What do you to STOP a SKID! YOU GO GRAY!

 

Arlington, Texas—The Texas Rangers amid a five game losing streak—go into a Wednesday night game against the Cleveland Guardians (aka the Indians for those of us that recall) and after losing the opener by being shut out—and again the next night losing 7-4 – the Rangers blanked the Guardians 4-0 behind the masterful pitching of Jon Gray and the bullpen.

They only gave six hits and struck out 9 walking 2 for the entire game and the furthest that Cleveland got on the bases was 2^nd base—the Rangers on the other hand—well they launched two BIG HOMERS in the game, one by Marcus Semien with one on in the 5^th the other by Adolis Garcia (who else) in the bottom of the 6^th with one on—and there’s your scoring for the night.

The star of this game though was indeed, Jon Gray who went 6 and a third inning, giving up a total of four hits, gave up 2 walks, and struck out 3, but it was ground ball outs that helped him the most with several struck to the first basemen Nathaniel Lowe, who lobbed toss to the sprinting Gray to cover the bag, and for the out. One double play that Seager took to the bag at second unassisted and then fired to first to get the batter, those are the plays that make a team get out of a slump in a hurry.

This team will meet up with the Angels of Anaheim on the weekend before hitting the road for several games.

With the Angels, you get the return of former Ranger Manager Ron Washington who is now the Skipper of that team, and as always, for us, its good to see him, not thrilled to have him in the other dug out—but none the less he is always been a friendly face to see, and he makes it a point to say HI to us when he is in town.

Just a quick side note—the REPLICA Championship rings (such a hot item) are going to be given away throughout the season, INCLUDING the June 4^th game when Texas takes on the Detroit Tigers at Globe Life Field—that will be Marcus Semien’s ring first 15000 will get that prize!

Its Just a thought