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 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.

The Texas Rangers finally gave starting pitcher Kevin Millwood enough run support for him to earn a victory.  Millwood beat the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday by the score of 3-1.  It was Millwoods first win of the season, even though he could easily be 2-0 on the season if he would have had some run support.

After Millwood pitched seven strong innings, Joaquin Benoit and C.J. Wilson both pitched a scoreless inning.  Wilson picked up the save which was his second of the season.

At the plate, Josh Hamilton led the Rangers with two RBI’s.  Michael Young also had two hits and an RBI.

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The Texas Rangers picked up a nice road victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.  The 11-6 pounding gave the Rangers a 2-2 record on the season so far.

Kason Gabbard threw seven shutout innings for the Rangers, and had the Angeles batters thinking what in the hell pitch he was going to throw next.  Gabbard gave up seven hits, struck out four and walked two to earn the victory.

The big hit for the Rangers was a grandslam by Ben Broussard in the fourth inning.  That was kind of a dagger in the heart of the Angeles the way Gabbard was throwing the ball.

Josh Hamilton chipped in with three RBI while Ian Kinsler contributed with two RBI.  Michael Young also had one RBI for the Rangers.  It was a great showing by the Rangers as a lot of different players contributed in the butt kicking of the Angels.

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