2011 Season

Season Notes

• 2011 Season Page at at Baseball Reference
• 2011 Season Page on Wikipedia
• Final Record: 96-66 (.593), 1st/4 AL West
• AL Champions; lost in World Series 4-3
• Interleague Home: Astros, Mets, Marlins
• Interleague Away: Astros, Phillies, Braves
• Ballpark Right Field Jumbotron replaced
• Thad Bosley started season as hitting coach
• Scott Coolbaugh replaced Bosley in June
• All-Star Representatives (5): Adrian Beltre, Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, Alexi Ogando, C.J. Wilson
• Ron Washington was the All-Star Manager, so we had 6 Rangers in uniform.

• ST0: Rangers beat the Rangers 3-1 (2/24/2011)
• ST1: Rangers drop spring opener to Royals, 4-2 (2/28/2011)
• ST2: Rangers win sloppy shootout with Royals, 12-11 (3/1/2011)
• ST3: Rangers comeback not enough, lose to M’s 5-4 (3/3/2011)
• ST4: Rangers at .500 in spring with 10-6 drubbing of Halos (3/3/2011)
• ST5: Ranger survive a 7 spot, beat Indians late, 11-9 (3/4/2011)
• ST6: Rangers hold on, beat Cubs 8-7 in SS game (3/4/2011)
• ST7: Rangers come back against A’s, win 6-3 (3/5/2011)
• ST8: Rangers lose walkoff game to D’Backs, 3-2 (3/7/2011)
• ST9: Rangers bomb Brewers, 8-1 on Sunday (3/7/2011)
• ST10: Rangers lose to Giants, 4-1 (3/9/2011)
• ST11: Rangers lose close one to Angels, 2-1 (3/9/2011)
• ST12: Rangers roll over A’s on Wednesday, 9-2 (3/13/2011)
• ST13: Rangers lose close one to White Sox, 7-6 (3/13/2011)
• ST14: Rangers get first tie of spring, 5-5 to Reds (3/13/2011)
• ST15: Rangers take down White Sox, 4-1 (3/14/2011)
• ST16: Rangers lose to Giants, 11-8 (3/14/2011)
• ST17: Rangers take Dodgers 5-4 on Monday (3/16/2011)
• ST18: Rangers lose this one to the Dodgers, 7-6 (3/16/2011)
• ST19: Rangers lose in annoying fashion, 11-10 (3/18/2011)
• ST20: Rangers blown out big time, lose 15-5 (3/18/2011)
• ST21: Week of bad pitching results in 12-6 loss to CLE (3/22/2011)
• ST22: Rangers losing streak now 5 with 9-8 loss to M’s (3/22/2011)
• ST23: Rangers win on Sunday over Royals, 5-2 (3/22/2011)
• Monday’s game was rained out (3/22/2011)
• ST24: Harrison looks good. Rangers did not, lose 9-8 (3/24/2011)
• ST25: Rangers win slugfest 15-13, lose Hunter (3/26/2011)
• ST26: Rangers lose nightcap to Padres, 7-4 (3/26/2011)
• ST27: Rangers look sloppy on Friday night, lose 10-3 (3/26/2011)
• ST28: Rangers lose again, this time to Cubs on Saturday (3/28/2011)
• ST29: Rangers finally win, 5-4 in 10 over Mariners (3/28/2011)
• ST30: Rangers win AZ finale, 6-4 over Diamondbacks (3/29/2011)
• ST31: Rangers beat CCC, 6-2 (3/29/2011)
• ST32: Holland good, Oday not in spring finale (L: 4-3) (4/1/2011)
• G1: Rangers come back, beat Red Sox, 9-5 (4/2/2011)
• G2: Rangers bomb Lackey, Red Sox on way to 12-5 win (4/3/2011)
• G3: Rangers sweep out Red Sox with 5-1 win on Sunday (4/4/2011)
• G4: Rangers start 4-0 after beating Mariners 6-4 (4/5/2011)
• G5: Rangers now 5-0 after 3-2 win over M’s (4/6/2011)
• G6: Rangers now 6-0 after sweeping Mariners, 7-3 (4/8/2011)
• Friday Night’s game Rained out (4/10/2011)
• G7: Rangers finally lose – first game of DH, 5-0 to O’s (4/10/2011)
• G8: Rangers wake up, club O’s in G2 of DH, 13-1 (4/10/2011)
• G9: Rangers take weekend series behind 3-0 shutout of O’s (4/12/2011)
• G10: Rangers stay hot with 2-0 win in Detroit on Monday (4/12/2011)
• G11: Rangers lose Hamilton & game, 5-4 to Detroit (4/13/2011)
• G12: Rangers lose walkoff in Detroit, 3-2 (4/18/2011)
• G13: Rangers take first game in the Bronx, 5-3 (4/18/2011)
• G14: Rangers lose to Yankees, 5-2 (4/18/2011)
• G15: Rangers lose to Yankees Sunday, 6-5 (4/18/2011)
• G16: Rangers win behind Wilson’s solid outing (4/25/2011)
• G17: Angels bomb Rangers, win 15-4 (4/25/2011)
• G18: Rangers lose to Anaheim again, 4-1; Weaver now 5-0 (4/25/2011)
• G19: Rangers beat KC at home, 11-6 (4/25/2011)
• G20: Ogando & Rangers top Royals, 3-1 (4/25/2011)
• G21: Rangers sweep Royals with 8-7 win (4/25/2011)
• G22: 6 spot dooms Lewis; Rangers lose 6-4 (4/26/2011)
• G23: Ranger pitching looks bad, we lose 10-3 to Jays (4/28/2011)
• G24: Rangers hang on, beat Toronto 7-6 (4/28/2011)
• G25: Rangers drop finale to Toronto, 5-2 (5/7/2011)
• G26: Rangers drop series opener in Oakland, 3-1 (5/7/2011)
• G27: Rangers bounce back, win 11-2 in Oakland (5/7/2011)
• G28: Texas loses to Oakland again, 7-3 (5/13/2011)
• G29: Rangers lose again (5-4), fans sigh. (5/13/2011)
• G30: Rangers go to Seattle. Lose there, too (4-3). (5/13/2011)
• G31: Rangers back in win column (5-2) behind CJ’s 12 K’s. (5/13/2011)
• G32: Rangers done in by Justin Smoak in Seattle; lose 3-1 (5/13/2011)
• G33: Rangers lose to Yankees, 4-1 (5/13/2011)
• G34: Rangers finally win, 7-5 over Yankees (5/13/2011)
• G35: Rangers lose big to Yankees, 12-5 (5/13/2011)
• G36: Oakland comes to town; still can’t beat em (L: 7-2) (5/13/2011)
• G37: Rangers turn around, beat A’s 7-2 (5/13/2011)
• Rangers rained out, lose 7-0 lead at the time (5/13/2011)
• G38: Rangers take opener against Angels, 4-1 (5/16/2011)
• G39: Rangers drop close one to A’s, 3-2 (5/17/2011)
• G40: Rangers win seesaw battle against Angels, 5-4 (5/17/2011)
• G41: Colby Lewis shuts down the ChiSox; Rangers win 4-0 (5/17/2011)
• G42: Rangers lose walk fest, 4-3 to White Sox (5/26/2011)
• G43: Rangers win in 11 in KC, 5-4 (5/26/2011)
• G44: Rangers lose finale in KC, 2-1 (in 10 no less) (5/26/2011)
• G45: Rangers lose in Philly, 3-2 to Doc Halladay (5/26/2011)
• G46: Rangers shut out by Cliff Lee & Phillies, 2-0 (5/27/2011)
• G47: Rangers return favor over Phils, win finale 2-0 (5/27/2011)
• G48: Off DL, Josh & Nelson help Rangers win 4-0 (5/27/2011)
• G49: Rangers lose to White Sox on Tuesday, 8-6 (5/27/2011)
• G50: Rangers take series behind CJ with 2-1 win (5/27/2011)
• G51: Rangers lose in 14 innings to Royals, 12-7 (5/29/2011)
• G52: Rangers blow out Royals, beat ’em easily 10-1 (5/29/2011)
• G53: Rangers have left the building! (Win 7-6) (5/29/2011)
• G54: Rangers homer their way to 11-5 win in Tampa (5/30/2011)
• G55: Rangers lose, 5-4 to the Rays (5/31/2011)
• G56: Colby Lewis shuts down Rays, Rangers win 3-0 (6/1/2011)
• G57: Rangers take opener in Cleveland, 7-4 (6/2/2011)
• G58: Two in a row in Cleveland with 11-2 drubbing (6/3/2011)
• G59: Rangers and Derek Holland shut out Indians, 4-0 (6/4/2011)
• G60: Rangers sweep Indians behind CJ & 2-0 shutout (6/5/2011)
• G61: Rangers lose ugly at home to Tigers, 13-7 (6/6/2011)
• G62: Rangers give up 20 hits in 8-1 loss to Tigers (6/7/2011)
• G63: Rangers bounce back, beat Detroit 7-3 (6/8/2011)
• G64: Rangers drop game against Twins, 5-4 (6/9/2011)
• G65: Rangers come back, beat Twins 9-3 (6/10/2011)
• G66: Rangers lose to Twins, 8-1 (6/11/2011)
• G67: Liriano almost perfect; Rangers lose 6-1 (6/12/2011)
• G68: Rangers lose to Yankees, 12-4 (6/14/2011)
• G69: Rangers lose to Yanks again, same score – 12-4 (6/15/2011)
• G70: Yankees sweep Rangers behind 3-2 win (6/16/2011)
• G71: Rangers take first game in Atlanta, 6-2 (6/17/2011)
• G72: Rangers win again aginst Braves, 5-4 (6/18/2011)
• G73: Rangers lose finale to Braves, 4-2 (6/19/2011)
• G74: Rangers cruise to 8-3 win over Astros (6/20/2011)
• G75: Rangers beat Astros again, this time, 5-4 (6/21/2011)
• G76: Astros deny Rangers sweep with 5-3 win (6/22/2011)
• G77: Rangers bomb Mets, win the game 8-1 (6/24/2011)
• G78: Mets blow out Rangers in Arlington 14-5 (6/25/2011)
• G79: Rangers lose to Mets again, this time, 8-5 (6/26/2011)
• G80: Rangers win in Houston, 7-3 over Astros (6/28/2011)
• G81: Rangers beat Astros again, this time 3-2 (6/29/2011)
• G82: Astros pitch a shutout against the Rangers, 7-0 (6/30/2011)
• G83: Rangrs bomb Marlins at home, 15-5 (7/1/2011)
• G84: Marlins bounce back, take Game 2 9-5 (7/2/2011)
• G85: Rangers lose to Marlins again, 6-4 (7/3/2011)
• G85: Rangers lose to Marlins again, 6-4 (7/3/2011)
• G86: Rangers blow out Baltimore on July 4th, 13-4 (7/4/2011)
• G87: Rangers beat Orioles again, 4-2 (7/5/2011)
• G88: Rangers beat Orioles again, this time 13-5 (7/6/2011)
• G90: Rangers beat A’s again, 8-5 (7/8/2011)
• G91: Rangers squeak by A’s, win again 7-6 (7/9/2011)
• G92: Rangers sweep A’s behind 2-0 shutout by Harrison (7/10/2011)
• Home Run Derby 2011 Thoughts (7/13/2011)
• NL makes it two in a row in All Star Game with 5-1 win (7/14/2011)
• G93: Derek Holland brilliant in second half opener (W: 5-0) (7/15/2011)
• G94: Colby Lewis dominant, Rangers win again, 4-0 (7/16/2011)
• G95: Rangers reach 10 in a row behind 5-1 win over SEA (7/17/2011)
• G96: Rangers sweep again, beat Mariners 3-1 (7/20/2011)
• G97: Rangers keep rolling, beat Angels, 7-0 (7/20/2011)
• G98: Rangers winning streak over; lose to Angels, 9-8 (7/23/2011)
• G99: Rangers lose rough game, 1-0 to Angels (7/23/2011)
• G100: Rangers win blowout, 12-2; have good and bad news (7/23/2011)
• G101: Rangers win in walkoff, 5-4 against Jays (7/30/2011)
• G102: Brett Cecil and Toronto blank Texas, 3-0 (7/30/2011)
• G103: Rangers unload on Twins, blow ’em out 20-6 (7/30/2011)
• G104: Rangers lose frustrating game to Minnesota, 9-8 (7/30/2011)
• G105: Rangers lose to Twins again, this time 7-2 (7/30/2011)
• G106: Rangers come back, take finale against Twins, 4-1 (7/30/2011)
• G107: Cecil does it again, Blue Jays beat Rangers 3-2 (7/30/2011)
• G108: Derek Holland masterful, shuts out Blue Jays 3-0 (7/30/2011)
• G109: Rangers & CJ lose, 7-3 (8/2/2011)
• G110: Rangers lose to Tigers on late home run, 6-5 (8/17/2011)
• G111: Rangers lose again to DET on late homers, 5-4 (8/17/2011)
• G112: Rangers pull out series finale win in DET, 5-2 (8/17/2011)
• G113: Rangers walk off against Indians, 8-7 (8/17/2011)
• G114: Wilson start wasted, as Rangers lose 7-5 (8/17/2011)
• G115: Young gets to 2K, Rangers win 5-3 (8/17/2011)
• G116: Rangers handle Seattle in 9-2 win on Monday (8/17/2011)
• G117: Rangers walk off again, 7-6 against Mariners (8/17/2011)
• G118: Seattle gets the last game in the series, wins 4-3 (8/17/2011)
• G119: Rangers score early, keep A’s down, win 9-1 (8/17/2011)
• G120: Rangers win again against A’s, 7-1 (8/17/2011)
• G121: Rangers sweep A’s with 7-6 win (8/17/2011)
• G122: Rangers take series opener against Angels, 8-4 (8/17/2011)
• G123: Rangers take second in series from Angels, 7-3 (8/17/2011)
• G124: CJ outpitches Santana, Rangers win 4-3 (8/20/2011)
• G125: Rangers lose on walkoff home run to Angels, 2-1 (8/20/2011)
• G126: Rangers homer their way to win in Chicago, 7-4 (8/20/2011)
• G127: Sox beat Rangers late, 3-2 (9/30/2011)
• G128: Rangers shut out by White Sox, 10-0 (9/30/2011)
• G129: Rangers shut out 2nd in a row, 4-0 (9/30/2011)
• G130: Rangers lose again, 11-5 to Red Sox (9/30/2011)
• G131: Rangers bombed out again, lose 13-2 to Red Sox (9/30/2011)
• G132: Rangers shut out AGAIN, 6-0 (9/30/2011)
• G133: Rangers show up, finally win again, 11-7 over Angels (9/30/2011)
• G134: Rangers lose to Angels, 8-4 (9/30/2011)
• G135: Rangers beat Angels late, 9-5 (9/30/2011)
• G136: Rangers shut out Tampa, 2-0 (9/30/2011)
• G137: Rangers lose to Rays, 4-1 (9/30/2011)
• G138: Rangers & CJ shut down Rays, 7-2 (9/30/2011)
• G139: Rangers shut down Red Sox, 10-0 (9/30/2011)
• G140: Rangers lose to Boston, 12-7 (9/30/2011)
• G141: Rangers beat Red Sox, 11-4 (9/30/2011)
• G142: Rangers lose to Rays, 5-1 (9/30/2011)
• G143: Rangers shut out Rays, 8-0 (9/30/2011)
• G144: Rays win in walkoff, 5-4 (9/30/2011)
• G145: Texas bombs Oakland, 13-4 (9/30/2011)
• G146: Rangers lose to A’s, 8-7 (9/30/2011)
• G147: Rangers & CJ win again, 8-1 over A’s (9/30/2011)
• G148: Indians fall to Texas, 10-4 (9/30/2011)
• G149: Rangers beat up Indians again, 9-1 (9/30/2011)
• G150: Rangers beat Cleveland again, 7-4 (9/30/2011)
• G151: Blake Beavan shuts down Rangers, M’s win 4-0 (9/30/2011)
• G152: Rangers beat Mariners, 7-6 (9/30/2011)
• G153: Rangers shut out Mariners, 3-0 (9/30/2011)
• G154: Rangers beat Oakland, 7-2 (9/30/2011)
• G155: Rangers bat Oakland, 3-2 (9/30/2011)
• G156: Rangers lose to A’s late, 4-3 (9/30/2011)
• G157: Rangers beat M’s, 5-3, clinch division (9/30/2011)
• G158: Rangers win again, 7-3 over Seattle (9/30/2011)
• G159: Rangers bomb Seattle, 12-5 (9/30/2011)
• G160: Rangers knock Angels out with 4-3 win (9/30/2011)
• G161: Texas bombs Angels, 10-3 (9/30/2011)
• G162: Rangers finish regular season with 3-1 win (9/30/2011)
• ALDS G1: Rangers lay an egg, lose to Rays 9-0 (9/30/2011)
• ALDS G2: The first ALDS Home Game Win… EVER, 8-6 (10/2/2011)
• ALDS G3: Rangers survive a real clencher over Rays, 4-3 (10/3/2011)
• ALDS G4: Rangers win 4-3, advance to ALCS again! (10/4/2011)
• ALCS G1: Rangers outlast Tigers and rain, win 3-2 (10/10/2011)
• ALCS G2: Rangers historically homer their way to 7-3 win (10/11/2011)
• ALCS G3: Rangers drop one to Tigers, 5-3, now up 2-1 (10/12/2011)
• ALCS G4: Rangers win in 11, 7-3 to go up 3-1 in series (10/13/2011)
• ALCS G5: Rangers doomed by big inning, lose 7-5 (10/16/2011)
• ALCS G6: Rangers blow out Tigers 15-5 to take series! (10/16/2011)
• WS G1: Rangers lose tight Game 1 of World Series, 3-2 (10/20/2011)
• WS G2: Rangers come back late, beat Cards 2-1 (10/21/2011)
• WS G3: Rangers BLOWN OUT. Lose to Cards 16-7 (10/24/2011)
• WS G4: Holland masterful; Rangers even series with 4-0 win (10/24/2011)
• WS G5: Rangers take series lead with 4-2 win over Cards (10/25/2011)
• Game 6 of World Series postponed by rain (10/27/2011)
• WS G6: Rangers blow it multiple times, lose 10-9 in 11 (10/28/2011)
• WS G7: Rangers lose game and series, 6-2 (10/28/2011)