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He'd proceed to mow down 18 straight Orioles -- striking out 11 -- before allowing this in the seventh:
Adam Jones homer, Matt Wieters walk, Wilson Betemit homer.
Lewis' line, in the 6-5 loss: 7 IP - 5 hits - 5 homers - 6 runs - 2 BBs - 12 Ks.
Yes, Lewis allowed just five hits. All five were home runs. No Rangers pitcher has ever looked so amazingly dominant -- and he was very dominant -- and, yet, look like a Triple A pitcher in one game like Colby Lewis. It's so dumbfounding that it's hard to get mad.
It was a game of plays. If Lewis allows just two home runs to start the game, it's at least tied in the ninth inning. If he doesn't walk Wieters, it's a tied game in the ninth.
Of course, he did pitch five straight pristine innings between the disastrous first and seventh innings. The Rangers hitters were impotent outside of Yorvit Torrealba, who has to be the streakiest hitter ever. When he hits, he hits in bunches. He went 3-4 with two doubles, a run and an RBI.
In the third, the Rangers had the table set and still managed to ruin dinner. Torrealba walked, Craig Gentry walked and Ian Kinsler singled loading the bases with one out for Elvis Andrus and Josh Hamilton. Down 3-0, you hope for the big inning, but you bank on the one run.
Andrus taps out to the pitcher who gets Torrealba on the force at home. Hamilton flied out. No runs. Bases left loaded.
The weird ways did not stop for the second game, although it resulted in a 7-3 win and the series win, their second win of a four-game set this season (Seattle in April, obviously).
Hamilton hit another two-run homer scoring Elvis Andrus to stake Derek Holland to a 2-0 lead. Then the Rangers lost their minds.
An error by Kinsler put runners on the corner. Andrus' error scored one. Another error on Josh Hamilton scored another. Three unearned runs all thanks to the Rangers' best defensive players and it was 3-2.
Then Holland got real serious and allowed just three more baserunners through six innings and the Rangers picked it up off an RBI triple from Mike Napoli (a sight to behold ... like the aurora borealis) and two RBI singles from Andrus and there's your game, set, match.
To top things off, Robbie Ross wound up wearing a grey jersey in the second game after the Rangers switched to the blue. After getting up to get warm, everyone realized it. Who doesn't love Robbie Ross?
Notes:
1. Elvis Andrus in Baltimore: 8-18 - 8 runs - 3 RBI - 3 walks. Riding a 28-game on-base streak. His OBP is .401.
2. Colby Lewis, despite the home runs: 46 IP - 6 BBs - 43 Ks.
3. Nelson Cruz, waking: 8-17 - 5 runs - 3 doubles in series.
4. Alexi Ogando: 16.2 IP - 17 Ks - 6 hits - 0 BBs.
5. Ian Kinsler, in series: 5-21 - 0 BBs - 2 runs. On the road: .233/.316/.326.
6. Oh yeah, Josh: 8-17 - 6 runs - 7 extra-base hits - 10 RBI - 3 BBs.
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