ARLINGTON, Texas — You don’t mess with a Texan, especially when he gets ticked off.
The Rangers discovered that Friday night when Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis, the Lubbock native who played at Texas Tech, rebounded from a truly awful first inning to play a key part in Colorado’s 9-5 victory at Globe Life Park.
The Rockies, now 23-16 on the road, were in dire need of a victory, having lost two of three at Philadelphia and 10 of their last 13 coming in.
It helped that the Rockies’ offense, spearheaded by a two-homer night by former Ranger Ian Desmond, ripped Texas for 13 hits.