The Rangers swept Seattle at home then had the Astros coming into town for four—always a good sign. Texas won the first game 4-3, for its fourth win in a row and thirty-fifth win of the season. ***** SEVEN OUT OF SEVEN. Originally published June 7, 2017 The Rangers offense […]
Texas swept Seattle at home, winning the final game of the series 3-2 behind a strong seven-inning start by Derek Holland. ***** ELVIS STEALS HOME AGAIN. Originally published June 6, 2016. Last season, in a game against the Padres on the First of September, the Rangers were tied 4-4 in […]
The Rangers beat the Mariners 10-4 to win their sixth game out of their last seven. ***** BY THE NUMBERS. Originally published June 5, 2016 The last two games the Rangers are firing on all cylinders. It’s just textbook Rangers baseball. Get out to an early lead. Stay aggressive. Keep scoring. […]
The Rangers dropped the last game of the series to the Indians in Cleveland then returned home to face the Mariners for three. Texas won the first game, 7-3, for their thirty-second win of the season, with Yu Darvish earning victory number two in his second start since returning from […]
Colby Lewis was dominating once again as the Rangers beat the Indians for the second game in a row to close out May. ***** ANOTHER COLBY GEM. Originally published June 1, 2016. Last season, after beating the Houston Astros (of course) 6-5 at home, the Rangers moved to ten games […]
Texas beat Cleveland 9-2 to go a half game up in the West. They would never trail in the division again the rest of the season. ***** THE GOOD DEREK. Originally published May 31, 2016. Exactly one month ago, Derek Holland got a win. Five starts later, he gets […]
As May was winding down, the Rangers were getting hot, beating Pittsburgh two out of three and winning seven of nine. ***** WEEK EIGHT. Originally published May 30, 2016. Two months down, four to go. It’s a long season, but the main narrative the first eight weeks has been the continued […]
Win number twenty-eight was significant in that it was Yu Darvish’s first game back from Tommy John surgery, and he got a win against the Pirates. ***** DARVISH AND OTHER THINGS. Originally published May 29, 2016. The Rangers beat the Pirates 5-2 at the Ballpark last night. There was a […]
Texas beat up on Los Angeles in the finale of their three-game set, 15-9. Most of the Rangers runs came late. Texas was leading 7-6 going into the bottom of the sixth, then scored four in the sixth, two in the seventh and two more in the eighth. The Rangers […]
The Rangers dropped the first game of their series in Arlington against the Angels 2-0, despite a very strong start from Derek Holland. They rebounded in the second game behind Martin Perez’s six shutout innings and three-hits each from Ian Desmond and Nomar Mazara, for their twenty-sixth win of […]