Sunday, May 11, 2008

Oakland A’s 12, Texas Rangers 6

Comment

ARLINGTON — The Texas Rangers reverted to their early-season form Sunday afternoon, losing to Oakland 12-6 at Rangers Ballpark. The loss snapped the Rangers five-game win streak, three of which were shutouts.

Photo not provided by the Texas Rangers

Looks like the Rangers' lucky streak has come to an end

The win streak was started by a strong start from reclamation project Sidney Ponson: Ponson's poor outing Sunday was responsibl for ending it. Ponson lasted just over five innings, giving up six runs off seven hits. Ponson walked five and struck out just one, and had control problems all day.

The Rangers bullpen didn't fare any better, with three pitchers combining to give up another six runs in just under four innings. Franklyn Germán took the loss, his first of the season.

The Rangers were able to rough up Athletics ace Rich Harden, however. Harden left before the end of the fourth after an up-and-down outing. Harden was able to pitch brilliantly to the first two batters he faced in each inning, but had trouble closing out the Rangers, who scored five runs with two outs against the ace.

Ian Kinsler had a good game, going 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. Josh Hamilton also had a standout game, going 2-for-5 with a double and a triple, and drove in his 39th RBI.

Posted by Todd M.

See more stories in:

Baseball > MLB > Rangers

Find...

an event	a Pegasus Pick
a restaurant	a garage sale
a drink special	a movie showtime
a band	an organization
a job	a political contribution
a house	a deal

Add...

an event	a garage sale
a lost pet	a band
a story	a photo

Today

Saturday Tastings in the Wine and Beer Department Little Joey just LOVES the Saturday wine tastings at Central Market - he particularly likes the blind tastings, when he can sneak a snort while Mommie's not looking. (Great nose!) More info

Blogs

Fun with CNN’s 2008 Republican Convention coverage
Square Pegs
Help us (and your friends) out with a little social networking
Square Pegs
Peek inside Pandora’s box
Square Pegs

Latest comments

Clay213 on Dallas should rename Ross Avenue for Cesar Chavez: I have to say, you are really REACHING if you have to go for the ‘think of the children’ route in re...
ROBTAHN on Favoriting contest: Fiery Food Challenge Awards Dinner at ZestFest: Teresa - Thanks for the update....
Bill Betzen on Dallas should rename Ross Avenue for Cesar Chavez: I have read through these 87 posts above several times. The only postings found that speak of someth...
Joel Woiton on Plano mega-graffiti artist tops Britain's Cerne Abbas giant for phallic rudeness: I didn’t do it, but wish I did. I’m sure the PISD is careful about not offending any aerial tourists...

See more recent comments

Latest reviews

dmacfar139 on AllGood Cafe: Definitely must add redundancy to the raves already posted here. Tried it this morning for the first...
dmacfar139 on Ali Baba (Richardson): This place gets a good weekday lunch crowd. Nice mix of folks, working and not. The buffet at these ...
newseagles on Ali Baba (Richardson): The Sunday buffet is a bargain and features some of the best Middle Eastern food in the metro area. ...

See more recent reviews

Things you can't miss

Latest stories

See more stories