Error of judgement On a night when nothing is going right with the Texas Rangers and their rookie starter is going seven inning keeping the Rangers at bay (on the road) they lose 5-4 in 11 innings.
Ridiculous. C.J. Wilson was not sharp. The Rangers line-up could muster very little outside of some solo home runs and Taylor Teagarden. And they committed ridiculous errors.
Nothing was going right. But give credit to Wilson. He powered through seven innings and put together a couple of scoreless innings allowing the Rangers to claw their way back.
It wasn't easy, but it was worth it. The theatrics have avoided the Rangers all season. Outside of a walk-off affair against the Kansas City Royals (I think), the Rangers have been the victim of late-inning high jinks more than they've been the perpetrators.
Keeping it close allowed Josh Hamilton to crush a game-tying solo bomb and keeping it tied allowed Mitch Moreland to bash his second home run in as many days.
The Rangers are 2-0 in this very important 18-game stretch. With the Seattle Mariners losing to Washington, the Rangers are up two games in the AL West.
Notes:
1. With four strikeouts and no walks, Wilson's K/BB ratio went up to 2.58. An improvement from 1.83 a year ago. In 14 innings with Taylor Teagarden as catcher, Wilson's walked three.
2. Wilson hasn't allowed a home run in 29.1 innings. His longest streak of the season.
3. Neftali Feliz, the last three games: 4 IP - 1 hit - 0 runs - 0 BBs - 6 Ks.
4. Ian Kinsler has 42 walks, 32 strikeouts. His on-base percentage is on par for his career total (.354) despite his average being 40 points below his career average (.276).
5. Yoshi Tateyama walked his first batter as a Major Leaguer. It took 15.1 innings.
6. Mike Young has 91 hits. He is 64 short of 2,000.
