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Rangers Gameday: 5/11 Vs. OAK
Sunday, May 11th Game Preview
Oakland Athletics (22-16) vs. Texas Rangers (18-20)
Rich Harden (1-0, 0.82 ERA) vs. Sidney Ponson (2-0, 1.33 ERA)
2:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington)
TV: KDFI-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180
| Athletics |
Rangers |
||
| Pos. | Player | Pos. | Player |
| C | Kurt Suzuki | 2B | Ian Kinsler |
| 1B | Mike Sweeney |
SS | Michael Young |
| LF | Jack Cust |
RF | Josh Hamilton |
| DH | Frank Thomas |
DH | Milton Bradley |
| RF | Emil Brown |
CF | David Murphy |
| SS | Bobby Crosby |
LF | Brandon Boggs |
| 2B | Mark Ellis |
1B | Frank Catalanotto |
| 3B | Jack Hannahan |
C | Jarrod Saltalamacchia |
| CF | Ryan Sweeney |
3B | Ramon Vazquez |
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6 Responses to “Rangers Gameday: 5/11 Vs. OAK”
May 11th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Well, this has been a strange game…after going down 4-0 in the first, Texas has scratched and clawed back to a 5-4 lead in the sixth…
May 11th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Ponson walks in the tying run…5-5…
Angels have lost, meaning the Rangers will climb to within three games of first place if they find a way to rebound here…
May 11th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Ponson finally reverted to his old form I guess?
Impressive job by the Rangers though, to keep themselves in this game.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Yeah, a real stinker that was by Ponson and German…I’ve said this before, but Franklyn is the worst pitcher with an ERA south of 1.00 I’ve ever seen…of course, it’s no longer south of 1.00 after today…
Five games out again…sigh…still, an encouraging weekend of baseball…
May 12th, 2008 at 1:32 am
That’s what’s dumb about ERA. As a reliever, you can come in with 0 outs and men on first and second, walk the bases loaded, give up a single for two runs, and then get 3 quick outs, and even though you allowed 2 runs to score, your ERA for that inning is 0.00. And that scenario pretty much describes Franklyn to a “T.”
May 12th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Precisely, JDolla. I’m tempted to begin citing FIP (Fielding Independent ERA), but I’m not quite sure I feel comfortable doing so just yet.
What’s really fascinating is that according to WXRL (Expected wins added over a replacement level pitcher, one of BP’s more interesting stats), German’s notched a -0.167. Much like Ponson, Franklyn has benefited enormously from not handing out a long ball this season.
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