Rangers Keep Palms Reeling in Arlington

 by Vin Castillo, Coca-Cola Palms Park Press

ARLINGTON — What began as a tough series has quickly snowballed into a spiral. The Texas Rangers pounded out 19 hits against Miami pitching Tuesday night, cruising to an 11–5 victory and handing the Palms their fifth straight loss.

Erick Fedde, making his ninth start of the year, couldn’t find footing against a relentless Rangers lineup. He was tagged for six runs in three innings, watching Joey Gallo rip a pair of doubles and Ronald Guzman and Elvis Andrus go deep.

“Fedde’s stuff was fine in the ‘pen sessions, but tonight he was up in the zone too often,” manager Scott Hatteberg admitted. “You can’t do that against big league bats, especially in this park.”

Edwin Encarnación briefly kept Miami afloat with a two-run blast in the sixth — his eighth homer of the season — and Greg García added a pair of RBI singles, but the Rangers kept adding on against the bullpen. Wandy Peralta and Jeremy Jeffress combined to allow five runs over the final frames, effectively burying any hope of a late rally.

Bench coach Forrest Davis put it plainly: “We’ve had chances to steady ourselves, but right now the other team smells blood and we’re giving them too many openings.”

Nick Markakis, who collected a hit and a walk, struck a different tone: “Losing streaks feel like they’ll never end while you’re in them. But we’re a good club. We’ll fight our way out.”

The Palms will turn to Blake Johnston on Wednesday as they try to avoid dropping the series in Arlington and snapping a skid that’s starting to cast a shadow over what had been a strong start to May.

 Texas Rangers 11, Miami Palms 5

 Tuesday, May 12, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (23-21)                                      Texas Rangers (2-0)                                     

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Sohn rf         5  0  1  0  0  1  4  0  0  2   .288      Andrus ss       5  2  3  2  0  2  2  1  0  1   .500

 Markakis lf     4  1  1  0  1  0  2  0  0  2   .304      Solak lf        5  3  3  0  0  0  3  0  0  0   .333

 Pfaff 1b        4  1  0  0  1  1  6  1  0  0   .364      Santana cf      5  1  2  1  0  0  2  0  0  2   .333

 Korb 3b         4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1   .274      Gallo rf        5  2  3  2  0  1  3  0  0  0   .333

 Encarnacion dh  2  3  1  2  2  0  0  0  0  0   .278      Odor 2b         4  0  2  1  1  1  2  2  0  0   .222

 Wieters c       4  0  1  0  0  1  8  0  0  0   .257      Frazier 3b      4  0  1  2  0  1  0  5  0  1   .250

 Holt ss         4  0  1  1  0  0  2  3  0  0   .247      Choo dh         5  2  3  1  0  1  0  0  0  1   .600

 Garcia 2b       3  0  2  2  1  1  0  1  0  0   .350      Guzman 1b       5  1  2  2  0  0  9  1  0  1   .250

 Roeder cf       4  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  2   .200      Kiner-Falefa c  3  0  0  0  1  1  5  0  0  3   .000

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          34 5  8  5  5  5  24 6  0  7             Totals          41 11 19 11 2  7  27 9  0  9  

 

 

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E

                       -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Miami Palms           0  0  0  0  1  2  0  2  0      5  8  0  

 Texas Rangers         3  2  1  0  0  0  2  3         11 19 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 7, Texas Rangers 9; 2B- Solak(1), Santana(1), Gallo 2(2), Choo(1);

 HR- Encarnacion(8), Andrus(1), Guzman(1); RBI- Encarnacion 2(29), Garcia 2(9),

 Holt(6), Andrus 2(2), Santana(3), Gallo 2(2), Odor(1), Guzman 2(2), Frazier 2(2),

 Choo(1); SF- Frazier(1); GIDP- Korb(2), Frazier(1); RLSP- Sohn, Korb, Markakis,

 Roeder, Santana, Guzman, Frazier, Choo, Kiner-Falefa 2;  

 

 DP- Miami Palms 1, Texas Rangers 1; 


 Miami Palms              IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Fedde(L 2-2)             3.0  11 6  6  1  1    6.94  

 Allen                    2.0  2  0  0  0  3    4.64  

 Peralta                  2.0  2  2  2  1  3    3.52  

 Jeffress                 1.0  4  3  3  0  0    3.00  

 

 Texas Rangers            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Minor(W 1-0)             7.0  6  3  3  3  4    3.86  

 Evans                    1.0  2  2  2  2  1   18.00 

 Nicasio                  1.0  0  0  0  0  0    0.00  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Fedde 66-38, Allen 23-19, Peralta 29-17, Jeffress 16-11, Minor 93-56,

 Evans 24-11, Nicasio 8-5; Batters faced- Fedde 21, Allen 7, Peralta 9, Jeffress 7,

 Minor 29, Evans 7, Nicasio 3; 


 Temp - 0, Sky - Roof Closed, Wind - None 

 

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