All's quiet on the western front

The Rangers and A's are underway in Oakland, though you'd never know it by the crowd. Very quiet, like they're at an art gallery instead of a ballpark. No score in bottom of second. Rangers' Dustin Nippert worked out of a little jam in the bottom of the first. Omar Vizquel, who had been playing in place of Kinsler, gets a night off and so we've got Joaquin Arias starting at second (and leading off), which makes for one of the younger double-play combinations you'll see in Andrus and Arias. Hamilton is batting seventh. Sure would be nice to see him regain his stroke with a three-game series coming up against the Angels after these four against Oakland.