Thoughts on an 8-5 Rangers loss

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Angels 8, Rangers 5

I don’t feel like talking about Kyle Gibson today.

Stupid sexy grand slams.

If we don’t talk about Kyle Gibson, and the 8 runs he gave up in his four innings of work, including a grand slam, the pitching was pretty positive. Jimmy Herget, Demarcus Evans, Nick Goody and Jesse Chavez each worked one scoreless inning. That’s good.

Gibson will, presumably, have one more start this year. Hopefully it is better than this one was.

Only seven hits today for the Rangers, though one was an Isiah Kiner-Falefa home run, and another was an Isiah Kiner-Falefa single, which is good to see. IKF has cooled down, but him showing some pop and getting on…