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Post-Game Show: A’s 7, Rangers 5

Posted on August 6th, 2009 12:28am by Evan Grant
Filed under Baseball, Post-Game Wrap up, Texas Rangers

Three Up
• OF David Murphy had a pair of homers and drove in three RBIs. It was the second multi-homer game of his career. He had one in June last year against Kansas City.
• 3B Michael Young extended his hitting streak to 12 games and reached base twice. Young is hitting .465 during the hitting streak, which is the longest streak of the year by a Ranger.
• RHP Darren O’Day pitched a perfect inning and extended his streak of consecutive batters retired to 18.

Three Down
• RHP Vicente Padilla slipped back to his old habit of trying to send messages after getting hit. He plunked Kurt Suzuki after a first-inning homer by Scott Hairston. Padilla also couldn’t provide a scoreless inning after the Rangers rallied back to take the lead.
• RHP Neftali Feliz met his first touch of trouble, allowing a homer on a straight 97 mph fastball to Adam Kennedy, the same hitter he struck out to start his major league debut.
• The Rangers lost an opportunity to gain on AL West-leading Los Angeles and Wild Card-leading Boston for a second straight night. Tampa Bay’s win over Boston put the Rays in a virtual tie with Texas for second in the Wild Card standings.

11 Comments to “Post-Game Show: A’s 7, Rangers 5”

JustSaying @ August 6th, 2009 at 12:32 am

playoff teams beat last place teams…….so we’re going nowhere fast and we’ll look back on this series as our unraveling………cj?
Tom B @ August 6th, 2009 at 2:20 am

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe a horse was lost, for want of a horse a rider was lost, for want of a rider a message was lost, for want of a message a winnable series was lost. Wash cannot stop the bleeding. I still believe he subconsciously manages in Oakland so he may return there some day. Give’m the farm, Ron.
Jon @ August 6th, 2009 at 7:22 am

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes…again

Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need…of some…stranger’s hand
In a…desperate land

– The Doors
Mark in Austin @ August 6th, 2009 at 7:32 am

@Jon
dark way to start the morning pal. Very dark.
declan macmanus @ August 6th, 2009 at 9:18 am

“Mother, I want to…”

Love it.

@justsaying: CJ is no more and no less culpable for the team’s struggles than any other team mate. He blew a 9th inning save. It happens– including to the angles. It certainly is no different than a batter’s failure to advance a runner, get a hit with RISP, or hit a home run.

The game is integrated and you can’t call out a single player or individual performance without considering the context of the entire game, if not the entire season.
haiku man @ August 6th, 2009 at 9:22 am

sickening feeling
permeates through my bowels
cold sweat drips from face
Jon @ August 6th, 2009 at 11:02 am

“As God is my witness, they’re not going to lick me! I’m going to live through this and when it’s all over, I’ll never be hungry again! No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill! As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!

“After all, tomorrow is another day.”

– Scarlett O’Hara

(Feel any better now Mark in Austin? )
Tom @ August 6th, 2009 at 11:45 am

This team seems to struggle against the teams it’s supposed to beat and excel against those it’s not.
I expect them to win two of three against the Angels of Los Angeles/California/Anaheim/Los Angeles.
Mark @ August 6th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

I think Spider Arias’ new nickname should be “The Cooler.”. Everything went south with his arrival. And if they want to cut ties with Padilla today, I support them 100 percent. I have had it with his stupidity!
Jwise @ August 6th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

I just watched video highlights of the game on mlb.com and saw padilla laughing when the umpire issued warnings. padilla also pointed right back at the umpire mocking him. this guy has got to go. i don’t want a scrub like that on my team and i think MY would agree after being hit.
The Beer Guy @ August 6th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

He’ll be gone as soon as the season is over.