

(I’m not going to be writing much about this game, as it was a casualty of me being out of touch for awhile due to a business trip).
Two in a row! I think I’m gonna faint. :)
Kenny Rogers looked crisp, one of his better performances this season – going 6, giving up nothing. Venafro gave up the only two runs of the game, one was unearned. Overall a pretty good game, although it’s against Tampa Bay, the team we’re competing with for worst record in the AL. :(
Gabe Kapler had a solo home run, our 15th game in a row with a home run, setting a new club record. The record is 25 games, held by the 41 Yankees, the 94 Tigers, & the 98 Braves.

(I’m not going to be writing much about this game, as it was a casualty of me being out of touch for awhile due to a business trip).
Whoa! A win! And with a 3-2 score, no less. Usually we lose these, or when we win, we score 12 or 13 runs. It did keep us from getting swept, which we don’t do a lot, but we usually lose 2 out of 3. Our last series sweep was in mid April against the A’s.
Pat Mahomes started, which I thought was overdue, and got the win. He went 5 innings, giving up two runs. Our pen (including Juan Moreno) went the other four innings, giving up nothing, and getting Zimmerman a save in his new role as closer (Crabby was demoted to setup).

(I’m not going to be writing much about this game, as it was a casualty of me being out of touch for awhile due to a business trip).
Didn’t see the game personally, but we lost again, and Rick Helling didn’t get the loss, but did give up four earned runs in 6 innings. Not all that great. We did beat our old pal Esteban Loaiza insofar as he didn’t get the win, while his team did.

(I’m not going to be writing much about this game, as it was a casualty of me being out of touch for awhile due to a business trip).
Didn’t see the game personally, but from looking at the scores, it seems to be another typical Ranger game this year. We aren’t that horrific, but one or two things appear to do us in, and leads to a huge inning. :( All the runs were given up by Aaron Myette – our pen, surprisingly didn’t give up anything!

(I’m not going to be writing much about this game, as it was a casualty of me being out of touch for awhile due to a business trip).
It seems that when we get a win, we win by a lot – scoring 10 runs in the second inning. Figures, I was out of town, and couldn’t see it. :) Pudge returns, which forces out Mike Hubbard, who was designated.