Saturday, September 5, 2009
Baltimore Orioles 5, Texas Rangers 4
The Texas Rangers blew an early lead Saturday, losing 5-4 to the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. The loss, which snapped a four-game winning streak, dropped Texas to 76-59 on the season.
Photo not provided by the Texas Rangers
The powerful Rangers lineup may be guilty of a little scoreboard-watching lately.
With the loss, the Rangers dropped another game behind the LA Angels for first place in the AL West. Currently, Texas sits four games back of the Angels, and two games behind the Boston Red Sox, who also lost Saturday, for the wild card.
Rangers starter Kevin Millwood just didn't have it this game, surrendering five runs on seven hits over five innings. Millwood, who walked four and struck out four more, dropped to 10-9 with a 3.77 ERA, and has only won two of his last 11 starts.
Only four Rangers managed any semblance of offense, as the team started fast out of the gate with a 3-0 first inning lead before blowing it. The Rangers collected just six hits and one walk, with only one hit after the third inning.
Elvis Andrus had yet another good day in the #2 spot, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a triple, and two runs scored. David Murphy went 2-for-4 with a two-run, two-out home run in the first inning, while Marlon Byrd went 1-for-3 with an RBI double, a sacrifice fly, and a run scored.
The rest of the Texas lineup went a miserable 1-for-21 with no walks or extra base hits.
Posted by Todd M.
