The Texas Rangers scored eleven runs while the Chicago Cubs scored two runs.
Throughout the offseason, the Rangers seemed in need of a veteran starting pitcher in the mold of playoff hero Jordan Montgomery and instead they just kept penciling Cody Bradford into the rotation.
After a nice first frame to begin his year, Bradford gave up a single and then allowed a two-run dong on a flat, fat fastball down the middle to Dansby Swanson and I found myself rolling my eyes with Texas trailing 2-0. Were they really going to defend their title with a 90 MPH tossin’ lefty with a number of career big league starts that he can still count on two hands as their second night offering?