- 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.
Roster Transaction
- OF Dave Martinez traded to Toronto Blue Jays
for PTBNL - OF Pedro Valdez recalled from AAA Oklahoma
G107: Rangers lose high scoring game, 10-8 to Toronto
Well, another game that’s indicative of the problems of the 2000 Rangers. Our bullpen.
Matt Perisho pitched OK, if not awesome as a starter. He went 6 innings, allowing 3 earned runs (2 unearned). He walked three and struck out two. Then comes our bullpen. Fransisco Cordero (who to me is starting to look like he needs to spend extended time at AAA), only pitched one inning, and gave up three earned runs. Venafro (who got the loss) pitched only 2/3 of an inning, and gave up two earned runs. Sigh. The only person not to give up any runs was Crabtree, who only pitched 1/3 of an inning.
Offensively, we scored 8, which isn’t bad, but when you give up 10…. We had two home runs (one by Haselman, one by Raffy), two doubles (one by Raffy, one by Kapler), and a bunch of singles. Speaking of Kapler, his hitting streak is now at 18, passing Todd Zeile on the Rangers list (Todd had 17).
We are definitely a mediocre team. That’s for sure. The goal now has to be .500 for the end of the year.
After the game, we traded Dave Martinez to the Blue Jays – his fourth team this year – for the infamous PTBNL. We called up outfielder Pedro Valdez at the same time.
Haselman solid replacement for Rodriguez in Texas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bill Haselman is an insurance policy paying off for the Texas Rangers.
While no player could provide complete replacement coverage for AL MVP Ivan Rodriguez, Haselman has been more than adequate since the nine-time All-Star catcher was lost for the season with a broken right hand.
“There’s no way you can totally protect yourself against losing Pudge, but if you’ve got to have a guy sitting behind Pudge, Bill Haselman is as good a guy as there is in the game,” Texas manager Johnny Oates said.
Going into the series opener at Toronto on Thursday night, Haselman had made eight straight starts — his longest stretch since seven straight in April 1997 with Boston — and hit .414 (12-for-29) in that span. He had his second three-hit game in three nights Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox.
More important is how Haselman handles the pitching staff.
“We knew he would step in with no complications because we knew he was prepared. Even before when he knew he wasn’t going to catch, he was already prepared just in case,” Kenny Rogers said.
Rogers and Rick Helling, the Rangers’ other top starter, noted that Haselman would spend hours as a backup watching tape of opposing hitters.
“Obviously with Pudge back there, you love it,” Helling said. “But with Has back there, I have just as much confidence in him as I did in Pudge.
“It’s not like he’s a guy that sits here and knows he’s backing up Pudge Rodriguez and isn’t going to play, and just shows up at the park. He comes ready to play.”
Haselman, 34, returned to Texas last November as part of the nine-player trade that sent two-time AL MVP Juan Gonzalez to Detroit.
When finalizing the Gonzalez deal, Rangers general manager Doug Melvin had Haselman added. Melvin wanted a quality backup that could give Rodriguez an occasional day off.
Haselman served as Rodriguez’s backup in 1998, hitting .314 in 40 games. He then signed as a free agent with Detroit and hit .273 in 48 games last season while backing up another All-Star, Brad Ausmus.
Melvin also needed some insurance in case of an injury, such as the broken hand Rodriguez suffered July 24 when he hit Mo Vaughn’s bat while making a throw to second.
“A lot of people forget Bill Haselman being a part of that deal. If he wasn’t, I don’t know where we’d be right now with Pudge being hurt,” Melvin said. “It’s a real key. A backup catcher of his caliber would have been difficult to get.”
Rodriguez had started more games behind the plate than any AL catcher each of the past six seasons. Haselman, who played a season-high 77 games for Boston in 1996, likely would have been the league’s least-played backup catcher had Rodriguez (.347, 27 home runs, 83 RBIs) not gotten hurt.
“Of course, that’s not the way I want to get to see the opportunity,” Haselman said. “I don’t like to see anybody get hurt, especially somebody like Pudge who offers so much to our team.
“But the fact is since he is hurt, I’m just trying to go in there and play my game and try to first and foremost catch a good game and call a good game, and go from there.”
This article originally appeared online here, and was written by Stephen Hawkins.
G106: Rangers lose well pitched game, 3-1
There’s not a whole lot to say about this one. We were outpitched. Plain and simple.
Gabe Kapler blasted a solo home run in the second inning – extending his hitting streak to 17. However, that was it for our offense. Nothing more.
Kenny Rogers pitched fairly well, going six innings, allowing two earned runs, but got no run support and lost the game. Frank Castillo pitched extremely well, and the Kapler jack was the only blemish of the day for him.
One of those games you don’t mind losing, was a great game.
G105: Rangers beat the White Sox, 7-2
Not available.
Roster Transaction
- LHP Darren Oliver placed on 15 day DL (retro
to Jul 31) - RHP Jonathan Johnson recalled from AAA
Oklahoma
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