Apr 16, 2021
ARLINGTON, Texas — After taking three of four games from the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays, the Texas Rangers came home with a thud.
Texas dropped the first of a three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 5-2, dropping them to 6-8 on the season. At first, it looked like the Rangers were about to see a repeat of last Friday when Joe Musgrove threw a no-hitter against them.
The team got home late from their four-game series in Tampa Bay last night, but that isn't an excuse for Chris Woodward's team.
"I'm not going to make excuses for our guys. We've gotta be better," Woodward said. "That's professional baseball. You're going to have to deal with stuff like that. I felt like that guy came at us and attacked us. We just didn't attack back. A lot of called third strikes. A lot of chase at the top of the zone. We didn't really have tough at-bats tonight."