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Post-Game Show: Rangers 8, Angels 1

Posted on July 8th, 2009 11:59pm by Evan Grant
Filed under AL West race, Baseball, Post-Game Wrap up, Texas Rangers

D-tails
• Boxscore, Standings

Three Up and Three Down from Angel Stadium where the weather was beautiful, I wish you were here and the Rangers stormed back into first place all by themselves in the AL West.

Three Up
• DH Andruw Jones homered in each of his first three at-bats, tying the club record and his own personal best. For the series, he was 4-for-13 with all four hits for homers. He drove in seven runs.
• RHP Vicente Padilla came back after a bout of shoulder soreness to stifle the Angels. His fastball was back up in the 94 mph range and he’d have likely gotten through the seventh had a Howie Kendrick bouncer not hit off the palm of his hand.
•Bullpen trio of RHP Jason Grilli, LHP Eddie Guardado and RHP Darren O’Day held Angels scoreless for final three innings. Since Grilli took the mound for the first time on June 9, the bullpen has a 2.28 ERA. Astounding numbers.

Three Down
• Padilla had to leave the game with an injury – the bruised palm. He’s not usually a quick healer, but he should have more than a week before his next start, which should come a week from Saturday against Minnesota.
• Josh Hamilton went hitless in five at-bats, but it didn’t really matter since Andruw Jones carried the offense.
• I’ve got a 4 a.m. wakeup call to make my flight. Yuck.

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13 Comments to “Post-Game Show: Rangers 8, Angels 1”
  • haiku man @ July 9th, 2009 at 12:04 am

    Nicaraguan heat
    Stay-Puff man jacks 3 dingers
    Angels sob at home

  • Cbank @ July 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am

    Not a surprise the O worked better with a better leadoff hitter.

  • scooper @ July 9th, 2009 at 12:12 am

    @cbank: so those HR’s were because Ian wasn’t playing? Omar was 1-4 with a BB and 1 run scored. Yes, he contributed, but I don’t think he exactly sparked the offense.

  • becca @ July 9th, 2009 at 12:14 am

    @scooper: not as a hit on ian, but omar seemed to have more quality at bats…getting walked, going for long at bats… it’s something i think ian might need to do more of.
    that said, i still think ian is a great lead off guy.

  • scooper @ July 9th, 2009 at 12:17 am

    It is always satisfying to beat the Angels; even more so at their place. It was great to see the bats come alive. If we can keep the pitching and defense going, we have a chance.
    My lesson learned for the day: I will not second-guess Wash’s “gut” decisions (at least I will try really, really hard not to).

  • JustSaying @ July 9th, 2009 at 12:18 am

    padilla reminded us he can be a flaming beast………

  • scooper @ July 9th, 2009 at 12:19 am

    @becca: I agree that Ian could use some more patience at the plate, but I don’t think that his absence is what helped the offense. Instead of blaming Ian, I think we should credit Andruw.

  • JustSaying @ July 9th, 2009 at 12:21 am

    jd has to feel good right now at all the recyled revitalized reborn reenergized he has found……geez they’re leading the team to victory in phoenix like form……….

  • selke99 @ July 9th, 2009 at 1:57 am

    Great divisional rival road series win. Crazy how it seems TX owns LAA so far (7-2 this year?). Let’s see what these guys can do in Sea! Ms gotta be hurting after letting Os score 5 in the 9th to win!

  • Little O @ July 9th, 2009 at 3:04 am

    Evan you missed the biggest Three Down… granted Jones was great to start the game but he went ice cold to finish the game… ;)

  • One Eyed Willie @ July 9th, 2009 at 7:40 am

    Funny bit Haiku Man. Go Rangers!!!

  • Juboon @ July 9th, 2009 at 8:10 am

    Well done, haiku man!! :D

  • Old Tom @ July 9th, 2009 at 8:13 am

    When I looked at the schedule about a month ago, I thought after this Angels series the Rangers will be around .500, and 8-10 games behind the Angels. I wonder how much of the relative success is due to the Angels injury problems. The Mariners will be a good test.