Griffin (2-0, 3.18 ERA) has given Texas 17 innings over three starts after allowing two runs while striking out six in six innings of a 7-4 win over Houston on Thursday to outpitch reigning AL Cy Young Award victor Dallas Keuchel.
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“I just think the field was built this way for a reason”, Girardi said.
When asked about not throwing as many secondary pitches, he said: “If I try to throw it one time and it’s not working, I don’t want to throw it anymore”.
The Rangers were without a hit until rookie Nomar Mazara, a day before his 21st birthday, led off the seventh with a clean single through the left side of the infield. After Mazara was wiped out by a double play, Prince Fielder swung at a high pitch for a double to right-center before Ian Desmond grounded out to end the inning. “His split. anything that started at your thigh went straight to the ground”.
Andrew Miller worked a flawless ninth for his fifth save in as many opportunities. The Texas Rangers are 9-2 this season when scoring more than three runs.
“We faced a stretch of pitchers that match up fairly well against us”. “But right now, he’s going through a hard time”. “Got to make sure I’m there”.
Desmond hit his third home run of the season in the fifth against reliever Ivan Nova for a 7-0 lead. Still searching for his first win of the season, Luis Severino (0-2, 4.86) was on the bump for NY as A.J. McCutchen hit solo shots in the first and second innings off starter Jorge De La Rosa (1-3).
When people say, “Expansion has diluted pitching, to the point where there are players who just don’t belong in the major leagues”, Shreve is one of the guys they’re talking about. In his first big league outing, he pitched seven innings against the Devil Rays and held them to one run while striking out six.
Eovaldi threw 66 of his 98 pitches for strikes. “It was good for everything to come together in this one”.
The Rangers optioned right-hander Nick Martinez to Round Rock after purchasing Ramos from that Triple-A team.
The teams played at a remarkably fast pace, finishing in 2 hours, 19 minutes, as a horrendous forecast predicted heavy rain, winds, hail and maybe even frogs and locusts by 9:30 p.m. local time. Kela is recovering from surgery Friday to remove a bone spur from his elbow. Texas was just swept by the Chicago White Sox in a weekend road series. The only no-hitter thrown in the Rangers’ current ballpark was Kenny Rogers’ flawless game in 1994, the year the stadium opened. New York DH Alex Rodriguez (oblique) said Tuesday that he hopes to return to the lineup soon. Before the game, Joe Girardi said, “Hopefully, tonight’s his night”.
Rangers: Hamels threw 26 pitches in a bullpen session without any issues, and could have another session Wednesday. He could be back in the rotation as early as Saturday.
“It was time for us to have those key hits”, said Texas’ Elvis Andrus, who had his second three-hit game of the season to raise his batting average to.343. He said he’s feeling a lot better.
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Eovaldi, now 1-2 on the season and lowering his ERA to 4.38, got the win, while Ramos dropped to 0-1. He has thrown at least five innings in 31 consecutive starts, the third-longest active streak behind Jake Arrieta’s 41 in a row and Madison Bumgarner’s 34.
