“That’s probably not going to work,' an underwhelmed Bruce Bochy said after another listless performance from the Rangers' offense.
was the story of a near comeback, Saturday’s was one of an offense that never got off the ground. It wasn’t even all that close to doing so. The Rangers mustered just four hits — all singles — and left seven runners on base to drop the second game of the series and clinch their first series loss since they were swept by the San Diego Padres in the final week of July.
The goriest detail gets its own runway: Those 18 strikeouts vs. the Brewers were a season-high, and the Rangers’ most in a single game since they posted the same total against the Houston Astros on May 11, 2019. The Rangers lost 84 games that season. Danny Santana hit second in that day’s lineup. Asdrubal Cabrera sixth. Elvis Andrus was the only Ranger whoHere’s how it looked on Saturday vs. the Brewers: The Rangers’ No. 1 through No. 5 hitters combined for 11 strikeouts.
Singles from Jonah Heim and Nathaniel Lowe were the rest of Texas’ attack. With the Rangers trailing 5-1, Jankowski led the seventh inning off with a walk; Duran, Taveras and Marcus Semien each struck out to leave him at first base. Seager reached on an error to lead off the eighth, but back-to-back strikeouts from Lowe and García cooled things quick.in and around the Rangers’ clubhouse. Their historically-strong offense in April and May? That looked contagious.
“You have to find a way to beat good pitching,” Bochy said. “Today, just an off day for the offense, throughout the lineup.”right now, though. The Rangers lead in the American League West is down to two games over the Houston Astros. A few Texas off days in a row and a few Houston on days in a row and, well, you know what happens.
“We’ll get back to who we are,” Bochy said. “And that’s doing some little things, like putting [the ball] in play.”The Rangers have done plenty of that this season. Now’s the time to ensure they keep that up.
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