It had been a good while since Major League Baseball fans had been treated to a Roy Oswalt start—approximately ten months.
October 5, 2011…and that wasn’t even a good Roy Oswalt start.
Last night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington—in front of the record-tying twenty-first sellout crowd of the season—fans were treated to a veritable pitching clinic by The Os.
Oswalt struck out six Rockies over his 6 2/3, while walking just one and scattering nine hits while also picking up his first win of the year, 4-1.
Not bad for the dude that prevented Feldman from his spot-start…It didn’t, however, stop Feldy from opening his yap trap.
Yo, Scoots Ma Goots: I feel I can speak on behalf of every Texas Rangers fan on the planet when I say: Chill out, Roy’s got this shi*. And maybe, just maybe, if you’re lucky…Roy’ll play long toss with you or something.
Maybe.
Numbers and Notes:
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• Mike Napoli’s batting average over his last ten games. Naps did go yard yesterday launching number 12 of the season in the fourth inning.
• Before Napoli connected, he had been in a 3-for-20 slump (.150 BA).
May 13, 2012
• The last time Joe Nathan surrendered a run—earned or unearned. Nathan’s ERA has plummeted from 3.29 to 1.52 since then, a 1.77 drop.
74.160.13
• Amount of time Donnie Darko has left to save his girlfriend, Jenna? Nope…
Those numbers represent:
• The percentage of strikes thrown by Oswalt last night, Career wins Roy can now call his own. Number of times Oswalt’s opposition found themselves down 0-2.
2-of-3
• Adrian Beltre has hit a home run in two of his last three games, and three of the last five games.
9
• Total wins Oswalt now has against the Colorado Rockies in his career.
2 Months, one day
• The last time the Rangers had won more than 7 games straight…on April 21, they beat the Tigers in Detroit for their eighth-straight win.
Up Next:
The Texas Rangers (44-27) will look to push their current seven-game winning streak to eight tomorrow afternoon, at 2:05 (CT). Rangers’ right-hander Colby Lewis (6-5, 3.00 ERA) takes on Colorado’s left-hander Josh Outman (0-3, 8.41 ERA).
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