Thoughts on a 13-1 Rangers win – Lone Star Ball
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Rangers 13, Angels 1
This team is confusing me.
Nathan Eovaldi allowed a run two batters into the bottom of the first, on an E5 and a single, and you think, that’s not a good start, that’s not how we wanted things to begin.
Of course Nathan Eovaldi was fine from that point on, because he’s Nathan Eovaldi, allowing just the one (unearned) run and needing just 72 pitches to get through six innings.
Eovaldi threw 55 strikes and 17 balls in the game. Just 17! He got to three ball counts just twice, once against Logan O’Hoppe and once against Mike Trout, with both ended in strikeouts.
And at just 72 pitches he could have gone deeper if need be, but by the bottom of the 7th the Rangers were up 11-0 and the Angels had put a position player into the game to pitch, so asking more of Eovaldi wasn’t really necessary.
I had hopes that Dane Dunning would get a three inning save, but he only went two innings, with Ezequiel Duran pitching the final inning. Yes, the Rangers used a position player to pitch as well.
Duran has now pitched three innings this season, and has not allowed a run.
But the offense scoring 13 runs…why must they torment and mock me like this? Why do they have these big games that make me think the bats might come around? Dammit, if you’re going to score all these runs like this, then be good going forward!
The Rangers scored five in the fourth and four in the fifth, which is kind of confusing, isn’t it?
And drew six walks in those two innings, part of a nine walk base on ballstraganza on the night.
And had seven extra base hits, even. What is this sorcery?
Dammit Rangers, why can’t you do this more often? Or maybe spread some of these runs out a little more?
The run differential is padded some more and the Rangers’ expected won-loss record based on RD is 50-42, which can be one more source of frustration for us.
Nathan Eovaldi reached 94.3 mph with his fastball, averaging 93.1 mph. Dane Dunning’s sinker topped out at 90.9 mph.
Jake Burger had a 109.9 mph single and a 105.6 mph home run. Wyatt Langford had a 108.5 mph home run. Corey Seager had a 107.2 mph home run. Adolis Garcia had a 104.9 mph line out. Kyle Higashioka had a 103.4 mph single. Evan Carter had a 102.4 mph ground out. Josh Smith had a 100.4 mph double.
Five games left before the All Star Break.
