Sadly, this one was a little like watching the Royals of old. Yordano Ventura coughed up two in the first and two in the second. Though we mounted a little offense here and there, it somehow felt like we weren’t going to catch up. And we didn’t.
On the plus side, our defense continues to be outstanding. Replacement shortstop Christian Colon flipped a ball to Alcides Escobar that missed the mark considerably. But Escobar grabbed it, tagged second and fired a shot to first for the double play, a move more than a little reminiscent of his great fielding in the last game we saw.
We also got to see Prince Fielder get picked off clean at first. That’s a rare but fun experience.
However, play of the game went to Lorenzo Cain for a diving catch that put a stop to a big scoring threat by the Rangers. In a game that generally wasn’t going our way, it helped turn things around at least a little.
Player of the game was reliever Joe Blanton. Though he was working for the third game in a row, he provided long relief for the stumbling Ventura and held Texas scoreless.
And alas, no stats for this game. I took my iPad, but I forgot that one of the few disadvantages to our current seats is that during day games the glare of the sun renders the screen completely unreadable.
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