Usually, when the Rangers play the Boston Red Sox, we have a great game. We win, or we lose, but we always seem to play a good game. Not tonight – this game was an exception to that rule. My wife and I love it when we play the Red Sox, as she can cheer for Nomar (she got into baseball in 1997, when Nomar was in his rookie season), and the overall good play we always seem to get when playing the Red Sox.
There wasn’t much to cheer about in this game. Especially when Ryan Glynn came out of the game. The next inning started, and someone was passed out on the ground. After seeing what happened with Larry Dierker last season, I wasn’t too thrilled at seeing it happen again – much less in our own dugout. The game was stopped, and since I have TiVo, I paused the action (gotta love that feature), and went and got my wife to check this out. We watched as they worked on Ryan in the dugout – and the one thing both of us had to say was this.. If he was passed out unconsious on the dugout floor, why on earth was everyone cramming around him? Wouldn’t giving him more space be better than crowding him? Yeesh. Anyway, he eventually got up off the floor, and was wheeled out on a wheelchair – they didn’t use the truck that had driven in from left field with a stretcher. It was a bad thing to see – I wouldn’t wish anything like that on my most disliked player (mostly Atlanta Braves), hope it all works out well for Ryan.
Anyway, the only really great thing that happened this game was Gabe Kapler tying Mickey Rivers‘ 20 year old Ranger record for 24 consecutive games with a hit. That’s a nice thing to do – hope he breaks it tomorrow night. This was by far the brightest spot of the night for the Rangers.
G112: Rangers drop game to Indians, 6-4
No update available from me. I had a hard drive crash on Wednesday, which took me two days to recover from. No time on Friday to do an update for this game.
Pete Munro obtained to finalize Martinez trade
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays sent pitcher Pete Munro to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday on a waiver claim to complete the deal for outfielder Dave Martinez.
The Jays acquired Martinez last week for a player to be named.
Munro, a right-hander, has a 1-1 record and 5.96 ERA in nine games for Toronto this season, including three starts. In 10 starts with Syracuse of the International League, he was 4-3 with a 2.48 ERA.
Martinez, 35, made his debut in right field for the Jays on Sunday, hitting a three-run homer.
He tied a major league record by appearing for his fourth team in the same season. He also played for Tampa and the Chicago Cubs before going to Texas.
Martinez has played for eight teams during his career.
Roster Transaction
- RHP Pete Munro obtained from Toronto Blue Jays
on waivers to complete trade for Dave Martinez. - LHP Darren Oliver assigned to AAA Oklahoma for a rehab assignment
G111: Rangers beat up Cleveland, 11-2
No update available from me. I had a hard drive crash on Wednesday, which took me two days to recover from. No time on Friday to do an update for this game.
Cordero sent down, Cubillan called up
FOR RELEASE: 4:00 p.m. (CDT), Monday, August 7, 2000
The Texas Rangers announced today that the club has recalled righthanded pitcher Darwin Cubillan (COO-be-on) from Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast League. Cubillan is expected to be in uniform for tonight’s game in Cleveland.
To make room for Cubillan, righthanded pitcher Francisco Cordero has been optioned to Oklahoma.
Cubillan, 25, was acquired by Texas from the Toronto Blue Jays with infielder Mike Young in the deal for righthanded pitcher Esteban Loaiza on July 19. Since joining Oklahoma, he has pitched 13 scoreless innings in six relief appearances with one save, allowing 5 hits and 3 walks while striking out ten. For the season, Cubillan has posted a 0.39 era (2 er/45.2 ip) in 30 relief appearances with Syracuse of the International League and Oklahoma.
Cubillan also pitched for Toronto from May 19-June 24, going 1-0, 8.04 in 7 relief appearances, his first major league action. The righthander defeated Atlanta for his first big league victory on June 7.
Originally signed by the Yankees in June, 1993, Cubillan pitched seven season in the New York organization before being signed by Toronto as a minor league free agent in November, 1999. He had not pitched above class A prior to this season, spending 1998 and 1999 at the Yankees’ Tampa club. Cubillan was 7-4, 2.51 in 1999, ranking second in the Florida State League in appearances. He pitched in just one game total in 1996 and 1997 after having reconstruction surgery on his right elbow.
The 6-foot-2, 170 pound righthander is a native and still resides in Bobure, Zulia Venezuela.
Cordero was 1-1 with a 5.62 era in 41 relief appearances with the Rangers this season but had compiled a 9.75 era in his last 22 appearances beginning May 30. He was acquired from Detroit in a nine-player trade in November, 1999.
DARWIN CUBILLAN-2000 STATISTICS Team W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO Syracuse 3-1 0.55 24 0 6 32.2 14 2 2 13 41 Toronto 1-0 8.04 7 0 0 15.2 20 14 14 11 14 Oklahoma 0-0 0.00 6 0 1 13.0 5 0 0 3 10
Roster Transaction
- RHP Darwin Cubillan called up from AAA
Oklahoma - RHP Francisco Cordero optioned to AAA Oklahoma
G110: Rangers shut out by Indians, 2-0
You know, after we loaded the bases the first time and didn’t score anything, I had a feeling that it probably would come back and haunt us. After the second time in two innings we loaded the bases and didn’t score, I was sure it would come back and haunt us. It did.
We got shut out by the Indians 2-0 in a game that Rick Helling really REALLY got screwed into a loss. He pitched probably the best, most dominating game I’ve seen him pitch probably all year, and he got nothing at all back from our team. For some reason, we always seem to pitch well in Cleveland, unfortunately, so did they tonight. This is one of those games you don’t mind losing, because it was a great game of baseball – but DAMMIT! We couldn’t push anything across.
The tag by Haselman in the 7th that was somewhat controversial looked to either be a tie or a good call by the ump in calling him safe. It was one of those calls that could really have gone both ways. Either side would have argued.
Some good did come out of this game. A wonderfully pitched game by Helling – Rusty Greer got his 1000th career hit – and Gabe Kapler extended his hitting streak to 21. The longest in the majors this year is 22, and the longest by a Ranger all time is 24. Just a couple more to go – that would be very cool, considering how poor his first half was hitting wise.
G109: Ryan Glynn pitches well, we beat Toronto 11-6
A nice win. Ryan Glynn pitched really well, I thought – and other than the gopher balls to Dave Martinez & Carlos Delgado, he kept the ball down, got outs, and generally pitched like he belonged here. Was nice to see him get teh win, even though our bullpen tried to blow it for him.
Gabe Kapler extended his hitting streak to 20 this game, which is very cool. He’s hovering at about .280 – which would be a career high for him. Mike Lamb got three doubles in the game, and B.J. Waszgis had a lot of firsts.. First major league start, first major league hit, first major league RBI, and first major league run scored, and first major league win. :)
Not a whole lot else to say, but it was nice to keep ourselves from losing our first four game sweep since 1997.
G108: Rangers lose aother one to Toronto, 8-5
I didn’t get to see much of this game, as I was at a surprise birthday party for a co-worker’s wife during the afternoon.
However, I appear to not have missed a lot. We got beat by David Wells (again). From looking at the scores, it didn’t appear that we were that bad, and Doug Davis wasn’t awful, but he needs to learn.
Gabe Kapler got his hitting streak to 19 – which is very cool. Team record is 24.
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