The Rangers didn’t start the season quite the way they wanted too. They led in all three games, and they lost all three games. At home. With Yu Darvish, Martin Perez and Cole Hamels on the mound.
Yu Darvish walked too many guys. He left with a lead and Matt Bush and Sam Dyson gave up his lead. Martin Perez pitched pretty well after the first two innings, but the runs he surrendered were enough to help the Rangers to their second straight loss.
Wednesday night, Cole Hamels began the gsme on fire, but cooled off very quickly after three perfect innings. His team gave him the lead on multiple occasions, and he struggled to keep runners off base. He left the game with the lead, and left it to the bullpen.
Tony Barnette and Matt Bush did their jobs, but Sam Dyson did not. The walks are the worst part of the first series if you ask me. Well, that and the ninth inning grand slam. Base on balls comes back to haunt a team more often than not. Especially lead off walks. The Indians didn’t look stellar the whole series either, but they took more advantage of the walks and errors.
So now it’s time for the Rangers players and fans to move on from a 0-3 start. There are still 159 games left in the season. The pitching staff is good. They are going to struggle from time to time. It’s okay. The Rangers have the Oakland Athletics next, and if they can get out with a couple of wins on the homestand, we will all feel a little better.
So sit back and relax Rangers fans. There is a long and entertaining season ahead of us. The first series may have been high and tight, but I have confidence that this is still a post season worthy team.
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