Official Site of the Rangers · May 18, 2018
Fister's strong start for naught as 'pen sputters
Fister picks off Moncada CHICAGO -- Doug Fister may have taken the mound a day earlier than originally expected, but a change of schedule didn't faze the right-hander in the least.
The Rangers' bullpen, however, couldn't make Fister's seven scoreless innings stand up.
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Fister, starting in place of Cole Hamels -- scratched from his start Thursday with neck stiffness -- registered his best start of the season. But it all went for naught when reliever Jose Leclerc surrendered four unearned runs in the eighth inning in a 4-2 loss to the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field.