June 8th-11th
Game 1, Att: 48,765
So after our brief jaunt to the North East we head back home for a series Vs the Blue Jays hoping we can carry on from where we left off in Boston. We comfortably beat the Blue Jays with some solid hitting, pitching and defence. Kinsler hit his 8th of the year in the 4th with 1 on, Byrd hit his 5th of the year in the 5th with 1 on, Snider hit the only Blue Jays homer in the 9th with 2 out, but it didn't inspire a Blue Jays fightback.
Game 2, Att: 48,948
Once again today showed us what we're missing if we have ambitions of doing something this year, a true Ace in the rotation. Whilst we struggled with Halladay the Blue Jays batters had a nice time of milking Harrison and the buffet pitches they received.
Game 3, Att: 48,934
A slugfest today, we got off to a quick start but the Blue Jays kept pegging us back, the 7th was the turning point, 2 outs and Padilla comes out and Gabbard gets the ball due to the middle part of the line up being left handed hitters, what happened next could only be called car crash baseball Gabbard couldn't hold his nerve and gave up the game winning runs. Gabbard has been a huge disappointment since he was called up, I'd like to sack him but I can't so he may be off to minor league ball very soon.
Game 4, Att: 49,057
You never know what Rangers team will show up on a day to day basis, is it the one that can carve near misses from cast-iron certainties or the one that grindes it's way to victory. Today the winners turned up, although it was done with a bit more panache than we normally see. A 5 run 2 innings blitz is what pulled over the finishing line. Byrd hit his 6th of the year in the 5th and Teagarden his 4th of the year in the 6th with 2 on.