Athletics whip Texas Rangers, 12-6

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Rangers take it on the chin
Published 5/12/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Chip's Moody Blues) at Uwe Blog
... The Oakland A's brought the Rangers down a notch with a 12-6 loss breaking a 5-game winning steak. Of course, the Rangers won the series. Something to hang your hat on. That's five straight series won by the Rangers. ...

Mother’s Day Letdown: Ponson, Rangers Fall To A’s 12-6
Published 5/12/2008 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... season, which were punctuated by brilliant command of the strike zone and, not surprisingly, a spectacular 3.17 ground-to-fly ratio. Just 59 of Sidney’s 103 pitches went for strikes on Sunday, equating to a strike percentage of just 57.3% - nearly 10 percentage points off his previous clip of 66.2%. If runs are the paper currency of baseball, then strikes account for the various pennies and nickels that comprise a full dollar. And Ponson, unfortunately, went bankrupt: “I had no command of any of my pitches, and I was a ...

Monday a.m. things
Published 5/12/2008 by Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
... Evan Grant's game story has quotes from Sidney Ponson saying that he just didn't have any command today, which turned him into a flyball pitcher.  ...