Yu Darvish and James Shields are both great pitchers. So I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised by the pitchers’ duel that happened in Arlington tonight. Both pitchers were bringing it and seemed to have the game completely in control.
Darvish was just a smidge better though. Over seven innings, he struck out 10 and scattered six hits and two walks. A few times, I thought for sure the Rays would string some hits together and score, but they didn’t. Some of that is credit to Darvish, who made some excellent pitches and some equally impressive defensive plays.
Shields only allowed three hits and two walks in his seven innings of work. Unfortunately for him, one of those hits was a solo home run to Ian Kinsler.
Game over.
That was all the Rangers needed to finish off the Rays.
Many thanks to the pitching staff. You already saw what Darvish did. Mike Adams and Joe Nathan kept it going. Adams allowed just one hit. And Nathan struck out the side as he earned his 27th save tonight.
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Yu Darvish,
James Shields,
Ian Kinsler,
Mike Adams,
Joe Nathan,
Matt Harrison,
Alex Cobb
TEAMS: Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays
TEAMS: Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays
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