Everything that made Wednesday's 8-1 loss to Oakland gross made today's 9-2 win over Houston good. The Rangers were fresh off getting swept by the A's earlier this week to begin this road trip and were facing an Astros team looking to get out of the AL West cellar and make a statement that they weren't going to go away easily this season.
Instead, the Rangers swept the Astros this weekend and allowed just four total runs in doing so. As good as Colby Lewis and Cesar Ramos were on Friday and Saturday, Cole Hamels showed why he's Cole Hamels in today's finale.