April was supposed to be an easy month for the Texas Rangers, yet the ball club is two games under five-hundred and on the brink of a make or break seven game road trip. First up the inning eating Roy Halladay and the American League East division leading Toronto Blue Jays. In case you haven’t seen the standings lately that is not a lie. Toronto has started off hot to jump ahead of New York, Boston and Tampa Bay in what most consider the best division in baseball.
So, does this high powered Ranger offense have a chance against Halladay? During the previous three seasons the 2003 Cy Young winner has gone 4-2 against the Rangers. Only once did he give up more than four runs in those starts and three times he has given up two runs or less. The one time Texas did knock him around was 2007 when the Rangers sent the Toronto starter out of the game in the sixth after giving up nine runs.
The answer is no. I hate to say it, but Texas has no chance tonight against Halladay, who by the way is 3-0 this season. To steal a couple of lines from Bob Sturm, this offense is not as high powered as people think. Yes they are capable of putting up 19 runs in one game, but then it is followed by half a week of bad baseball. The best example should be fresh on the minds of Ranger fans as the club put up 19 runs against Baltimore in one game then followed it with a combined nine runs in the next three games…against the third place Kansas City Royals.
I hope I’m wrong, but this is the Rangers.
Mic (with a C)
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