Jimmy Herget
Pozo Walkoff Homer Fuels Express 3-2 Win Over Skeeters
Round Rock, TX - Round Rock catcher Yohel Pozo capped Friday's 3-4 night at the plate with a 2-out bottom of the ninth home run propelling the Round Rock Express (27-23) to a 3-2 victory over the in-State rival Sugar Land Skeeters (27-22). Pozo's ninth homer of 2021 provided a prelude to the post-game fireworks in dramatic fashion as the 24 year-old Venezuelan drove a 3-2, 2-out Ronel Blanco fastball to deep left sending the crowd of 7,043 home happy, but not before more fireworks. Jimmy Herget
Albert Pujols powers Angels to 6-2 win, DeMarcus Evans makes debut
Albert Pujols had 660 home runs prior to the start of tonight's game. When the game was over the Angels won 6-2 and he had 662 home runs and he surpassed Willie Mays on the all-time home run list. Pujols stands alone in 5th place with 662. The next up is Alex Rodriguez with 696. On the mound Jimmy Herget (3.24) opened for the Rangers and walked two batters in his scoreless inning. Wes Benjamin (1-1, 4.41) pitched four innings and allowed two runs on six hits, two walks and four strikeouts. P
Rangers lose to the Athletics by a touchdown, 10-3
Losing has been a common theme recently for our Texas Rangers. You can't blame it all on the pitching. The blame can easily be spread to the defense and we'll hand some of it to the offense as well. The Rangers lose to the Athletics by a final of 10-3 and are now 11-18 on the season. The Athletics scored 5 runs in the top of the 7th to effectively end the hopes of the Rangers trying to claw their way back. At that point the Rangers had no fight in them. Well touch on this in a bit but the star o