Of course, after a few fun nights where a possible bright future started to reveal itself, the Rangers would run into Ross Detwiler and he’d basically toss the best game of his entire life. Indeed, Detwiler’s eight Ks of the Rangers tonight was a career high for a guy with 202 big league appearances with an ERA in the mid-4s. Of course.
Also, Ariel Jurado had a weird night where he was super hittable and gave up six runs but also threw a complete game. Baseball is strange.
(But hey, at least it only took two and a half hours to get it over with.