What is the story about?
Guardians
9, Rangers 4
- All good things must come to an end.
- The six game winning streak was a good thing, but it is no more.
- It was fun while it lasted though, no?
- A 7-3 road trip. No one can complain about that, right?
- Well, actually, they probably can.
- People will complain about anything.
- Probably even this post-game thoughts post.
- Ultimately teams have to lose, of course.
- Teams don’t keep winning forever.
- So you get a game like this, sometimes closer, sometimes more of a blowout.
- MacKenzie Gore gave up five runs in the second inning. That’s a novel change from giving up runs in the first inning.
- He didn’t give up any other runs in his five innings of work.
- Maybe we could call a mulligan on that inning.
- Winston Santos made his major league debut, finally. Hopefully he will have many more innings with the Rangers.
- Corey Seager going on the injured list put a damper on things before the game started. That puts a monkey in the wrench, as John McClain said.
- Everything seems just very slightly out of focus right now. Seager and Wyatt Langford on the injured list, Brandon Nimmo being out, guys like Ezequiel Duran getting three hits and Elias Diaz hitting home runs.
- Like the fumbling about around .500 and still being a contender because of the motleyness of the American League and the injuries and the collection of not guys you’d expect to be playing or carrying heavy playing responsibilities and the like all combining to smudge the reality of the season.
- Things slightly askew. A river that runs uphill. The dog that didn’t bark.
- It is back to Arlington on Thursday. Back to life, back to reality…
- MacKenzie Gore hit 97.1 mph with his fastball, averaging 95.5 mph. Cole Winn reached 96.4 mph with his fastball. Winston Santos’s fastball touched 98.6 mph.
- Elias Diaz had a 105.8 mph home run. Ezequiel Duran had a 103.4 mph single.
- Ten down. The road trip is over.
