Rangers Lose Close One To Rays

Don’t forget the MLB playoffs are getting close in what looks to be one of the most intense MLB post-seasons ever. You definitely want to look at MLB playoff tickets if your team is in contention. It looks like Yankees playoff tickets are a lock, and so are their rivals Red Sox playoff tickets. The Angels are looking good in the west, and all of California wants some Angels playoff tickets, and finishing out the AL, Tigers playoff tickets seem to be the catch of the day. And the National League is just as crazy, and Phillies playoff tickets are huge along with Dodgers playoff tickets. St. Louis has tons of post-season experience, adding to an already strong demand for Cardinals playoff tickets. And it looks like Colorado is going to get the wild card, and Rockies playoff tickets should be huge. There are already tons of ALDS tickets to choose from along with ALCS tickets too. And the National League has some strong teams making it look like they could win the Series too. Scoop up them NLDS tickets along with NLCS tickets too. And when the dust settles its time for the Fall Classic, when World Series tickets are going to be the hottest on earth.

The Tampa Bay Rays barely got a “W” over the Texas Rangers yesterday at Rangers Ballpark with the Rays winning 7 to 6. It was quite a game that followers with Rays tickets will be talking about for days.

Rays pitcher Randy Choate (3.78 ERA) got the win, while Frank Francisco (3.91 ERA) took the loss for the Rangers. David Price went 5 innings for the Rays, allowed 6 hits, one home run and 5 earned runs with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rays was Russ Springer (4.18), Dan Wheeler (3.38), and Grant Balfour (4.96). The Rangers’s starter Brandon McCarthy went 7.2 innings, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with one walk and 3 strikeouts. Darren O’Day (1.93), C.J. Wilson (2.90), and Neftali Feliz (1.80) also pitched for the Rangers. With the win, Choate’s record goes to 1-0, while Francisco falls to 2-3. Lance Cormier earned the save for the Rays, bringing his saves up to 2.

Ben Zobrist provided much of the offense for the Rays with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 7 runs, the Rays managed 11 hits and committed no errors. Carl Crawford led the Rays in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Ben Zobrist’s 2 hits, and Jason Bartlett with 2. The Rangers didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Rangers managed 6 runs, 7 hits and one error.

Umpiring duties were performed by Paul Nauert, Joe West, Ed Rapuano and Paul Schrieber. There were 37,905 Rangers ticket holders in attendance at Rangers Ballpark.

The win puts the Rays at a record of 79-76, (20.5 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Rangers to 85-70, (6 games behind the division leader). Next up for the Rays are the Baltimore Orioles (60-95) at the Rays’s Tropicana Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Baltimore Orioles tickets because that game should be a good one. The Rangers will next take on the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim (91-64) at Angel Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim tickets today and be there for first pitch.

Leave a Reply