Royals 6, Rangers 3
Royals 6, Rangers 3
- That was kind of annoying.
- Patrick Corbin had the type of outing that, well, I think we all expected to see a lot more of when Patrick Corbin was signed. He gave the Rangers innings — five of them, to be exact — but also allowed four runs. It wasn’t the type of outing that buries a team or wipes out of the bullpen, but its the type of start that requires a fair amount of work from the bats and the bullpen to result in a “W.”
- That didn’t happen. Shawn Armstrong and Jacob Webb each threw a scoreless inning, but Hoby Milner allowed two runs in the eighth, turning a one run game into a three run game and taking the wind out of the sails of the home crowd hoping for a comeback.
- A few days ago, I talked about how how getting a bunch of hits and walks but not scoring a bunch of runs is fine when the Rangers win anyway, because it bodes well for the offense going forward.
- Well, this is one of those instances when it wasn’t fine, because the Rangers didn’t win.
- Texas scored a pair in the first, when Sam Haggerty and Wyatt Langford started off the game with a triple and a double, respectively, and then Adolis Garcia singled home Langford with two outs. It made you feel like this would be a game where the Rangers would put up a bunch of runs.
- But no. Texas scored just once more in the game, in the fourth, when the first two batters — in this case Josh Jung and Jake Burger — each had extra base hits (doubles in this case), and there was a two out single, but the single in this case, by Sam Haggerty, was of the infield variety and didn’t score Burger, and a Langford popup ended the inning.
- The Rangers were actually 5 for 13 with runners in scoring position, which is quite good, and would normally lead one to believe that more than three runs came across. Two of those five hits were infield singles with a runner at second, however, and the offense had missed opportunities that led to a winnable game not being won.
- Wyatt Langford, whose bat we’d like to see get hot, went 3 for 5 with a pair of doubles, which is good. Adolis Garcia had a couple of hits, and like Langford, he’s someone the offense would benefit from getting going. So that’s something.
- Patrick Corbin reached 92.2 mph on his sinker, averaging 91.0 mph. Shawn Armstrong hit 96.2m mph on his sinker. Jacob Webb maxed out at 93.9 mph on his fastball. Hoby Milner threw a fastball that touched 89.0 mph. Luke Jackson’s fastball topped out at 95.3 mph.
- Adolis Garcia had a 106.5 mph double and a 105.3 mph GIDP. Josh Jung had a 106.1 mph double. Wyatt Langford had a 105.3 mph double and a 100.8 mph double. Kyle Higashioka had a 104.5 mph single and a 100.7 mph groundout. Jake Burger had a 104.4 mph ground out. Ezequiel Duran had a 103.9 mph forceout.
- Okay, let’s avoid being swept against the Royals, hmmm?