Rangers vs. A's - Battle for the West

[kennyt12]

would you have stayed with feldman?

Both suck in my oppinion. I'd rather see Ross get a couple of innings.

And lucky for us the A's offense isn't exactly an juggernaught.

 

[fanman8825]

Needed a spot starter last second. Who else is there?

I heard just before the game Yu was sratched. Guess we have to be happy Feldman gave us 4IN with only 2 runs allowed

 

[kennyt12]

I heard just before the game Yu was sratched. Guess we have to be happy Feldman gave us 4IN with only 2 runs allowed

When I saw Darvish was scratched and Feldman was making the start I assumed we'd lose tonight! If we win it will make me cheer that much harder for the M's tonight. I don't want the Angels to catch the A's!

 

[WilltheThrill]

would you have stayed with feldman?

No. I was just commenting that you wanted Kirkman over Feldman and that was about to happen. My feelings about Scott Feldman are well documented on here. Feldman is the guy our resident "expert" Ginger said would end up as our best starter.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Can we PLEASE get some more runs? Every inning seems like such a struggle.

 

[fanman8825]

When I saw Darvish was scratched and Feldman was making the start I assumed we'd lose tonight! If we win it will make me cheer that much harder for the M's tonight. I don't want the Angels to catch the A's!

Amen to that. The Angels could be a very dangerous team in the playoffs. I would not even mind conceding a game or two to the A's but we have to win just to stay ahead of the Yanks. We really nead King Felix to help us tomorrow night

 

[WilltheThrill]

Amen to that. The Angels could be a very dangerous team in the playoffs. I would not even mind conceding a game or two to the A's but we have to win just to stay ahead of the Yanks. We really nead King Felix to help us tomorrow night

King Felix against Ervin Santana. That's going to be a tough one for the Angels to win.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Another pitiful inning of at-bats for us.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Amen to that. The Angels could be a very dangerous team in the playoffs. I would not even mind conceding a game or two to the A's but we have to win just to stay ahead of the Yanks. We really nead King Felix to help us tomorrow night

We can concede games to the A's at the end of the season if necessary. First we need to win the division and then worry about the rest. I want a sweep here.

 

[fanman8825]

Another pitiful inning of at-bats for us.

Hopefully we can get Milone to the 100 pitch mark next inning and get him out of there soon

 

[kennyt12]

My hope is that the A's will watch us celebrate the division title on Thursday, and that we'll watch the A's celebrate winning the wild card next week! Celebrating on Friday or Saturday against the Angels would be fun too though!

 

[fanman8825]

We can concede games to the A's at the end of the season if necessary. First we need to win the division and then worry about the rest. I want a sweep here.

Yep first and foremost is securing HFA

 

[WilltheThrill]

If we can win the first two games of this series while using Roy Oswalt, Scott Feldman, and Michael Kirkman pitching multiple innings, I'd say we will have done very well.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Enough with the walks. 4 tonight, multiple ones last night.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Very nice two innings from Kirkman.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Another runner picked off. This is becoming almost a nightly thing.

 

[Windingmywatch]

No. I was just commenting that you wanted Kirkman over Feldman and that was about to happen. My feelings about Scott Feldman are well documented on here. Feldman is the guy our resident "expert" Ginger said would end up as our best starter.

Just to be fair ... I thought Feldman could be the best sp too by the end of the season. What she and I were responding to was the poll at the beginning of the season that didn't even include Feldman.

I also remember some during the off season that thought TEX should consider trading Harrison with the expectation that TEX would resign CJ in order to make room for Darvish. Turns out CJ isn't resigned and Harrison has had the best season overall.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Koji is just in beast mode.

 

[Windingmywatch]

Another runner picked off. This is becoming almost a nightly thing.

OAK pitchers are #1 in the AL (#2 overall) picking off base runners with 19 going into the night ... one behind LAD. OAK now tied for best in MLB.

TEX baserunners are worst in the AL (#2 overall) being picked off (27) one behind MIA w/28. TEX now tied for worst in MLB.

Kinsler 8
Andrus 8 (after tonight)
Gentry 3
Cruz 2
Murphy 2
Beltre 1
Hamilton 1
Young 1
Torrealba 1
Moreland 1

 

[fanman8825]

Koji is just in beast mode.

Thats the best I have seen him pitch in quite awhile