Colborn vs Perry
The saga of "Why Gaylord Perry stinks" continues. Texas' so called "ace" once again turned in another crappy performance. When your ace sports a 0-6, 6.34 record your team is destined to occupy the cellar. Perry gave up 8 runs in 5 innings of pitiful work. Still the Rangers were only down by 1 run heading into the 9th, when the Brew Crew busted out for 3 insurance runs to salt it away. Milwaukee slammed 6 homers (5 off Perry) to score their runs. The "boomer", George Scott and "Stormin" Gorman Thomas each had 3 RBi's in this slugfest.
Slaton vs Bosman
It's a bad sign for a team when their ace is 0-6. It's a surefire sign that you are a bottom feeder when your #2 guy is 1-5 (5.10). For the second day in a row the Rangers received abysmal starting pitching. This time Dick Bosman (11 hits, 7 ER, 7 IP) was the culprit. The Brewers took full advantage by smashing 3 round trippers. Johnny Briggs (4-5, 2 RBI, HR & 2B) spearheaded a potent 13 hit attack. Texas scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th to make the final score seem a bit more respectable than it actually was.
Bibby vs Sorensen
Once again the men from Arlington called upon Jim Bibby to be their stopper. The big man answered the call by tossing a 3 hitter. He wound up getting into some trouble in the bottom of the 9th, but he waved off his manager for fear that the pen might just blow another game. In a rare start in rightfield, Larry Biittner went 3 for 3. His defensive replacement, Tom Grieve, had a hit in his lone plate appearance. Mike Hargrove went 3 for 5 to up his season average to .338. Both teams finish the series with identical 10-17 records with little or no chance to make any noise with 11 games left to play.
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