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Feliz is on target right now...
Come on..he couldn't have done about that bunt.you Feliz....never does a 1-2-3 inning....
Feliz is on target right now...
One MORE!!!
101 mph? ing serious?
Keep Cabrera's fat ass in that ing circle.
yeah....one down..3 to go...This was the one I was worried about too, with Verlander starting... yeah...
GotDAMN, Nefty!
Thanks for another jinx post. Last night you ed your own team, tonight you helped ours. Rangers fans really appreciate it.Looks like the Tigers have finally woke up. They will take game 1 and Ranger fans will be miserable. You ers will be joining the rest of us by late next week.
But seriously...has anyone seen as much fail as this guy over the past two days? It's almost sad.
Damn, that game took for- ing-ever.
I'm so ing tired staying up to watch that game after the long delays. I'm drained.
Wasn't a particularly exciting game. Not much offense. Verlander wasn't sharp. I think Murphy lucked into that triple a little bit. It looked like he was just guessing and hoping, but it was enough to lead to two runs. And Verlander once again showed frustration at the strike zone and left that fastball up right where Cruz could crush it. That first inning jam CJ Wilson got out of giving up no runs was pretty big imo. Cabrera and Victor really need to make an impact offensively for the Tigers to have a chance. New game tomorrow, hopefully they do.
Good game, Rangers. Let's do it again, tomorrow.
lolLooks like the Tigers have finally woke up. They will take game 1 and Ranger fans will be miserable. You ers will be joining the rest of us by late next week.
cliff lee lol
i hope him and his wife are enjoying that famous philly off-season weather
I'm finally on the board. Now 1-4 when attending a Rangers playoff game.
It never rains in Texas, so wtf was this about?! Of course it chooses tonight to rain. Lame. But I have been through a 3.5 hour rain delay at Yankee Stadium (2008, last season of the old one), so this was nothing.
Why Ogando got W ?
CJ didn't go enough innings, after that it's the scorekeeper's choice as to whether Gonzalez or Ogando gets the win.
Definitely a good game. I was thinking for sure we'd lose this one. Verlander starting, Wilson had one of his worst starts in a while..thank goodness our defense was on. I'm drained also..feel like I was playing in the game myself.
Love that Gonzalez is getting some love. After what he's done with left handed hitters this year, and in the playoffs, he's earned it. Best bullpen in the league.
Mike Gonzalez trade keeps paying dividends
October, 9, 2011
OCT 9
1:38
AM CT
By Richard Durrett
ARLINGTON, Texas -- No matter what kind of career pitcher Pedro Strop has, the trade for LHP Mike Gonzalez at the August deadline was worth it.
Why? Because you trade a prospect for a player who can impact games late when they matter most. And once again, in Game 1 of the ALCS, Gonzalez was a huge factor in the outcome.
Gonzalez, obtained from Baltimore on Aug. 31, came in with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth inning to face left-handed hitting Alex Avila. The situation arrived after the second rain delay and Gonzalez was told to get ready about 10 minutes before the game was set to resume.
"That's more than enough time," Gonzalez said.
He warmed up and then threw just two pitches to Avila, getting him to ground out. Gonzalez was clearly fired up and celebrated with his teammates in the dugout moments later.
"The game is right there," Gonzalez said. "It's within one run and the guy gets a knock and you're down by two or three. It's something where you either go up or down. I was feeling pretty good. The energy shifted our way. That's always good."
It's the second time this postseason that Gonzalez has come in to get a critical left-handed hitter out in a big situation. He retired Johnny Damon on three pitches, striking him out in the eighth in Game 3 of the ALDS.
"Coming in here, I understood what I'd be going to be brought in for and that's to get that big lefty," Gonzalez said. "It's situational. You know you're a piece of that puzzle and that's what I have to do."
Washington said before the rain came that starter C.J. Wilson would have pitched to Avila as his final batter of his start.
"But the rain stopped it, so we come back and we brought out Gonzalez," Washington said.
From that point forward, Washington set up the bullpen the way he wanted with Alexi Ogando for the sixth and seventh, Darren Oliver for two lefties to start the eighth, Mike Adams for the final batter of the eighth and closer Neftali Feliz for the ninth.
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/texas...ying-dividends
More bad weather coming. Probably looking at another rain delay or several. I have my doubts whether Game 2 will be played tonight.
solid job by the bullpen to get the win and survive verlander.
Looks like you might be right.
Just checked the forecast and it looks like it will be slow, steady, all day kind of rain which is usually what cancels these games.
I was looking forward to hanging out at home watching the game tonight. I hope it clears up.
Game 2 postponed til tomorrow afternoon. blah
Also, Magglio Ordonez is out for the playoffs. When did he get injured?
His ankle is still bugging him from last season when he broke it.
Ridiculous. Don't they have animated radar access? It was obviously going to clear at game time. Now, they don't even get a travel day, and the game is on when I'm at work.
Tigers say they will not move Verlander up to Game 4 and he will start Game 5 as scheduled. Great news.
Here's hoping it's over by then.
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