Woohoo! Yeah baby! Hello win column! Texas Rangers beat Minnesota Twins 5-4 on the road. Rangers win the series taking 3 out of 4 from the Twins. Rangers go to 28-26 overall, 15-13 on the road and 6-2 on their biggest road trip of 11 games. Rangers won their 2nd straight series taking 3 out of 4. Rangers took 3 out of 4 from the Tigers on the road and now 3 out of 4 from the Twins on the road being 6-2 on their longest road trip of 11 games. Rangers won 7 out of their last 9 overall. Rangers won 6 out of their last 8 on the road. While Rangers won 2 straight series taking 3 out of 4 from each series from Tigers and Twins, the As lost the finale of 3 game series against the Rays, got swept by Blue Jays in 3 game series and got a split of the 4 game series against Tigers. As lose to Tigers 5-4 in finale of their 4 game series. Rangers were 8 games back of As in AL West when they started their biggest road trip of 11 games on Thursday, May 22, 2014 and now they are just 4 games back of As gaining 4 games on As in AL West getting some help going into the 3 game series against the Nationals while the As go into a 3 game series against Angels. Rangers now head to the national capital city of Washington DC to face the Washington Nationals for 3 games to finish out their longest road trip of 11 games. Nick Martinez gets a no decision in his 5th start in his 10th game going 5 2/3 innings allowing 4 runs on 9 hits, struck out 2 and walked 2. Alexis Ogando gets the win in relieve going to 2-2. He went 1 1/3 innings allowing no runs on 1 hit, struck out 2 and walked 2. Joakim Soria gets his 10th save his 2nd straight save since he blew his 1st save and is 10 of 11 in his save opportunities. He went 1 inning allowing no runs on 1 hit, struck out 1 and walked none. He pitched 3 straight games. In those 3 straight games he pitched, he is 0-1 with a blown save, and 2 saves going 2 1/3 innings allowing 2 runs which 1 was earn on 3 hits, struck out 4 and walked 1. It all was against Twins in that 4 game series. Shin-Soo Choo goes 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs as the Rangers take down the Twins. With their rotation depleted and the new slugger sidelined by a rash of injuries, the Texas Rangers have been forced to find alternate methods for winning. Its working quite well in late May. Leonys Martin doubled twice and scored three times, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Rangers beat Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Thursday to win their second straight four-game series on the road. Those guys have had to grind, and everybody has had to have been used, said manager Ron Washington, who has seen starting pitchers Matt Harrison, Derek Holland and Martin Perez and first baseman Prince Fielder hit the disabled list as well as key hitters Jurickson Profar, Geovany Soto and others. So thats the way you play team baseball, and thats exactly what were doing. Shin-Soo Choo hit a three-run double in the second for the Rangers, but the Twins took a 4-3 lead in the fifth inning on Josh Willinghams first home run of the season, a no-doubt drive to the second deck above left-center field. Then the role players took over for the Rangers. Alexi Ogando (2-2) got four outs for the victory, and Joakim Soria retired the last two batters for his 10th save. Soria saved the last two games of the series after he had his first blown chance of the season in Tuesdays 4-3 loss. Martin hit a leadoff double in the eighth against Casey Fien (3-2), moved up on a sacrifice bunt and sprinted home on a sacrifice fly by Rougned Odor, beating a sweep tag by catcher Josmil Pinto. The throw by center fielder Danny Santana, a rookie shortstop playing out of position, was off the plate and up the line. He has to make a perfect throw to throw me out in that situation, Martin said. The Rangers tied it at 4 when Martin doubled and scored on Robinson Chirinos single in the sixth. Deduno gave up nine hits while striking out two and was removed with one out in that inning. With eight wins in their last 11 games, including three of four at Detroit last week, the Rangers have begun to find their stride. That was evident in the second inning, when bases-loaded, nobody-out situations for both teams went opposite ways. Deduno moved within one strike of escaping without any damage after an infield popup and a strikeout. But Choo, who served as the designated hitter to give his sore left ankle a break from left field with the short turnaround from the night before, drove a 2-2 curveball down the left-field line. Alex Rios, who stretched his hitting streak to 12 games, started that rally with a sharp single. Martin scored easily from first base to put the Rangers ahead 3-0. I was thinking home plate all the way, Martin said. Nick Martinez dodged trouble in the bottom of the frame when Pinto sent a soft roller back to the mound. After a short throw home for a forceout, Martinez got Eduardo Escobar to line hard into a double play. The rookie was charged with more than three earned runs for the first time in five starts. He allowed nine hits and walked two in 5 2/3 innings. It was a learning experience for him today, to go out there and keep his team in the ballgame when he didnt have his best stuff. That was awesome right there, Washington said. Rangers man are rocking and are on a row! Rangers need to keep it up and not let down! Way to go Rangers! Good game! Good win! Go Rangers!
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 23:45:49 +0000
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