- Luis Mendoza apparently was hiding a shoulder injury which cropped up in the second inning, preventing his breaking pitches from breaking. The Tigers took advantage and quickly erased the 5-run lead in the bottom of the 2nd.
- Frank Francisco, who had been lights out in AAA, relieved Mendoza and looked less than sharp, giving up two runs in 2 1/3 innings
- In the top of the 4th, the Rangers loaded the bases with one out. Josh Hamilton -- one of the few bright spots on the team -- walked to score a run, but then Milton Bradley grounded into a double play. The Rangers must be on pace to set a record for men left on base...
- Jamie Wright entered the game with a 0.82 ERA. 1 1/3 innings later, he had a 4.38 ERA.
- Wes Littleton followed. Entering the game, his ERA was 2.35. Afterwards, it was 8.64. Wright and Littleton were the masterminds behind the Tigers' 11-run 6th inning.
- Joaquin Benoit came in and continued his season-long search for the strike zone. So far this season, Benoit is apt to either strike out the side on 10 pitches or walk the first 5 batters he faces.
- CJ Wilson was the last Ranger pitcher and the only one to not allow a run.
Total damage: 19 runs on only 14 hits. The Rangers also issued 10 walks. 10!! Amazingly, they only committed one error, down from their season norm of 12 or whatever it is.
The Rangers are playing some seriously ugly baseball. This is bad even for a rebuilding team. At some point, somebody's got to get fired for this.
A side note: I'm much too lazy to look at my blog's template today, but, I have to say, the flower-looking bullet points really need to go. Not sure what Blogger was thinking with those...
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