2008 Season

Season Notes

• 2008 Season Page at Baseball Reference
• 2008 Season Page at Wikipedia
• Final Record: 79-83 (.488), 2nd/4 AL West, 21GB
• Interleague Home: Astros, Phillies, Braves
• Interleague Away: Astros, Nationals, Mets
• First season with Nolan Ryan as team President
• All Star Representatives (4): Milton Bradley, Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler, Michael Young
• Josh Hamilton ran away with Home Run Derby, even though he didn’t win.
• The Interactive schedule is not available for this season – the first year MLB.com did that was 2009.

• G1: Rangers beat Mariners, 27-2 (2/20/2008)
• ST1: Rangers beat Royals in Cactus Opener, 6-1 (2/27/2008)
• ST2: Rangers tie Angels, 3-3 (2/28/2008)
• ST3: Rangers drop close one to Angels, 3-2 (2/29/2008)
• ST4: Rangers blow out Royals, 15-7 (3/1/2008)
• ST5: Rangers come from behind to beat Royals, 8-7 (3/2/2008)
• ST6: Rangers win in 10 against Giants, 8-6 (3/3/2008)
• ST7: Rangers lose to DBacks 9-3 (3/4/2008)
• ST8: Rangers lose to Brewers, 12-6 (3/8/2008)
• ST9: Rangers pitching beats the White Sox, 6-1 (3/8/2008)
• ST10: Rangers lose to Brewers for 2nd time in three days, 9-8 (3/8/2008)
• ST11: Rangers lose to Padres on Saturday, 9-5 (3/9/2008)
• ST12: Rangers lose again – to Angels, 6-4 (3/9/2008)
• ST13: Rangers beat Pads Monday night, 5-2 (3/11/2008)
• ST14: Rangers beat White Sox in 10, 7-5 (3/12/2008)
• ST15: Laird powers Rangers to 5-4 win over Cubs (3/12/2008)
• ST16: Rangers get second tie of the spring; 6-6 against Rockies (3/16/2008)
• ST17: Rangers beat Royals Friday, 10-8 (3/16/2008)
• ST18: Rangers get 10th win with 10 runs over Rockies (3/16/2008)
• ST19: Rangers lose to A’s, 9-7 (3/16/2008)
• ST20: Rangers lose to Mariners, 5-2 (3/18/2008)
• ST21: Rangers win behind Mendoza, 11-6 (3/19/2008)
• ST22: Rangers beat Diamondbacks, 8-7 (3/21/2008)
• ST23: Rangers weak offensively; lose 4-1 to Halos (3/21/2008)
• ST24: Rangers slug out Mariners, 8-5 (3/24/2008)
• ST25: Rangers win again; beat Giants 5-2 (3/24/2008)
• ST26: Rangers lose to Cubs in bottom of ninth, 7-6 (3/24/2008)
• ST27: Rangers beat Mariners late, 5-1 (3/26/2008)
• ST28: Rangers club Padres, 12-7 (3/28/2008)
• ST29: Rangers win final Arizona game; 8-5 over Royals (3/28/2008)
• ST30: Rangers lose to Chisox in OKC, 5-4 (3/29/2008)
• ST31: Rangers lose to their own AA team Saturday, 7-2 (3/30/2008)
• G1: Rangers waste good outing by Millwood; lose 5-2 (4/1/2008)
• G2: Rangers waste Padilla outing; win anyway, 5-4 (4/2/2008)
• G3: Rangers lose longball contest to M’s, 4-1 (4/3/2008)
• G4: Rangers blow out Angels, 11-6 (4/8/2008)
• G5: Millwood gets shaft again; Rangers lose 2-1 (4/8/2008)
• G6: Gerald Laird leads Rangers to 10-4 win (4/8/2008)
• G7: Rangers blown out in home opener; lose 8-1 (4/9/2008)
• Wednesday night’s game rained out (4/9/2008)
• G8: Millwood finally wins in first game of DH, 3-1 (4/11/2008)
• G9: Rangers sweep DH with 5-4 win in Game 2 (4/11/2008)
• G10: Hamilton’s bat not enough, Rangers back to .500 with loss (4/12/2008)
• G11: Defense & Halladay add up to not much of a chance (4/13/2008)
• G12: Rangers swept by Blue Jays after 10 inning 5-4 loss (4/14/2008)
• G13: Rangers drop fourth in a row with 7-4 loss to Angels (4/15/2008)
• G14: Rangers lose again, 7-4 – drop to 5-9 overall (4/15/2008)
• G15: Rangers win in 14 against Toronto, 4-2 (4/18/2008)
• G16: Rangers beat Roy Halladay 4-1, commit no errors (gasp) (4/18/2008)
• G17: Rangers slammed into submission; lose 11-3 (4/19/2008)
• G18: Rangers lose late Saturday, 5-3 on Manny HR (4/20/2008)
• G19: Rangers blow it again on another late loss, 6-5 (4/20/2008)
• G20: Rangers swept in Boston (4/22/2008)
• G21: Rangers now 7-14 after 10-2 drubbing in Detroit (4/23/2008)
• G22: Rangers serve up a heaping big pile of suck, lose 19-6 (4/24/2008)
• G23: Rangers swept in Detroit on 8-2 loss (4/25/2008)
• G24: Rangers finally win in walkoff fashion Friday, 6-5 (4/26/2008)
• G25: Rangers one game winning streak is over; lose 12-6 (4/27/2008)
• G26: Vicente Padilla very strong, Rangers win 10-0 (4/29/2008)
• G27: Jennings stinks; Rangers lose 9-5 (4/30/2008)
• G28: Rangers win despite themselves 11-9; Hamilton gets slam (5/1/2008)
• G29: Ponson (!) outduels Greinke to win 2-1 pitcher’s duel (5/1/2008)
• G30: Rangers take opener against A’s, 4-3 (5/5/2008)
• G31: Rangers win 4th in a row; 6-3 over Athletics (5/5/2008)
• G32: Rangers lose to A’s 3-1 (5/5/2008)
• G33: Rangers lose big early to Mariners, 7-3 (5/6/2008)
• G34: Rangers blow out M’s early, win big 10-1 (5/7/2008)
• G35: Padilla strong again, Rangers beat Mariners, 2-0 (5/8/2008)
• G36: Rangers win 5-0, Mariners suck, Sexson declared “a girl” (5/8/2008)
• G37: Rangers win 4-0. 4/31 in a row. Sexson’s still gutless. (5/10/2008)
• G38: Rangers win 5th in a row, Millwood hurt (5/12/2008)
• G39: Rangers lose win streak with big 12-6 defeat (5/12/2008)
• G40: Rangers win slugfest in 10th, 13-12 (5/14/2008)
• G41: Rangers D leads team to 5-2 win over Mariners (5/14/2008)
• G42: Rangers drop series finale in 12, 4-3 (5/14/2008)
• G43: Rangers bomb Astros with 6 HR, win 16-8 (5/17/2008)
• G44: Rangers beat Oswalt & Houston, 6-2, get back to .500 (5/18/2008)
• G45: Rangers drop finale to Astros, 5-4 (5/20/2008)
• G46: Rangers drop gaming in annoying fashion; 7-6 in 12 (5/20/2008)
• G47: 7 run inning by Twins dooms Rangers; we lose big, 11-4 (5/23/2008)
• G48: Rangers turn tables; bomb Twins, 10-1 (5/23/2008)
• G49: Rangers take it in 10; beat Twins 8-7 (5/23/2008)
• G50: Rangers survive a “no pitching” game, win 13-9 (5/24/2008)
• G51: Rangers lose game to Cleveland, 5-2 (5/26/2008)
• G52: Rangers win on Ben Francisco Treat, 2-1 (5/26/2008)
• G53: Rangers beat by Kazmir & Rays, 7-3 (5/26/2008)
• G54: Rangers slam Rays behind Hamilton, 12-6 (5/27/2008)
• G55: Rangers dop finale to Tampa Bay 5-3 (5/28/2008)
• G56: Rangers back to .500 again with 3-1 win over A’s (5/31/2008)
• G57: Rangers get over .500 again with 8-4 win (5/31/2008)
• G58: Rangers pen lays a big steaming pile of… (We lose 13-8) (6/2/2008)
• G59: Rangers lose to Indians, 13-9 (6/2/2008)
• G60: Rangers outslug Cleveland, 12-7 (6/3/2008)
• G61: Rangers pitching sucked. Rangers lost 15-9 (6/5/2008)
• G62: Rangers get split in Indians series with 9-4 win (6/8/2008)
• G63: Rangers shut down by Kazmir again, lose 12-4 (6/8/2008)
• G64: Rangers drop close one to Rays, 5-4 (6/8/2008)
• G65: Rangers get win in series finale, 6-3 (6/8/2008)
• G66: Back to .500 AGAIN with 5-4 comeback in Kansas City (6/11/2008)
• G67: Rangers win 11-5 behind big seven spot in seventh (6/12/2008)
• G68: Rangers can’t sweep anyone again, lose 6-5 (6/12/2008)
• G69: Rangers shut down by Oliver Perez, lose 7-1 (6/14/2008)
• Rangers and Mets rained out (6/14/2008)
• G70: Rangers hang on with 8-7 win in Game 1 of DH (6/17/2008)
• G71: Rangers split DH, lose series with 4-2 loss (6/17/2008)
• G72: Rangers take opener against Braves at home, 7-5 (6/18/2008)
• G73: Bullpen blows it late, Rangers lose to Atlanta 5-2 (6/19/2008)
• G74: Rangers walk off with 5-4 win, but didn’t have to (6/19/2008)
• G75: Rangers lose in 14 innings to Nats, 4-3 (6/20/2008)
• G76: Rangers come back and stomp on Nats, 13-3 (6/24/2008)
• G77: Rangers are one game over .500 with 5-3 win (6/24/2008)
• G78: Rangers drop Game 1 in “H Town”, 4-3 (6/25/2008)
• G79: Rangers win nailbiter over Astros, 3-2 (6/26/2008)
• G80: Rangers fall behind early, lose game 7-2 (6/27/2008)
• G81: Rangers win battle of bad starters against Phillies 8-7 (6/27/2008)
• G82: Rangers lose tight one to Phillies, 8-6 (7/1/2008)
• G83: Rangers beat Moyer & Phillies, 5-1 (7/1/2008)
• G84: Rangers outpitch Yankees, win game 2-1 (7/1/2008)
• G85: Rangers beat Mariano Rivera & Yanks, 3-2 (7/1/2008)
• G86: Rangers beat Ponson, but not Yanks – lose big 18-7 (7/2/2008)
• G87: Padilla looks bad, Rangers lose to Orioles, 10-4 (7/5/2008)
• G88: Rangers take middle game in Baltimore series, 5-3 (7/7/2008)
• G89: Rangers survive 11-10 to take series against Orioles (7/7/2008)
• G90: Rangers lose exciting game to Angels, 9-6 (7/8/2008)
• G91: Matt Harrison shines in Rangers’ 3-2 win (7/9/2008)
• G93: Rangers lose game in 11 innings to Angels, 11-10 (7/10/2008)
• G94: Luis Mendoza much better; Rangers beat ChiSox, 7-2 (7/12/2008)
• G95: Rangers lose to White Sox, 9-7 (7/13/2008)
• G96: Rangers barely hang on for 12-11 win (7/13/2008)
• Michael Young ends it in 15th, AL wins All Star Game 4-3 (7/16/2008)
• G97: Rangers underwhelm in second half opener; lose 6-0 (7/19/2008)
• G98: Rangers stink it up, lose big, 14-2 to Twins (7/19/2008)
• G99: It’s the Taylor Tegarden show as Rangers win 1-0 (7/21/2008)
• G100: Couple of HR’s lead Texas to 6-1 win on Monday (7/23/2008)
• G101: Rangers lose big to White Sox, 10-2 (7/23/2008)
• G102: Rangers don’t have enough stick, lose 10-8 (7/23/2008)
• G103: Rangers pour it on LATE, win game 14-5 (7/26/2008)
• G104: Texas homers its way to a 9-4 win in Oakland (7/28/2008)
• G105: Texas still can’t sweep; we lose finale to A’s, 6-5 (7/28/2008)
• G106: Beltre powers Mariners to 7-5 win over Texas (7/30/2008)
• G107: Rangers survive themselves, beat M’s in slugfest, 11-10 (7/30/2008)
• G108: Rangers win game with Young pinch hit, 4-3 (8/1/2008)
• G109: Harrison bad early, Rangers can’t recover; lose 8-5 (8/1/2008)
• G110: Rangers walk off with another one, 9-8 (8/3/2008)
• G111: Rangers can’t get to five over; lose to Jays, 6-4 (8/3/2008)
• G112: Rangers powered by Laird, win game 8-4 (8/4/2008)
• G113: Rangers overcome umpires, win game 9-5 (8/5/2008)
• G114: Rangers win again after hanging on for 8-6 victory (8/5/2008)
• G115: Rangers lose to Yankees, 5-3 (8/6/2008)
• G116: Rangers lose to Yankees, 3-0 (8/7/2008)
• G117: Rangers still apparently in TX during 9-1 loss in Baltimore (8/9/2008)
• G118: Rangers still not in Baltimore apparently; lose 9-0 (8/9/2008)
• G119: Rangers unload on Orioles, win finale 15-7 (8/14/2008)
• G120: Rangers suffer epic loss to Red Sox, 19-17 (8/14/2008)
• G121: Rangers lose to Boston again, 8-4 (8/14/2008)
• G122: Rangers stink it up something awful, lose to Red Sox 10-0 (8/14/2008)
• G123: Rangers look sad in 7-0 loss, drop below .500 again (8/16/2008)
• G124: Rangers break losing streak behind 3-0 Harrison gem (8/17/2008)
• G125: Rangers drop finale to Rays, 7-4 (8/18/2008)
• G126: Rangers lose opening game to Detroit, 8-7 (8/21/2008)
• G127: Texas drops to 3 games under .500 with 11-3 loss (8/21/2008)
• G128: Rangers power and pitching lead to 9-1 win over Tigers (8/21/2008)
• G129: Texas opens Indians series with 7-5 loss (8/23/2008)
• G130: Rangers drop second one to Indians, 8-7 (8/24/2008)
• G131: Rangers swept by Indians with 4-3 loss on Sunday (8/24/2008)
• G132: Rangers and Nelson Cruz beat KC, 9-4 (8/30/2008)
• G133: Millwood beats Greinke 2-1 in KC pitchers’ duel (8/30/2008)
• G134: Rangers sweep Royals (!) with 3-2 win (8/30/2008)
• G135: Bullpen blows it in 7-5 loss to Angels (8/30/2008)
• G136: Rangers lose low scoring affair to Angels, 3-1 (8/30/2008)
• G137: Angels squeak by Rangers, win 4-3 (9/5/2008)
• G138: Rangers turn tables, squeak by Angels, 4-3 (9/5/2008)
• G139: Beltre cycle leads M’s to bombing of Texas, 12-6 (9/5/2008)
• G140: McCarthy bounces back for the win, 6-4 (9/5/2008)
• G141: Dustin Nippert stellar in 1-0 win over Seattle (9/5/2008)
• G142: Millwood stumbles, Rangers lose big, 8-1 (9/5/2008)
• G143: Rangers destory Wakefield, bomb Sox 15-8 (9/9/2008)
• G144: Rangers drop finale against Red Sox, 7-2 (9/9/2008)
• G145: Rangers get to Hernandez & Mariners, 7-3 (9/13/2008)
• G146: Rangers drop game to Mariners, 8-7 (9/13/2008)
• G147: Dustin Nippert and Rangers get win over A’s, 6-1 (9/13/2008)
• G148: Matt Harrison dominates A’s, Rangers win 7-0 (9/13/2008)
• G149: Rangers lose big to A’s 7-1 (9/15/2008)
• G150: Rangers lose to A’s again, 7-4 (9/15/2008)
• G151: Rangers outslug Tigers, win 11-8 (9/16/2008)
• G152: Rangers walk off with 5-4 win (9/18/2008)
• G153: That was just awful. Rangers lose 17-4 (9/18/2008)
• G154: Rangers lose 15-13. Fans sigh. (9/21/2008)
• G155: Rangers drop another to Anaheim, 7-3 (9/27/2008)
• G156: Rangers lose to Angels again by same score, 7-3 (9/28/2008)
• G157: Rangers lose in 11 to A’s, 4-3 (9/28/2008)
• G158: Rangers retake 2nd place with 6-4 win over A’s (9/28/2008)
• G159: Rangers blow out A’s 14-4 (9/28/2008)
• G160: Rangers bomb Lackey & Angels, win 12-1 (9/28/2008)
• G161: Rangers beat Angels again, 8-4 (9/28/2008)
• G162: Season ends with 7-0 loss to Angels (9/28/2008)