The Texas Rangers and Jason Jennings continue to play bad baseball.  However, we might not be seeing Jennings on the mound for quite a while as he left last nights game against the Kansas City Royals in the third inning with an irritated ulnar nerve in his right arm.

Jennings had already given up eight hits and five runs in the first two innings of the game.  Jennings dropped his record to 0-5 on the season.  I really doubt we will see Jennings in the starting rotation once he does come back from this nasty injury.

Scott Feldman and Joaquin Benoit both gave up two more runs each as they pitched in relief for the Rangers.  Jamey Wright and Frank Francisco both pitched an inning each as well and did not allow a run to cross the plate.

At the plate for the Rangers it was five guys all recording one RBI each.  Michael Young, Josh Hamilton, David Murphy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and Ramon Vazquez all had one RBI each.

Ian Kinsler was ejected from the game in the first inning when he argued a called third strike.

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The Texas Rangers got hammered by the Detroit Tigers 8-2 on Thursday.  You can look at a couple stats to see why the Rangers only scored two runs.  They left 19 runners on base and struckout 10 times.  Can’t win the game doing that sort of stuff.

Jason Jennings took the loss which was his fourth of the season.  Jennings threw five innings and gave up five hits and five earned runs.  Jennings gave up three home runs in the game.

Kazuo Fukumori came in to pitch 2.1 innings and didn’t fare much better then Jennings did.  Fukumori gave up five hits, three runs, and two home runs.

At the plate for Rangers, Michael Young connected for a solo home run in the first inning.  David Murphy recorded a RBI with a bases loaded walk in the fifth inning as well.  The Rangers just didn’t take advantage of runners on base when they needed to.  Bad performance by pretty much everyone.

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The Texas Rangers were crushed by the Detroit Tigers by the score of 10-2 on Tuesday night.  It was actually a pretty even game except the Tigers hit three home runs and the Rangers only had one run.

Vincent Padilla took the loss for the Rangers has he only lasted three innings after giving up eight hits and seven earned runs. Padilla put the Rangers in a big hole, and you never want to see your starting pithcher do that.  Josh Rupe pitched the next four innings for the Rangers and gave up three runs on three hits.  Wes Littleton pitched the final inning without giving up a earned run.

Frank Catalanotto had a solo home run for the Rangers in the second inning.  The other Rangers RBI came off a Josh Hamilton sacrafice fly in the seventh inning.

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The Texas Rangers lost to the Boston Red Sox on Monday afternoon with a score of 8-3.  Going up against the pitching of Clay Buchholz and the rest of the Boston bullpen, the Rangers struck out 10 times and were only able to get three runs.

Michael Young and Josh Hamilton each had a pair of doubles with Gerald Laird and David Murphy each picking up a double.  Laird was able to pick up his 10th RBI of the year and Hamilton picked up his 19th RBI.  

Kason Gabbard was the opening pitcher for the Rangers throwing for only two innings before coming out giving up no hits and three walks.  Gabbard hurt his back when he was pitching to Kevin Youkilis in the second inning.

Dustin Nippert was brought in for 2.1 innings and picked up the loss putting him at 1-2 for the year after allowing nine hits and eight runs.  Franklyn German and Joaquin Benoit were brought in to finish the game..  All together the Rangers bullpen gave up 12 hits, eight runs, and eight walks.

Tonight the Texas Rangers will take on the Tiger in Detroit for the first of a three game series.

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The Texas Rangers were unable to drive the final nail into the Boston Red Sox on Sunday as Boston came from behind for the third time against Texas in this series 6-5 putting the Rangers at 7-12 on the season.  Going into the 7th inning up 5-0 against any other team would seem like a sure thing, but against Boston, the game is never over until the last out is recorded. 

Kevin Millwood started the game for the Rangers and tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs.  Millwood struggled as he gave up 10 hits.  Wes Littleton then came in to pitch one and two-thirds innings and he gave up two more earned runs.

C.J. Wilson took the loss for the Rangers after giving up two earned runs without even recording an out.  Jamey Wright was finally able to get the last out in the eigth inning for the Rangers after Wilson gave up the go ahead run.

The Rangers had a lot of good hitting early in the game with Ian Kinsler, Gerald Laird, and Milton Bradley all getting RBIs and Kinsler and Bradley each picking up their first home run of the season. 

With only one game against the Boston Red Sox in the series and with the Texas Rangers already behind in the series do you think they can avoid the sweep?

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The Texas Rangers beat Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays Thursday evening by the score of 4-1.  Anytime you can beat Halladay, you are doing something good, so it was a very big win for the Rangers.  Hopefully they will get some momentum after this win and start playing better ball against other teams.

Gerald Lair led the Rangers at the plate with two RBI.  Frank Catalanotto and David Murphy both had one RBI as well.  The Rangers had eight hits total against Halladay which was suprising, so to score four runs off those eight hits was a very good job.

Starting pitcher Vincent Padilla threw seven innings for the Rangers and only allowed one earned runs and seven hits.  Jamey Wright pitched a scoreless eight inning and C.J. Wilson pitche the ninth inning to pick up his fifth save of the season.

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The Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays played fourteen innings of baseball on Wednesday night and it was the Rangers whoe came out on top with a 7-5 victory.  The Rangers scored on a wild pitch and a single in the 14th inning to score the go ahead runs.

Jason Botts had three RBI to lead the Rangers.  Botts hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and then a two run double in the sixth inning.  Josh Hamilton had two RBI and Frank Catalanotto chipped in with one RBI.

Dustin Nippert picked up the win for the Rangers and C.J. Wilson picked up his fourth save of the season.  Rangers starting pitcher Kason Gabbard pitched six innings and only allowed two earned runs and seven hits.

The only reason the game went into extra innings was because the Blue Jays score three runs in the bottom of the eigth inning off of Joaquin Benoit.

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The Texas Rangers had a 4-0 lead after three innings, but then gave up seven un-answered runs to lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers by the score of 7-4.  With the loss, the Rangers record dropped to 5-9.

Josh Rupe who came in after Kevin Millwood left the game in the 6th inning picked up the loss.  Rupe pitched two innings and gave up three earned runs.  Millwood gave up four earned runs in his five innings of action.  Both pitcher stunk it up.

Ian Kinsler, Michael Young, Milton Bradley, and David Murphy all had one RBI each for the Rangers.

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The Texas Rangers had the Los Angeles Angels number as they had won seven of the last eight games against the Angels but on Monday night it was the Angels who came out on top by the score of 7-4.

All the Rangers could get going was three runs in the 1st inning off.  After that they were not able to score again until the 8th inning.  Hank Blalock had the big hit that was a two-run home run in the first inning.  Blalock finished the game with three RBI and Michael Young contributed with one RBI.

Jason Jennings picked up another loss for the Rangers.  Jennings record now stands at 0-3 on the season and he really needs to turn it around before he gets demoted out of the starting rotation.  Jennings only pitched 4.2 innings and allowe seven hits and six earned runs.  When your starting pitcher gives up six earned runs, usually you are going to lose the game, just like the Rangers did.

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The Texas Rangers completed a double header sweep by beating the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 5-4 in the second game.  We had blogged about the first game earlier so please read that post if you missed the first game.

In the second game, Jamey Wright picked up the win as he pitched in relief of Kason Gabbard who started the game but had to leave after only pitching 5.2 innings.  Wright did give up one earned run but was still able to pick up the win.  C.J. Wilson pitched the final inning to pick up his third save of the season.

At the plate for the Rangers, Michael Young got them going in the 1st inning with a solo home run.  Milton Bradley led the team with two RBI’s.  Ian Kinsler and David Murphy also had one RBI each.

The Rangers record now stands at 5-4 after the double header sweep of the Orioles.