Rangers 2, Tigers 0
Rangers 2, Tigers 0
- And the Texas Rangers are back to .500, baby!
- The Rangers had, by my count, lost their previous 7 games when they were one game below .500.
- Now, I will admit, I would have hoped for a little more output offensively as part of getting back to .500. That would have been nice.
- But we aren’t going to nitpick such issues. We wanted the Rangers to get back to .500, and they got back to .500, finally, and we are going to enjoy it, dammit, whether we want to or not.
- Patrick Corbin continues to defy expectations. 5.2 IP for Corbin, and he allowed just three hits and two walks to the team with the base record in the American League. He was at 92 pitches with two outs in the sixth when Bruce Bochy decided that he’d rather have Shawn Armstrong face Spencer Torkelson, robbing Corbin of a chance at a Quality Start.
- Spencer Torkelson. The Tork. Ol’ Torkie. Tork Tork Tork.
- Torkelson.
- The Rangers had a whopping four hits on the day, half of them by Kyle Higashioka, who was DHing.
- Higashioka’s one out double in the bottom of the eighth set the stage for the Rangers’ win. He was lifted for Cody Freeman, who was making his major league debut, and Freeman scored on Corey Seager’s two out double, as did Josh Smith, who had walked immediately prior to Seager coming up.
- I may have mentioned this before, but Corey Seager is a bad man.
- Patrick Corbin’s sinker maxed out at 93.2 mph, averaging 91.3 mph. Shawn Armstrong hit 94.9 mph with his fastball. Chris Martin touched 95.6 mph with his fastball. Robert Garcia’s fastball reached 96.4 mph.
- Rowdy Tellez had a lineout to first base at 110.0 mph. Corey Seager’s double was 107.4 mph. Jonah Heim had a 106.0 mph double. Marcus Semien had a 103.2 mph ground out and a 100.8 mph fly out. Kyle Higashioka had a 100.7 mph single.
- Now lets get to above .500.