Attempting to stop the Texas Rangers potent offensive attack is a nearly impossible task, but, when a pitching staff receives no run support, the job becomes utterly hopeless.
On Sunday afternoon, the Indians were held scoreless for the 2nd consecutive contest as the Rangers completed a 4-game sweep.
Mitch Talbot was the Tribe starter who learned the difficult lesson outlined in the opening statement. Talbot limited Texas to only a pair of tallies in 6 innings, but he suffered the loss due to his offense's anemic performance.
The Rangers scored their runs on a Mitch Moreland solo home run to dead center field and an Elvis Andrus solo homer to the Home Run Porch down the left field line.
Those 2 dingers were all that C.J. Wilson and the Texas bullpen needed on this day. Wilson tossed 7 2/3 shutout frames, Darren Oliver retired the only batter he faced, and Neftali Feliz hurled a 1-2-3 9th. Wilson earned the win, and Feliz, the save.
Although it mattered very little, the Cleveland bullpen was tremendous. In the 7th, Joe Smith worked around a pair of walks that Talbot issued to begin the inning. Tony Sipp struck out the side in the 8th, and Chris Perez cruised through the 9th.
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| If only the Indians could have scored some runs... |
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