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The Texas Rangers are riding a 4 game losing streak, plus 13 Rangers are currently out of commission, including 3 regular starting pitchers, Lewis, Callaway, Park, and the team's best 2 catchers. Kenny Roger's who was scheduled to start on Sunday is now questionable after he pulled a muscle trying to beat out a double play earlier in the week. Right hander Juan Dominguez was placed on the DL, Wednesday with lower neck pains. The aches and pains are starting to catch up with the club as they've fallen 3 games out of first place. The Rangers have now lost 5 of their last 6. Over the last 10 games, Texas is hitting .260 (down from .277 on the year), while the pitching staff's ERA has risen up to 5.08, up from 4.64 on the season. John Wasdin will make his second start of the year and first in about 2 months as Texas plays at Florida against Brad Penny.
The Atlanta Braves have the third-worst fielding percentage in baseball and the third-most errors with 56. 49 of Atlanta's errors have come in the infield, which ranks them dead last. The Braves have committed the most errors at second base and shortstop with 13 and 16 at each position. They also hold the second most at third base with 14. In an effort to strengthen the infield, Cox has moved Chipper Jones to the hot corner to replace Mark DeRosa. DeRosa leads the Braves with 10 errors. I don't think this is such a great move on Cox's part, because Chipper is suffering from a hamstring injury thats limiting his movement from right to left and he'll likely have more action in Friday's game against Cleveland when Hampton takes the mound. Hampton carries a 61:28 ground ball/fly ball ratio in 6 home starts this season. In Hampton's last home outing on June 2 against the Expos, the Braves committed 4 errors in the 4 innings Hampton pitched. These errors helped the Expos beat the Braves 8-4. Face it, Hampton is not an overpowering pitcher and with an infield prone to making so many mistakes, Cleveland might be the right side in this one. Their a young/old mixture chemistry and can definitely play with the big guns this year.
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The Texas Rangers are riding a 4 game losing streak, plus 13 Rangers are currently out of commission, including 3 regular starting pitchers, Lewis, Callaway, Park, and the team's best 2 catchers. Kenny Roger's who was scheduled to start on Sunday is now questionable after he pulled a muscle trying to beat out a double play earlier in the week. Right hander Juan Dominguez was placed on the DL, Wednesday with lower neck pains. The aches and pains are starting to catch up with the club as they've fallen 3 games out of first place. The Rangers have now lost 5 of their last 6. Over the last 10 games, Texas is hitting .260 (down from .277 on the year), while the pitching staff's ERA has risen up to 5.08, up from 4.64 on the season. John Wasdin will make his second start of the year and first in about 2 months as Texas plays at Florida against Brad Penny.
The Atlanta Braves have the third-worst fielding percentage in baseball and the third-most errors with 56. 49 of Atlanta's errors have come in the infield, which ranks them dead last. The Braves have committed the most errors at second base and shortstop with 13 and 16 at each position. They also hold the second most at third base with 14. In an effort to strengthen the infield, Cox has moved Chipper Jones to the hot corner to replace Mark DeRosa. DeRosa leads the Braves with 10 errors. I don't think this is such a great move on Cox's part, because Chipper is suffering from a hamstring injury thats limiting his movement from right to left and he'll likely have more action in Friday's game against Cleveland when Hampton takes the mound. Hampton carries a 61:28 ground ball/fly ball ratio in 6 home starts this season. In Hampton's last home outing on June 2 against the Expos, the Braves committed 4 errors in the 4 innings Hampton pitched. These errors helped the Expos beat the Braves 8-4. Face it, Hampton is not an overpowering pitcher and with an infield prone to making so many mistakes, Cleveland might be the right side in this one. Their a young/old mixture chemistry and can definitely play with the big guns this year.
Will be right back with some more info! Just want to save whats typed so I don't lose the info!
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