Rangers Continue Slide In L.A.

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The Texas Rangers lost their 4th game in a row Saturday night at Los Angeles.  With the 3-2 loss to the Angels, the Texas lead in the American League West divistion is down to just 3 1/2 games.

Starting pitcher Yu Darvish got his 3rd loss despited allowing just 5 hits in 6 1/2 innings.  Darvish struck out 7, but was hurt by  3 Ranger fielding errors.  Angels reliever Bobby Cassevah earned both a blown save and the win after starter C.J. Wilson pitched 6  scoreless innings against his former team.  Rangers manager Ron Washington thought his pitcher deserved better, “He pitched a heckuva game,” Washington said. “I wish we could have supported him. We didn’t make the plays. Things happen in the game of baseball, but they’ve happened to us a little too often and we need to put a stop to that. It was defense that killed us.”

 

The Rangers only had 8 hits in the game, but none were with runners in scoring position.  

Texas catcher Yorvit Torrealba was ejected from the game in the 7th inning after arguing a call at the plate which ultimately was the winning run.

Washington did not sugar-coat his team’s slide, “We’re a better baseball team than we’ve been showing.  It’s up to them to show it.”

The Rangers will try to avoid the sweep in L.A. today at 2:35pm.