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As if it wasn’t bad enough being pushed around in Oakland, at least there’s an excuse there. They have some darn good pitching. Seattle has Felix Hernandez, and that’s it. As I sit here to write a few words about this game, all I can think of is Jim Mora’s old “Playoffs?!?” speech..

Alexi Ogando started this one. Wasn’t too bad. Six innings, just five hits and a run. Pitch count was a smidge high (102), but not totally outrageous. Pedro Strop though, stunk up the joint. Blown save, loss. He allowed the other three runs the Mariners scored. So this was a failure of the bullpen. An all too common occurance this season so far. :(
Again. One double. Four singles. That’s it.

Those who know me know I don’t write about losses to the Yankees. Those same people should also know I don’t like playing 10 inning games. 14-15, or even longer – no problem. But 10? Hate them. We lose most of them. This was another for that pile.
Darren Oliver faced one batter in the bottom. Hideki Matsui. On the second pitch – bam. Home run, game over, walkoff for the A’s.
Our offense was still in low gear. Two doubles, six singles. Six walks helped, but we still couldn’t plate enough to win the game. The last time we were in Oakland before this it was great. We won the division. This time, not so much – we fell out of first place.

Matt Harrison had an awful outing. He was gone before the second inning was over. Six hits, two walks, four earned runs in just 1.2 innings. It could have been worse, but Matt got a pickoff play, which helped keep it to what it was. Matt Bush followed that mess and gave up three runs himself, but just one earned. The three errors the Rangers committed had a lot to do with that.
Andrus & Kinsler doubled. All the rest were singles. But unless they came back to win (they didn’t), that mess by Harrison pretty much doomed the feeling of the game.

I got way behind, and as such I’m offering minimal commentary for the eight games I let slide. :)
Nice comeback after dropping a couple. Three home runs, three doubles, and a pile of other hits is more like it for our offense. Not the molasses we’ve been stuck in. Hopefully this isn’t a one off. EVeryone hit, except Moreland, who was the only ofer.
Colby Lewis had his best outing of the season so far. Went eight innings, allowed just six hits, and two runs. Punched out six, walked one. Good outing. Need to keep this up.

I got way behind, and as such I’m offering minimal commentary for the eight games I let slide. :)
Despite outhitting the A’s 11-9, the Rangers lost 3-1. CJ Wilson pitched pretty decently, but was a hard luck loser, being let down by defense. He gave up all three runs, but only one was earned.
Our offense was all singles (11), and a few walks (3). Our offense looked like the A’s offense. That won’t win a ton of games for sure.

I got way behind, and as such I’m offering minimal commentary for the eight games I let slide. :)
Ogando looked decent again. Not awesome, but OK. He only gave up two runs in six innings, but got a no decision when Darren Oliver gave up three runs (although just one earned).
The Rangers offense was bunched. Seven hits in all, one double, six singles. Kinsler, Andrus, & Beltre had two each. The other was Moreland. Not a lot of offense, which seems to be a recurring theme lately. Not liking that.