Thoughts on a 12-4 Rangers defeat

Astros 12, Rangers 4

• All things considered, a division of a four-game match against the Astros is not a bad thing.
• That said, given that the Rangers are in the standings, walking in the water is not really enough, at least if the goal is the post-season.
• This is particularly vexing given that the Rangers won the first two games and were in a position to win the third game, which gave us a glimpse of a change of season for Houston, bringing back memories of 2015. Instead, we had a symmetrical series, with a big victory, a victory, a loss, and finally a big loss.

• Ariel Jurado got stuck in the end zone in the first run, but despite that, he did not have much today. He worked hard to complete four innings with 99 shots, allowing 7 hits and 4 walks, making the fact that he gave "only" five rather remarkable points.

• Jurado was pushed longer than normal because yesterday's match had required several pen sleeves, and with a thin feather anyway, Chris Woodward, I'm sure, did not want to go see the lifters before being forced. And rightly so, since Jesse Biddle and Kyle Bird allied themselves to give 7 points to the 7th inning, turning the match into a real eruption.

• Biddle has now allocated 33 points in 28 innings this season between Atlanta, Seattle and Texas. I did not understand why Texas had asked for it and I do not understand why he is still on the list.

• Bird has at least some options and has launched well in Nashville before this latest call, even though he still has an ERA 8.31.

• Willie Calhoun had 2 shots today, and Elvis Andrus, Nomar Mazara and Rougned Odor each have 1 each. They also drew 5 walks. Remarkably, apart from a start run in the second run, all these strokes and marches occurred in the 1st or 7th round. Justin Verlander retired 15 times in a row from 2 to 6 and the Astros lifters retired 7 times in a row to end the game.

• We will have a day off tomorrow to think. Changes are coming as Hunter Pence will likely be activated on Tuesday. With free days on Monday and Thursday, the Rangers could drop a reliever and go with a 7-handed pen (Adrian Sampson is the 7th player without a fifth starter being needed for another week), but that does not matter gives that an idea of ​​the player's position. go a few more days. And with Wei-Chieh Huang and Brady Feigl now seemingly healthy, Texas could look at arms different from those of the guys currently sitting in the paddock.