The Texas Rangers shut out the Anaheim Angels last night and, despite this morning’s outcome, they secured their first series win of the season. Also, the Rangers have long since won consecutive baseball games.
Of course, in true 2020 Texas Rangers fashion, to reach these milestones, aesthetically appealing baseball was not in the cards, but it did not have to be, because the Angels look even louder this year than this series of any kind. indication is.
While we saw that standard Texas traffic could not go much on the plate, the Angels of Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Albert Pujols and Anthony Rendon matched zeros with the offensive challenged Rangers.
That means Kolby Allard had a solid day in place of Corey Kluber in the rotation, as he finished with a line of 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 Ks on 94 fields. The polite Rangers ballpoint pen came through the last four innings without being on the scoreboard to secure the win.
The only runs that came across the picture of both teams today came when Joey Gallo followed a two-out Todd Frazier single with an opposite field, dong with two runs from another pitcher with links that he absolutely did not almost all got, but it removed the box because Joey Gallo is superhuman.
As AJM remarked on Twitter, with the win today, the Rangers – THIS ONE Rangers – are now only half of a game out of a playoff spot. Everything according to plan.
Player of the game: There are probably a handful of people on the planet who can muscle a ball on The pitch on a field at this location and land it in the bullpen. Luckily for us, Joey Gallo is one of those people.
Next: The Rangers are going for their first sweep of the season on Sunday with their ace on the mound as Lance Lynn is scheduled to go with LHP Andrew Heaney of the Angels in the final. First Shadow of The Shed is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. CT.
