Texas Rangers 2016

[FirefightnRick]

Cole Hamils gets his 8th win over Cincy. Tonight.

Texas now with a 10 game lead over the west.

Tied the Cubs for most wins at 47.

Houston overtakes Seattle for 2nd place.

But.....the bad news is Lewis may miss 2 months...only 6 days after flirting with a perfect game.  And Holland on the DL with a sore something?

We need Darvish to get back soon.

Rick

 

[EagleMBA]

Talk about needing a day off! We are pretty beat up, but they can rest tomorrow before Boston shows up. Starting pitching is going to be a problem and I hope we've got some good arms we can call up. For tonight I'm going to enjoy our ten-game lead over Houston. Here they come! Hopefully Seattle will continue to play themselves out of contention.

[Matt from A700]

Perez is finally coming around. Griffin will be back for the next series. Then of course Hamels. But other than that it's a pretty shaky list of starters. Good thing we have built a 10 game lead this early in the season because this might be where we fall off of Cloud Nine. And we've got a lot of road games coming up.

So now do we go after bullpen guys or another starting pitcher before the trade deadline? And who are we willing to part ways with?

[UNT90]

The Rangers are really going to need at least 7 strong from Hamels and Perez the next couple of starts. The bullpen is about to get some serious work from the other 3 starting spots.

[FirefightnRick]

What's worse than the Rangers shitting themselves and blowing a 6 run lead with a 4 run blown save in the 9th?

...watching it all unfold from the commissioner's box.

 

Rick

[EagleMBA]

What a waste of a quality start by Perez! I couldn't post about it after the game...I had to vomit. We got Bush-whacked. Now our lead is back down to 9 games and here comes Houston. We must win tonight, I hope Griffin is ready to rock.

[FirefightnRick]

And that's all Texas needed to bounce back and whip the Red Sox...and that's for the McKinney's NOT to be there.

Beat a very good pitcher in Wright with a sub 1 ERA.

Two game totals vs Boston

27 hits, 17 runs..94,370 in attendance.

[UNT90]

Texas has put itself in a very good position. Don't look now, but Houston is 22-12 in its last 34 games, including a current 8 game win streak. 

Things get tough for Texas from after today's game until mid August, when Texas plays 27 of 38 on the road. If Texas finish that stretch with at least a 5 game lead, they will be sitting pretty, as the remaining schedule has 30 home games vs. 18 road games.

Really need Darvish and Colby to come back quickly from... whatever is going on with them physically (has it even been called an injury yet?). 

Edited August 4, 2016 by UNT90

[FirefightnRick]

 

4 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

Darvish was soreness and tightness, and Lewis is a strained Lat muscle.

Darvish is supposed to begin a pitching session today and is scheduled to pitch a simulated game in the next coming days.

 

Rick

 

Darvish and Keone Kela both threw bull pen sessions today, and it was Kela's second bull pen session after having bone chips removed from his elbow.

 

Rick

Edited June 26, 2016 by FirefightnRick

[EagleMBA]

Another great win today! Now on to the Yankees...and start Chi Chi Gonzalez? WTF? This is where the starting pitching starts to hurt us. Hang on Rangers, the All-Star break is coming in about three weeks.

[FirefightnRick]

Best start through 76 games.  

Houston and Seattle both lost.  Back to a 10 game lead.

But yeah...that All Star break looms over the hill.

 

Rick

[FirefightnRick]

And after a 3 hour and 35 minute rain delay....Texas loads the bases for BELTRE and Andrus and both combined for 3 runs in the 9th,..Dyson with the save.

Its 1:45 a.m. Texas time.

 

Rick

[EagleMBA]

This old man went to bed agonizing over a sure loss and dropping a game to the ASStros. I woke up to a bright day and everything is just fine! Good chance we can win tonight and keep the pressure on.

[Matt from A700]

I stayed up determined to watch the finish of that game. Probably the most incredible win for the Rangers all year, besides that 13-11 comeback vs. the White Sox. Even better that it was against those damned Yankees!

[EagleMBA]

Hamels is the MAN! Another win and we kept our double-digit lead. Could be tough for us tonight with Martinez on the mound. It is definitely time for the ASStros and Marinaras to lose a game so we can afford to do the same. Go Rangers!

[MeanGreenTexan]

2 minutes ago, EagleMBA said:

Hamels is the MAN! Another win and we kept our double-digit lead. Could be tough for us tonight with Martinez on the mound. It is definitely time for the ASStros and Marinaras to lose a game so we can afford to do the same. Go Rangers!

The Rangers can afford to lose 9 games and remain atop the ALWest.

[EagleMBA]

3 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

The Rangers can afford to lose 9 games and remain atop the ALWest.

True...absolutely true. But I like the feel of that 10-game cushion and would like to maintain it. Who needs the drama of a pennant race when it is your home team on top?

[FirefightnRick]

Yeah...by the time I got home Monday from the meeting at Apogee the game had resumed.

An amazing win for sure.

Yesterday Chi Chi gave up a lot of hits but our bats heated up also.

Rick

 

[FirefightnRick]

Bush and Dyson shits the bed giving up 6 runs in the 9th to help the Yankees come from being down 7-3.

 

In the very least...I wasn't there in person to watch this disaster.

 

Rick

 

 

[mattmartin817]

10 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

Bush and Dyson shits the bed giving up 6 runs in the 9th to help the Yankees come from being down 7-3.

 

In the very least...I wasn't there in person to watch this disaster.

 

Rick

 

 

Complete meltdown in the 9th. That one was hard to watch, but at the same time probably a little fortunate to have even had a 7-3 lead at that point.. Nick Martinez had 5 walks, of his 84 pitches only 38 of those were thrown for strikes. He was upside down on his strikes and balls and we still managed to have a 7-3 lead going into the 9th (Martinez responsible for only 2 runs and Ramos for one). JD will definitely be looking to add to the bullpen this summer, which is our absolute biggest need.

[EagleMBA]

31 minutes ago, mattmartin817 said:

Complete meltdown in the 9th. That one was hard to watch, but at the same time probably a little fortunate to have even had a 7-3 lead at that point.. Nick Martinez had 5 walks, of his 84 pitches only 38 of those were thrown for strikes. He was upside down on his strikes and balls and we still managed to have a 7-3 lead going into the 9th (Martinez responsible for only 2 runs and Ramos for one). JD will definitely be looking to add to the bullpen this summer, which is our absolute biggest need.

This about sums it up:

Hope we can somehow bounce back from that disaster and win today, thus taking the series. With Griffin on the mound we have a chance.

[EagleMBA]

STOP!!! PLEASE STOP!!!

I nominate Barnette for the next bus to Round Rock...tell the driver to bring back someone to take his place.

[FirefightnRick]

9 league leading walk off losses now.

Is it too soon to say we have a closer problem yet?

Up next...Minnesota.

Rick

[FirefightnRick]

Best the twins in 10.

Best record at the halfway point in franchise history.

 

Rick

[EagleMBA]

Our lead is down to 8 1/2, we need a good start today from Chi Chi (aka "Mr. 9.0 ERA"). Isn't Houston ever going to lose?