Texas Rangers Baseball Blog » Wes Littleton http://www.rangershomeplate.com A blog about Texas Rangers Baseball Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:48:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Rangers clobber the A’s 14-4 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-clobber-the-as-14-4/ http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-clobber-the-as-14-4/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:24:49 +0000 RangersFan10 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/?p=68 The Texas Rangers clobbered the visiting Oakland Athletics by the score of 14-4 on Wednesday afternoon. With the ten-run victory, the Rangers took the final two games of the series against the A’s. Great way to finish off the 2008 season at home that is for sure!

The Rangers have been dissappointing for most of the season, but on Wednesday they gave their fans something to cheer about. The Rangers hit three home runs including a three-run shot by Hank Blalock, a two-run blast from Nelson Cruz, and then a solo home run from Travis Metcalf.

Blalock finished the game with a team high four rbi’s. He was followed by Michael Young, Josh Hamilton, Cruz and Metcalf who all had two rbi each in the game. German Duran and Michael Bradley finished up the scoring with one rbi each.

On the mound it was Matt Harrison getting the win and improving to 8-3 on the year. Harrison tossed six innings while giving up six hits and two runs. He struck out seven batters while giving up a solo home run. It was a quality start for Harrison and the Rangers scored plenty of runs for him to get the win. Josh Rupe threw two innings and was charged with two runs while Wes Littleton threw the ninth inning to finish up the game.

It was nice to see the Rangers win the final two games at home to give the fans a little something to cheer about. It wasn’t the season they wanted, but hopefully things will improve next time we see the Rangers take the field in Arlington.

Let’s now sit back and see how the team does in Anaheim as they take on the Angels in the final three games of the season this weekend.

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]]> http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-clobber-the-as-14-4/feed/ 0 Rangers come back in the eighth to beat the Tigers 11-8 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-come-back-in-the-eighth-to-beat-the-tigers-11-8/ http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-come-back-in-the-eighth-to-beat-the-tigers-11-8/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:51:38 +0000 RangersFan10 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/?p=65 The Texas Rangers were down one run heading into the bottom of the eighth inning but they scored four runs off of Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth to take a three run lead and eventually won the ball game 11-8. Great comeback for the Rangers who never gave up.

Taylor Teagarden got the comeback started with a rbi double and then he scored on a Michael Young single. Marlon Byrd then hit a two-run triple to deep right field to score the tying and go ahead runs.

Earlier in the game Teagarden hit a grandslam and Travis Metcalf hit a three run home run. Teagarden and Metcalf sure did have a great game as Teagarden finished with five rbi and Metcalf three.

On the mound the Rangers had to call to the bullpen early in the game due to an injury to starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy who only recorded two outs in the first inning. McCarthy was taken out of the game after he strained a flexor tendon on his right middle finger.

Four of the next five Rangers pitchers gave up runs as they had a pretty bad outing. Luis Mendoza and Jamey Wright both gave up one run each, Wes Littleton gave up two runs, while Josh Rupe was charged with four runs. Frank Francisco was the only pitcher to not allow a run as he picked up the victory.

The Rangers will try to make it two in a row over the Tigers on Tuesday night.

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]]> http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-come-back-in-the-eighth-to-beat-the-tigers-11-8/feed/ 0 Rangers come up one run short against the Angels http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-come-up-one-run-short-against-the-angels/ http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-come-up-one-run-short-against-the-angels/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:28:09 +0000 RangersFan10 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/?p=50 The Texas Rangers came up one run short on Thursday night as they lost to the Los Angeles Angels 11-10.  It was a high scoring game where both offenses combined for 32 hits and 21 runs.  The Rangers had 20 hits compared to the Angels 12.  It’s too bad the offense wasn’t ablt to score more runs with all those hits.

Jamey Wright took the loss after he gave up a rbi single in the 11th inning.  Scott Feldman the Rangers starter for the night was rocked early in the game as he was tagged for six hits and eight runs in only 3 2/3 innings.  After Feldman left the game Wes Littleton pitched the next 3 1/3 innings while giving up two more runs.

Michael Young, Josh Hamilton, and Max Ramirez all had two rbi in the game for the Rangers.  Ramon Vazquez, Marlon Byrd, Chris Davis, and Brandon Boggs all helped out with one rbi each as well.  Hamilton, Byrd, and Ramirez all went deep in the game as well.

The Rangers will now begin a three game weekend series with the Chicago White Sox.  It will be the last series before the all star break so hopefully the team can finish up the first half with a series win.

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]]> http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-come-up-one-run-short-against-the-angels/feed/ 0 Rangers get crushed by the Tigers 10-2 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-get-crushed-by-the-tigers-10-2/ http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-get-crushed-by-the-tigers-10-2/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:59:35 +0000 RangersFan10 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-get-crushed-by-the-tigers-10-2/ 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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]]> http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-get-crushed-by-the-tigers-10-2/feed/ 0 Rangers Unable To Drive The Final Nail Into The Red Sox Losing 6-5 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-unable-to-drive-the-final-nail-into-the-red-sox-losing-6-5/ http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-unable-to-drive-the-final-nail-into-the-red-sox-losing-6-5/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:28:32 +0000 RangersFan10 http://www.rangershomeplate.com/rangers-unable-to-drive-the-final-nail-into-the-red-sox-losing-6-5/ 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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