Giants lose to Rangers in first visit since clinching 2010 World Series

I’m guilty of the assumption that an inherently unpredictable universe will assign to itself predictability just because that’s what it should do.

Texas (49-52) went into Friday night’s game against the Giants in third place in the AL West, eight games behind Houston.

On Friday, Nick Martinez started for the Rangers. The normally unflappable Bumgarner was sufficiently flapped when Delino DeShields flipped his bat after… popping out? “I don’t know if he intimidates doing that”. “I respect the decision and understand it….”

Cole Hamels was officially added to the Texas Rangers’ active roster on Saturday. Apparently he’s good? Rangers DH Prince Fielder had three hits – two were doubles – Saturday after going 4-for-28 over the previous eight contests.2. Hamels allowed three runs in the inning, but the benefit of a guy like Hamels is he can allow three runs in the third and still pitch into the eighth (spoiler alert).

Too bad reliever Tanner Scheppers blew the save, ruining Hamels’ debut, as the Giants tied the score in the ninth and won it in the 11th. The defense paid Hamels back one out later, as Leonys Martin helped throw out Matt Duffy trying to advance on a single. It is the second time in a week that Panik has missed time because of the back….

“It was definitely unfortunate”, Scheppers said. The 27-year-old right-hander, acquired from Cincinnati late Thursday night, allowed only two earned runs winning his last four starts for the Reds.

With the three-run lead evaporated, Jake Diekman took the ball and struck out pinch hitter Gregor Blanco.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book GT Bets, the Rangers are -130 money line favorites for tonight’s game while the Giants are +110 money line underdogs. Tomorrow will be kinder, Cole Hamels.

Well, for one he took a deep breath. Baseball is weird and hard.

Texas Rangers relief pitcher Shawn Tolleson (37) and catcher Chris Gimenez (38) celebrate the win over the San Francisco Giants at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

Banister agreed wholeheartedly and would have let Perez go for the shutout had this been 2016 or had the Rangers done more offensively than just Josh Hamilton’s two-out two-run homer in the sixth.

SAN FRANCISCO NINTH: With one out, Angel Pagan doubled to center, leading to the removal of Martin Perez. With Tolleson unavailable due to pitching in a thousand straight games (it’s either a thousand or four, my notes are unclear), Diekman entered to play the match-up game down the batting order.

The Rangers turned an inning-ending double play on his next pitch, but even after putting up some insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh, Hamels’ new teammates could not get him a victory. “All those factors were involved, and it was a situation where really we wanted to give the bullpen some room, which we did”. “I think we feel like the inning’s never over until we get that out”. McCullers is 21 years old, 5-3 with a 2.48 ERA.

Exactly one week after he no-hit the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on 129 pitches, Hamels gave up eight hits and five runs to the Giants – who on July 10 at home had nine runs and 12 hits in 3⅓ innings against the left-hander. Choo is 3-5 against Leake, and I expect him to continue his success against Leake this afternoon. “And you’ve got a good hitter coming up”. Notably, Gallardo is 14-4 lifetime against the Astros, allowing them a 2.99 ERA.