The Texas Rangers scored three runs but the Milwaukee Brewers scored five runs.
Remember last night’s game? Well tonight’s game was pretty much the same game except everyone watched it on FOX instead of no one watching it on BZZR.
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Just like last night the Rangers trailed 2-0 after an inning, made no headway with producing run-scoring rallies, hit a solo home run to briefly give the illusion of competitiveness, and then saw a leaky bullpen erase all doubts in the late innings.
The main differences tonight is the Rangers actually had more than two baserunners (out-hitting the Brewers 8 to 7) and showed more fight in the late innings with Brandon Nimmo bringing Texas to within a couple of runs with a two-run home run in the eighth.
Unfortunately also like last night, the Rangers lost. They have now lost four in a row and are four games under .500 for the first time since they were 38-42 back on June 24.
Player of the Game: Quantrill allowed three runs over six inning with just four hits and zero walks with eight strikeouts. That’s a quality start and one I think you take any chance you can get against a team of Milwaukee’s caliber.
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But Quantrill should have known better than to allow three early runs when he’s on a team with a lineup that is prone to turtling up when faced with any challenge. Therefore I nominate Nimmo, who went 3-for-4 with the two-run dong.
Up Next: The Rangers take another crack at the Brewers with RHP Kumar Rocker expected on the mound for Texas opposite RHP Dustin May for Milwaukee.
The Sunday afternoon first pitch from American Family Field is scheduled for 1:10 pm CDT and will be back on the Rangers Sports Network.
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