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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Boston Red Sox 6, Texas Rangers 5

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The Texas Rangers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory Sunday afternoon, blowing a late five-run lead en route to a disappointing 6-5 loss in Boston's apparently-cursed Fenway Park. The Rangers dropped to 7-12 on the season, one game above the catastrophic Detroit Tigers for worst record in the American League.

If Boston sucks, then where does that leave the Rangers?

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If Boston sucks, then where does that leave the Rangers?

The Rangers were running along just swimmingly until the bottom of the seventh inning. Leading 5-0 at that point, starter Kevin Millwood lost his shutout bid to a pair of RBI singles. Bad went to worse in the bottom of the eighth, when relievers Wes Littleton and C.J. Wilson combined to give up 4 runs off a series of singles, walks and throwing errors.

It was Wilson's first blown save all year, first runs allowed and first loss. Wilson is now 0-1 with five saves and a 2.25 ERA.

Millwood had a good game against the Red Sox's lethal lineup, going six innings and giving up just the two runs off ten hits. Millwood walked two and struck out seven.

The Rangers were staked to their big lead by a three-run home run in the sixth from Milton Bradley. Michael Young went 2-for-4 with a run scored, while Josh Hamilton went 1-for-4 with a run, but had the costly throwing error in the bottom of the eighth that led to the winning runs.

Posted by Todd M.

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Brad LaRock

Brad LaRock Staff

Rangers new advertising slogan... The Texas Rangers..."we play really good teams". When the home team ain't winning people will buy tickets to see the good teams that come to town.

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xdavidwattsx

xdavidwattsx Anonymous

New Rangers slogan: "We broadcast a whole bunch of games in HD, except for the ones against teams you actually want to watch"

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