Aaahhh.. Nothing better than a doubleheader. Two games. Same night. Gotta love that. And we won both of them!
The Rangers and Kenny Rogers won the second game of the doubleheader against the Orioles by a 6-5 score. Our offense again provided the thrust of this game, and it was capped off by a 3 run home run by Pedro Valdes in the first inning – his first ever home run.
The lineup for this game was different than the first, the only two players that were the same were Raffy & Alicea. All the other starters were different players than the first – including Randy Knorr who I had never seen before. Given the sparse crowd (24,000), we were able to move around, and ended up three rows from the on deck circle, which afforded my wife a great close up shot of Gabe Kapler when he pinch hit in the bottom of the eighth. :) (She’ll probably kill me for saying that)
Heart Attack Wetteland came in and gave up two runs, making the final score much closer than the entire game was. We won, which was great, and the Rangers were handing out free passes to anyone who walked in the door for a game in April or May of 2001 season. Gotta love that. :)
G144: Rangers beat O’s in Game 1 of DH, 9-1
Well, my wife and I got to the doubleheader right as the game started. We figured we’d be there for like 6 or 7 hours anyway, so there was no point in sitting around for an hour before the game started – it’s not like we don’t know the Ballpark pretty well, anyway. :)
It’s been awhile since I went to a doubleheader, and while my wife likes going to games with me, I thought a doubleheader would be pushing it with her. She didn’t seem to have the dreaded “Wife/Girlfriend totally bored look” that I’ve seen on several women in the stands on TV. That is good.
Anyway, it was a nice game. Rick Helling had a bit of the long ball scare early, with a leadoff home run, but that was the only run he gave up, and the only hit till the seventh inning. He pitched wonderfully, and I felt should have pitched a complete game, as his pitch count was way down, leaving after eight innings. Tim Crabtree came on, and didn’t give up anything for a change, and preserved the 9-1 win.
Offensively, we had a lot – we tied the game in the bottom of the first to match the longball by Baltimore. We then busted it open with a four spot in the second inning against rookie pitcher John Parrish, two coming on a double by Raffy. Bill Haselman added a solo home run later in the game to cap off a really nice game on both sides of the coin. Too bad we couldn’t do this more often this year. :(
G143: Rangers drop finale of KC series, 13-8
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G142: Rangers beat royals again by score of 6-5
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G141: Rangers top Royals, 6-5
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G140: Rangers bullpen blows it in 10-6 loss to Chisox
Didn’t watch this game past the first few innings – however, the 2000 Rangers bullpen did it’s usual thing – totally blowing a lead. :)
Uniforms to change again next year
CHICAGO – There will no hunt for Red October this year for the Rangers. Or for any year in the foreseeable future, for that matter.
The Rangers will make changes to their uniform in 2001 for the second consecutive year. Red, the dominant color during the tenure of club president Tom Schieffer, will be replaced by blue. The Rangers will also add a hint of black.
The home white uniforms with red lettering will be replaced by a white uniforms with blue lettering. The player’s number will be on the front of the uniform as well as the back. The team will wear the blue hat with the white “T” it has worn for away games and with alternate uniforms this season.
The team will also introduce an alternate hat that will be blue with a black brim. Black will also be included on the lettering trim on both home and away uniforms. The alternate blue tops, which the team wears mostly on Sundays and for special occasions, will remain the same.
“We just like the blue better,” said club president Jim Lites, who was in Chicago to attend a National Hockey League Board of Governors meeting. “We surveyed the fans and did some focus groups, and the blue seemed more popular with them, too. We also want a consistent look. When you put all that together, going with blue made some sense.”
G139: Sheldon plays all nine positions in 13-1 loss
Well, Rick Helling was the Rick Helling of last season tonight. Gave up a lot of home runs balls, and put us way behind 7-0 in the first inning, and then we were down 10-1 after two.
That set the stage for Scott Sheldon. Johnny Oates had been threatening to play Scott Sheldon in all 9 positions in a game this season, but the word was that it was going to be at home. However, with being blown out so early in this game, that let Johnny have some fun with the lineup.
Scott Sheldon came in during the fourth inning at catcher, and over the rest of the game, he moved all over the place, with the last two places he played being pitcher and third base. Scott even struck out the only batter he faced! :) Scott was the third person in history to do it, and is the FIRST player ever to do it in less than 9 innings (he did it in 5).
I couldn’t see the game, due to my long problems with my lame ass cable company, Optel. However, I probably would have tuned out anyway before Scott started his historic moves around the diamond. :)
Ruben Sierra called up
CHICAGO (AP) — Ruben Sierra is back in the majors for the first time since 1998.
The Texas Rangers called the veteran outfielder up Tuesday, allowing him to rejoin the team he broke in with in 1986.
“I want to thank God and the Rangers for giving me the opportunity to be here,” Sierra said before Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox.
Sierra got his first major league at-bat since he was with the White Sox in 1998 when he flied out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of the Rangers’ 2-1 victory over Chicago.
Sierra, 34, also has played with Oakland, the New York Yankees, Detroit, Cincinnati, Toronto and the White Sox. He spent 1999 with Atlantic City in the independent Atlantic League, hitting .294 with 28 homers and 82 RBIs in 112 games.
Sierra was invited to the Indians’ spring training camp but was released in late March. He began 2000 with Cancun in the Triple-A Mexican League, hitting .355 in 16 games.
Then he joined Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast League, the Rangers’ Triple-A farm club, where he batted .326 with 18 homers and 82 RBIs in 112 games.
“I know in my heart I can still play. I still have years left. I can still run,” Sierra said. “Any way I can help the team I will be ready.”
His last major league action before Tuesday came with the White Sox in 1998 when he hit .216 with four homer sand 11 RBIs in 27 games.
A four-time Rangers’ player of the year, Sierra is a .269 career hitter with 239 homers and 1,047 RBIs in 1,662 major league games.
Texas also called up right-hander Darwin Cubillan, infielder Kelly Dransfeldt and catcher Randy Knorr from Oklahoma City. They transferred left-hander Mike Munoz from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.
G138: Rangers win 2-1 behind Jonathan Johnson, 2-0
Dammit – why are we winning against the White Sox? Stop that! I do not want to be helping the Indians. Because we’ve beaten Chicago the last two nights, their lead is now only 6.5 games. Should be 8.5, if it wasn’t for our winning. :(
This was one of those games where both my wife and I expected a big Ranger loss, mostly because of who was pitching this night – Dead Arm Oliver. It took 3+ innings for dead arm to give up a run. In fact, it was his only run. He pitched 6 innings, and probably would have gone further, but his pitch count was way up there. A rather interesting surprise there – I doubt anyone expected Dead Arm to pitch well at all. However, let’s see if it happens a few times in a row – remember that dazzling start he had in rehab at AAA, just to be followed by the pasting he got at Tulsa. :) Jonathan Johnson went two innings to get the win in relief, and Wetteland got a save, although he lived up to his reputation of not making it easy at all.
Offensively, we didn’t have much else – we only scored two – and neither was an easy run. One in the 5th on a Scott Sheldon double, scoring Ledee. The other was in the top of the 9th on a Chad Curtis single, scoring Frank Catalnotto.
It was nice to get the win, but it was not nice to get it against the White Sox. I also found it interesting (although I can’t say why) that two “names” from earlier in Ranger history were playing in the same game, Ruben Sierra & Harold Baines.
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