As stated here yesterday, the Rangers absolutely had to nut up and prove something against the Swingin’ A’s last night. The entire season seemed down to this late-Aug series w/ the Athletics, who held a 7 game lead on the local heroes going into last night’s game.
However, in typical Rangers fashion, the boys got their aces handed to them by Barry Zito, who took a no-no into the 8th before Mark DeRosa broke it up. And, also in typical Rangers fashion, the promising youngster on the mound got pounded, as Edinson Volquez only managed four painful innings.
Long story short, the Rangers blew it as badly as it could be blown, losing the first game of the weekend, 9-3.
As is typical around here, baseball season has lost all local interest before the end of Cowboys’ training camp. We’re now in full-fledged countdown-to-kickoff mode here in DFW and at CIT. You will hear very little about the Rangers until next spring, except for the occasional “Buck Must Go” post.
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