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Scooter If the cutter's cutting, he can win.
We saw it in 2009 when he caught fire mid-season and won 17 games. We saw it in 2010 -- when it didn't cut -- and he went 7-11, lost his rotation spot and wound up on the disabled list (not that it had anything to do with it ... but in October, who was missing him?)
Last night the cutter cut. It was kept down in the zone. It resulted in 18 outs, 13 in groundball form. No ball landed safely out of the infield and he went one over the minimum (two Tampa baserunners were caught stealing).
It was the Rangers' 16th shutout -- 4-0 -- one short of the franchise record set in 1977.
Feldman's been relatively good this year after coming back to the Majors in July. His ERA sits at 2.86 despite a five-run effort in Chicago. Although, with a limited number of innings, ERAs get inflated or deflated. His WHIP is 0.95. Although also inflated from last night, his groundball-flyout ratio is 2:1.
Otherwise, the offense sucked. The Rangers have seven hits, five walks and a trillion scoring opportunities with proven guys at the plate and they stunk it up.
This is sort of a trend even with Nelson Cruz healthy. Things, frankly, haven't been the same since Adrian Beltre left the line-up (he went 1-4 in Round Rock last night, FYI).
Notes:
1. Josh Hamilton added a double and a mammoth home run. Second straight game with a dinger. We love MVP Josh.
2. Dave Murphy gets on base three times and drives in a run. Another guy that might be peaking at the right time. Seven hits in four games.
3. Can we discontinue home run distances? It's clearly something we can't get right and also something people are very passionate about.
4. Mike Adams, Mark Lowe and Darren Oliver combined for six outs on 18 pitches.
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