Angels 8, Rangers 3
- For the first week of the season, the Rangers were losing more than they won, but it was...I don’t know that I would call it an “acceptable” losing stretch. But the offense was productive, the games were close, and you could feel okay about things. It wasn’t that this seemed like a playoff team, but it seemed like a decent team, much better than what we have seen the past two years.
- That’s not been the case the past two games. The Rangers have, instead, had a couple of ugly losses, with starters giving up too many runs while not going deep into games, and a patchwork collection of relievers letting things get out of hand while the offense doesn’t put many runs on the board.