Texas Rangers hammer Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 – MLB Recap
The Texas Rangers’ hammered the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 in the third game of their three-match regular series encounter on Sunday, May 27 at Rangers Ball Park in 2012 Major League Baseball season.
The Rangers not only won this game, but they also won the series as well with total thrashing of three games in a row.
Yu Darvish played wonderfully and gave only three runs for the Rangers finishing with three earned and seven hits.
"I did tell the coaches that I wasn't feeling good," Darvish said through a translator. "I could have gone six or seven innings. In the end, the manager made the decision to stop me. I'm not looking at it as an injury, I feel comfortable saying that I should be able to treat this and be ready for my next start."
Later Texas manager Ron Washington said for his team’s win as he was quite happy when he talked to the media, "It's always been a terrific lineup, We have All-Stars. The guys who hit behind (Josh) Hamilton are guys who can drive in runs."
Though the Blue Jays also played aggressive, but in the end could not stop their opponents who completely outplayed them.
"We had some momentum going into this road trip, We ran up against two really good teams." Toronto manager John Farrell said on his team’s loss and the different aspects which proved no good for Toronto.
The game started off with early and smashing lead of seven runs by the Rangers when their top hitters provided balanced hitting prowess and kept the Blue Jays under pressure.
Though, the Blue Jays on the other hand, tried to bounce back with three runs’ addition, but never matched the twelve runs’ gap which was built into bottom seventh and lost the game in utter humiliation.
This series win now places the Texas Rangers in top position in the American League West Division with 30-18 win loss record along with healthy .625 winning percentage.
In the meanwhile, the Blue Jays, at the moment are in fourth position with 24-24 win loss record while their winning percentage is also looking steady at .500.
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