2010 Season

Season Notes

• 2010 Season Page at Baseball Reference
• 2010 Season Page at Wikipedia
• Final Record: 90-72 (.556), 1st/4 AL West
• AL Champions; lost in World Series 4-1
• Interleague Home: Astros, Cubs, Pirates
• Interleague Away: Astros, Brewers, Marlins
• Cliff Lee acquired via trade in July.
• The season most known for the “Claw & Antlers”
• Ron Washington admitted to cocaine use in spring training
• Team was sold finally in August
• First season without Rudy Jaramillo since 1993
• All Star Representatives (6): Josh Hamilton, Vlad Guerrero, Neftali Feliz, Cliff Lee, Ian Kinsler, Elvis Andrus,

• ST1: Rangers crush Royals in Spring Opener 13-3 (3/4/2010)
• ST2: Rangers drop game 2 to Royals, 4-2 (3/5/2010)
• ST3: Rangers drop another to KC in rough 2-1 loss (3/7/2010)
• Sunday’s game rained out (3/7/2010)
• ST4: Rangers lose to Angels, 13-9 (3/18/2010)
• ST5: Rangers tie A’s, 8-8 (3/18/2010)
• ST6: Rangers lose again, 6-3 to Mariners (3/18/2010)
• ST7: Rangers unload on Colorado, win 16-5 (3/18/2010)
• ST8: Rangers win second in a row, 6-2 over Padres (3/18/2010)
• ST9: McCarthy good in 5-0 shutout over Indians (3/18/2010)
• ST10: Rangers drop SS game to DBacks, 9-3 (3/18/2010)
• ST11: Rangers drop SS game to Dodgers, 6-4 (3/18/2010)
• ST12: Rangers drop another one, 8-5 to Giants (3/18/2010)
• ST13: Rangers muted in 4-1 loss to Cubs (3/18/2010)
• ST14: Rangers boomstick thrashes Mariners, 8-1 (3/18/2010)
• ST15: Rangers win again, 6-4 over Brewers (3/19/2010)
• ST16: Rangers blown out by Indians, 12-2 (3/22/2010)
• ST17: Rangers lose close one to Dodgers, 5-4 (3/24/2010)
• ST18: Rangers pen stinks it up; Rangers lose 14-5 (3/24/2010)
• ST19: Rangers lose yet again, 5-4 to Giants (3/24/2010)
• ST20: Rangers lose big again, this time 12-1 to Cubs (3/24/2010)
• ST21: Rangers lose yet again, this time 9-6 to Angels (3/27/2010)
• ST22: Rangers now 6-15-1 after 6-3 loss to A’s (3/27/2010)
• ST23: CJ Wilson looks good, Rangers still lose, 3-1 (3/29/2010)
• ST24: Rangers finally win, 5-0; Feldman looks awesome (3/29/2010)
• ST26: Rangers beat Rockies, 7-6 (4/1/2010)
• ST27: Rangers beat Diamondbacks, 4-2 (4/1/2010)
• ST28: Rangers drop game to Mariners, 7-6 (4/1/2010)
• ST29: Rangers win Arlington exhibition game 2-1 (4/2/2010)
• ST30: Rangers lose spring finale, 10-7 to Royals (4/5/2010)
• G1: Rangers win thriller on opening day, 5-4 over Blue Jays (4/6/2010)
• G2: Rangers lose bizarre game to Jays, 7-4 (4/8/2010)
• G3: CJ Wilson done in by bullpen, Rangers lose 3-1 (4/9/2010)
• G4: Rangers win behind awakening bats, 6-2 (4/10/2010)
• G5: Frankie F blows it, Rangers lose 4-3 (4/11/2010)
• G6: Rangers offense comes alive, we win 9-2 (4/12/2010)
• G7: Rangers win out in extra innings 4-2 over Tribe (4/14/2010)
• G8: Rangers are strong against CLE, beat ’em 6-2 (4/15/2010)
• G9: Late errors cost Rangers the CLE series finale (4/20/2010)
• G10: Rangers lose to Yankees, 5-1 (4/20/2010)
• G11: Rangers lose to Yankees, 7-3 (4/20/2010)
• G12: Rangers lose to Yankees, 5-2 (4/20/2010)
• G13: Red Sox Walkoff against Rangers, 7-6 (4/21/2010)
• G14: Rangers lose to Red Sox again, 8-7 (4/21/2010)
• G15: Rangers salvage finale behind 3-0 shutout of Red Sox (4/23/2010)
• G16: Rangers walk off on Elvis night with 5-4 win (4/24/2010)
• G17: Rangers lose to Tigers, 8-4 (4/27/2010)
• G18: Rangers overcome rocky start, top Detroit 8-4 (4/27/2010)
• G19: Rangers blow it late, lose to Tigers 8-6 (4/27/2010)
• G20: CJ Wilson great again, Rangers win 4-2 (4/27/2010)
• G21: Rangers get out early, hang on late, win 6-5 (5/1/2010)
• G22: Rangers bullpen blows it again, we lose 7-5 (5/1/2010)
• G23: Rangers win best game in ages against Mariners, 2-0 (5/1/2010)
• G24: Rangers take middle game of Mariners series 6-3 (5/2/2010)
• G25: Rangers beat Seattle 3-1 in 11 innings (5/6/2010)
• G26: Rangers take first game in Oakland, 4-2 (5/6/2010)
• G27: Rangers lose close one, 7-6 in Oakland (5/6/2010)
• G28: Rangers lose daytime series finale, 4-1 (5/6/2010)
• G29: Rangers win wild one over Royals, 13-12 (5/7/2010)
• G30: CJ Wilson shines in KC series opener; we win 4-1 (5/11/2010)
• G31: Rangers pull out a tight one against KC, 3-2 (5/11/2010)
• G32: Rangers sweep KC behind 6-4 win on Mother’s Day (5/11/2010)
• G33: Rangers lose in 13 innings to A’s, 7-6 (5/12/2010)
• G34: Rangers regain first with 10-1 thump of the A’s (5/13/2010)
• G35: Rangers win 12 inning affair, 2-1 over A’s (5/15/2010)
• G36: Rangers stink it up in Toronto, lose 16-10 (5/15/2010)
• G37: Rangers dominated by Ricky Romero, lose 6-0 (5/18/2010)
• G38: Rangers swept out of Toronto with a 5-2 loss on Sunday (5/18/2010)
• G39: Rangers take series opener against Anaheim, 4-3 (5/18/2010)
• G40: Rangers sweep Anaheim 8-7 with some power (5/23/2010)
• G41: Rangers in in walkoff fashion; 4-3 over Orioles (5/23/2010)
• G42: Rangers win no pitching slugfest against O’s, 13-7 (5/23/2010)
• G43: Rangers take Cubs series opener by score of 2-1 (5/27/2010)
• G44: Rangers lose in 10 innings, 5-4 to Cubs (5/27/2010)
• G45: Rangers fall behind early, lose finale 5-4 to Cubs (5/27/2010)
• G46: Rangers power their way to 8-7 win over KC (5/30/2010)
• G47: Hochevar shuts down Rangers; we lose 5-2 (5/30/2010)
• G48: Rangers lose close one in Minnesota, 2-1 (5/30/2010)
• G49: Rangers lose again to Twins, 8-3 (5/30/2010)
• G50: Rangers swept out by Twins, 6-3 (6/1/2010)
• G51: Rangers win against ChiSox 9-6, I feel “meh” (6/3/2010)
• G52: Rangers score 9 and beat White Sox again (6/3/2010)
• G53: Rangers drop finale to White Sox, 4-3 (6/5/2010)
• G54: JUSTIN SMOOOOOOOOOOOAK! (Rangers win 9-6) (6/5/2010)
• G55: Tommy Hunter dominates Rays, Rangers win 6-1 (6/8/2010)
• G56: Rays salvage series finale, top Rangers 9-5 (6/10/2010)
• G57: Rangers lose series opener to Mariners, 4-2 (6/11/2010)
• G58: Rangers beat up Mariners, win 7-1 (6/11/2010)
• G59: Rangers bomb out Mariners; win 12-2 (6/11/2010)
• G60: Rangers bomb out Mariners again, win 12-3 (6/11/2010)
• G61: Rangers lose to Brewers, 6-2 (6/12/2010)
• G62: Rangers take middle game against Brewers, 4-3 (6/20/2010)
• G63: This win was all about Colby Lewis (W: 7-2) (6/20/2010)
• G64: A game of firsts leads to comeback win against Fish, 3-2 (6/21/2010)
• G65: Young becomes all time TX hit leader in 6-3 win (6/21/2010)
• G66: Rangers sweep Marlins with 6-4 win (6/22/2010)
• G67: Rangers unload on Astros, win 9-3 (6/23/2010)
• G68: Colby Lewis does it again, Rangers win 5-1 (6/24/2010)
• G69: Rangers sweep Astros with 10 inning 5-4 win (6/24/2010)
• G70: Rangers homer their way to 6-3 win over Pirates (6/24/2010)
• G71: Rangers get to 10 with 13-3 drubbing of Pirates (6/25/2010)
• G72: Rangers get to 11 & have 3 consecutive sweeps; win 6-5 (6/25/2010)
• G73: Rangers steak over, Astros win 7-4 (7/1/2010)
• G74: Rangers win again over Astros, 7-2 (7/1/2010)
• G75: Rangers take finale of Astros series, 10-1 (7/1/2010)
• G76: Rangers lose opener of Anaheim series 6-5 (7/1/2010)
• G77: Vlad bombs Angels, Rangers win game 6-4 (7/1/2010)
• G78: Rangers lose close one to Angels, 2-1 (7/6/2010)
• G79: Rangers lose to White Sox, 5-3 (7/6/2010)
• G80: Tommy Hunter dominates; Rangers win 3-1 (7/6/2010)
• G81: Rangers lose to Sox again, 5-3 (7/6/2010)
• G82: Rangers lose again, this time to Cleveland, 9-2 (7/6/2010)
• G83: Rangers unload on Cleveland, stomp ’em 12-1 (7/9/2010)
• G84: Rangers squeak by Cleveland, win 4-3 (7/9/2010)
• G85: Rangers look disgraceful in 6-4 loss to Baltimore (7/9/2010)
• G86: Rangers pen disgraceful again, lose to O’s, 7-6 (7/10/2010)
• G87: Orioles screw up Cliff Lee debut, Rangers lose 6-1 (7/13/2010)
• G88: Rangers swept by the STINKIN’ ORIOLES with 4-1 loss (7/13/2010)
• Why the Home Run Derby Sucks (7/13/2010)
• G89: Rangers unload on Wakefield & Sox, win 7-2 (7/17/2010)
• G90: It’s Bengie Molina night in Boston, as we win 8-4 (7/17/2010)
• G91: Rangers lose in Boston in 11, 3-2 (7/20/2010)
• G92: CJ Wilson shuts down Boston, Rangers win 4-2 (7/20/2010)
• G93: Rangers finally win an extra inning game, 8-6 in Detroit (7/21/2010)
• G94: Tommy Hunter shuts out the Tigers, we win 8-0 (7/21/2010)
• G95: Rangers lose Detroit series finale, 4-1 (7/24/2010)
• G96: Rangers ride Cliff Lee to win, 3-2 over Angels (7/24/2010)
• G97: Rangers & CJ Wilson dominate, beat Angels 1-0 (7/24/2010)
• G98: Rangers lose to Angels, 6-2 (7/29/2010)
• G99: Hunter now 8-0 with 6-4 win against Angels (7/29/2010)
• G100: Lee misses win again, but Rangers don’t, 3-1 over A’s (7/29/2010)
• G101: Trevor Cahill shuts down Rangers, we lose 3-1 (7/29/2010)
• G102: Rangers take series & finale, 7-4 over Oakland (7/30/2010)
• G103: Rangers drop slugfest to Angels, 9-7 (7/31/2010)
• G104: Rangers and Rich Harden beat Angels, 2-1 (7/31/2010)
• G105: Rangers drop series finale 4-1 to Angels, still 8 up (8/1/2010)
• G106: Rangers lose first game of Seattle series, 3-2 (8/6/2010)
• G107: Rangers win everywhere. Court, and on the field (11-6) (8/6/2010)
• G108: Tommy Hunter shuts down Mariners, we win 6-0 (8/6/2010)
• G109: Rangers take opener in Oakland, 5-1, get Lee a win (8/6/2010)
• G110: Gio Gonzalez is good, Harden was ass, we lose 6-2 (8/10/2010)
• G111: Rangers lose to Oakland’s great pitching again, 3-2 (8/10/2010)
• G112: Rangers walk off against the Yankees, we win 4-3 (8/11/2010)
• G113: Rangers lose to Yankees, 7-6 (8/12/2010)
• G114: Rangers win a long, hot slugfest 10-9 over Boston (8/16/2010)
• G115: Rangers lose middle game of series to Red Sox, 3-1 (8/16/2010)
• G116: Despite 7-3 score, the Rangers dominated the Sox in win (8/16/2010)
• G117: The Rays beat Cliff Lee and Rangers, 6-4 (8/20/2010)
• G118: Rangers bombed out by Rays, 10-1 (8/20/2010)
• G119: Rangers swept in Tampa by Rays, 8-6 (8/20/2010)
• G120: Rangers dominated in Baltimore by Matusz; lose 4-0 (8/20/2010)
• G121: Rangers return favor, shut out Orioles, 2-0 (8/20/2010)
• G122: Cliff Lee homered in Rangers loss, 8-6 (8/26/2010)
• G123: Rangers club their way to win in Baltimore, 6-4 (8/26/2010)
• G124: Rangers dominate Twins in 4-0 near no-hitter (8/26/2010)
• G125: Rangers beat Twins 4-3 (8/26/2010)
• G126: Rangers beat Twins again by a 4-3 score (8/26/2010)
• G127: Rangers lose to Twins, 6-4 (9/9/2010)
• G128: Rangers beat A’s, 7-3 (9/9/2010)
• G129: Rangers shut out by A’s, 5-0 (9/9/2010)
• G130: Rangers bombed by A’s, 8-2 (9/9/2010)
• G131: Rangers shut out Royals, 3-0 (9/9/2010)
• G132: Rangers lose annoying game to Royals, 10-9 (9/9/2010)
• G133: Rangers beat Royals 4-3 in series finale (9/9/2010)
• G134: Rangers lose to Twins, 4-3 (9/9/2010)
• G135: Rangers lose ugly to Twins, 12-4 (9/9/2010)
• G136: Rangers swept in Minnesota, 6-5 to Twins (9/9/2010)
• G137: Rangers lose opener to Toronto, 7-2 (9/9/2010)
• G138: Rangers lose again to Toronto, 8-5 (9/9/2010)
• G139: Rangers finally win again, 8-1 over Blue Jays (9/9/2010)
• G140: Rangers beat Jays in finale, 4-2 (9/11/2010)
• G141: Rangers hang on, beat Yankees in 13, 6-5 (9/11/2010)
• G142: Rangers win very oddly against NY, 7-6 (9/13/2010)
• G143: RANGERS SWEEP YANKEES WITH 4-1 WIN! (9/13/2010)
• G144: Rangers beat Tigers, 11-4 (9/14/2010)
• G145: Rangers sweep Tigers with 11-7 win (9/15/2010)
• G146: Rangers lose to Mariners, 2-1 (9/17/2010)
• G147: Cliff Lee shuts down Seattle, we win 6-1 (9/18/2010)
• G148: Rangers lose 2-1 to Seattle a second time (9/19/2010)
• G149: Rangers lose to Angels, 7-4 (9/20/2010)
• G150: Rangers shut out by Angels, 2-0 (9/21/2010)
• G151: Rangers beat Anaheim in close one, 2-1 (9/22/2010)
• G152: Rangers shut out by Dallas Braden, 5-0 (9/23/2010)
• G153: Vlad Leads Rangers to 10-3 win over A’s (9/25/2010)
• G154: The Rangers win the AL West with 4-3 win over A’s (9/26/2010)
• G155: Rangers slaughter A’s 16-9 on 1st day as AL West Champs (9/27/2010)
• G156: Rangers raise AL West Flag, lose to M’s, 7-5 (9/30/2010)
• G157: Rangers lose again, 3-1 to Felix Hernandez (9/30/2010)
• G158: Rangers salvage finale on gift from Mariners, 6-5 (9/30/2010)
• G159: Cliff Lee great in final start of season; Rangers win 3-2 (10/5/2010)
• G160: Hamilton returns, but Rangers lose in 11, 5-4 (10/5/2010)
• G161: Hamilton leads Rangers to 6-2 win over Angels (10/5/2010)
• G162: Rangers drop season finale, 6-2 to Angels (10/5/2010)
• ALDS G1: Rangers ride Cliff Lee to 5-1 win over Tampa Bay (10/6/2010)
• ALDS G2: Rangers shut out Rays to go up 2-0 in series (10/7/2010)
• ALDS G3: Rangers lose game I attend, 6-3 to Devil Rays (10/11/2010)
• ALDS G4: Rays force Game 5 with 5-2 win in Texas (10/11/2010)
• ALDS G5: Rangers beat Rays 5-1 to advance to LCS. Wow. (10/13/2010)
• ALCS G1: Rangers pen totally blows it, we lose 6-5 (10/16/2010)
• ALCS G2: Rangers don’t blow it this time, beat Yanks 7-2 (10/17/2010)
• ALCS G3: Cliff Lee dominates Yankees; Rangers win 8-0 (10/18/2010)
• ALCS G4: Rangers homer their way to verge of World Series! (10/20/2010)
• ALCS G5: Yankees salvage final game in NY, win 7-2 (10/21/2010)
• ALCS G6: Rangers vanquish Yanks, past demons with 6-1 win! (10/23/2010)
• WSG1: Rangers doubled to death, lose Game 1 11-7 (10/28/2010)
• WSG2: Rangers bats silent, go down 2-0 with 9-0 loss (10/29/2010)
• WSG3: Oh my – Rangers win first ever home Series game, 4-2 (10/31/2010)
• WSG4: Rangers now down 3-1 after 4-0 loss to SF (11/1/2010)
• WSG5: It’s over, Rangers lose Series behind 3-1 loss (11/1/2010)