Well, this was the kind of game we were supposed to get. Tons of runs, enough to clobber the other team to death. We scored 16, and gave up 6. Seems what we should be doing here, although these kinds of games are few and far between.
Arod had two home runs, his 200th and 201st of his career. He’s got 200 at age 25. Assuming he hits like this, he’ll have 400 at 32, and 600 at 39. That’s assuming he keeps up his current pace. :) Arod also had 6 RBI’s in this game – Kapler & Catalonotto also had 3, and the others were scattered around the club.
Aaron Myette got the start, and looked good in the first, but was knocked out in the second. We’ve had pitchers stay in longer giving up more runs, I guess Narron wanted him out before too many scored and killed his mind too much. Pat Mahomes probably pitched himself into the starting rotation with this performance, going 4.1 innings and giving up nothing.
Worst record in baseball? Ugh.
We’re dangerously close to having the worst record in baseball. We’re tied with the Royals for second worst, and only the Devil Rays are actually worse, but only by two games, so we’re not far away from that.
G35: Bullpen blows it for Kenny; Rangers lose 6-5
(I’m not going to be writing much about this game, as it was a casualty of me being out of touch for awhile due to a business trip).
An interesting pitching matchup – two pitchers who have pitched a perfect game going after each other – Kenny Rogers & David Wells. Both pitchers gave up 5 earned runs, Kenny going 7 innings, David going 9. The game went into extra innings, and unfortunately, Mike Venafro gave up a gopher ball to a guy who doesn’t hit a lot of home runs – Jose Valentin.
Overall another decently pitched game by Kenny Rogers, unfortunately it was wasted due to the bullpen giving it away. Oh well.
G34: Rangers lose 6-5. World not surprised.
Ewww. I don’t even feel like writing about the games in this series. We’re awfully close to having the worst record in all of baseball at the moment. :(
G33: Rangers lose AGAIN to Tigers, 3-2
Ewww. I don’t even feel like writing about the games in this series. We’re awfully close to having the worst record in all of baseball at the moment. :(
Darren Oliver goes to DL, Dickey down, Crabtree back
- What a mess. We lose the game 7-4, and we lose Darren Oliver, who, surprisingly enough was our winningest pitcher so far this season. Oliver goes to the DL, Dickey gets sent down, Crabtree comes back from DL, & Aaron Myette gets called up to take Oliver’s spot.
G32: Rangers lose close one, 5-4
Ewww. I don’t even feel like writing about the games in this series. We’re awfully close to having the worst record in all of baseball at the moment. :(
Roster Transaction
- P Darwin Cubillan traded to Montreal Expos for
P Mike Johnson
G31: Rangers lose 7-4, Oliver hurt
No time to write one at the moment – if I get the time later on Tuesday, I’ll write this.
Reid Nichols hired as first base coach
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers hired Reid Nichols as their first-base coach on Sunday and shifted Bobby Jones to third base.
The Rangers needed to shuffle their coaching staff after Johnny Oates resigned as the team’s manager Friday. Jerry Narron, the team’s former third-base coach, was named manager for the rest of the season.
Nichols, the Ranger’s director of player development since 1994, also will work with the outfielders and be responsible for base-running.
Nichols, 42, had a 13-year professional career, batting .266 with 22 home runs and 131 RBI in 540 career games with Boston, the Chicago White Sox and Montreal.
After his playing days, Nichols spent four seasons working in Baltimore’s minor league organization.
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