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 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 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 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 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.

Josh Hamilton led the Texas Rangers over the Kansas City Royals in a 6-1 victory.  Hamilton finished going 1-3 with two RBI’s.  Kevin Mench, David Murphy, and Taylor Teagarden all helped out with an RBI apiece as well.  Teagarden went deep in the 7th inning for his RBI.

A.J. Murray and Luis Mendoza both pitched two scoreless innings. Murray, starting in place of Brandon McCarthy, walked two and struck out two. Mendoza retired five straight hitters before Alex Gordon singled off him.

The Rangers travel to Tempe, Ariz. on Thursday at 4:05 p.m. CT to play the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, with left-hander Kason Gabbard on the mound.

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