Thoughts on a 10-4 Rangers win

• Really?
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• This lineup was the one to score doubt digit runs for the first time since June 7?

• This lineup being one that featured just two regulars from your Opening Day roster, two bench players, three guys who were in the minors to start the season, two guys who were not in the organization on Opening Day and were signed off the street, with one of the two street guys being your backup catcher who got the start at DH.

• June 7 — a 10-0 win against Cleveland — was also the last time the Rangers won a game by more than three runs.

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• Prior to this, the Rangers last 12 wins all were by three runs or less, and all had someone earning a save.

• Its nice to have a game where the late innings don’t involve stress and drama.

• Nathan Eovaldi got the start and pitched really great until he stopped pitching really great.

• After four innings, Eovaldi had allowed no hits, had walked just one batter, had struck out seven, and you were thinking to yourself, hey, there’s a no hitter going, maybe Texas can notch one of those for the first time this century…

• Then Detroit started hammering the ball in the fifth. A leadoff homer by Colt Keith, a two run, two out homer by Hao-Yu Lee, and a couple of singles after that before Kerry Carpenter grounded out to end the inning.

• A Riley Greene double to start the sixth ended Eovaldi’s night, though it took two relievers — Tyler Alexander and Peyton Gray — to finish the sixth, as well as two relievers — Gray and Robby Ahlstrom — to wrap up the seventh.

• Cole Winn was given the eighth in a blowout and allowed a run, as has been the case too often of late with him. Winn is now rocking a 7.07 ERA, and as we have discussed before, you never want your ERA to be a plane.

• A Gavin Collyer ninth inning finished things off. I know we were all hoping new addition Ben Peoples would pitch the ninth, but it was not to be.

• Eovaldi ended the day with nine Ks, which moved him past Ron Darling, Steve Trachsel, Rube Marquard, Doug Drabek and Jose DeLeon on the all time strikeout list. With 1597 for his career, Eovaldi is now 199th all time, with Ken Holtzman (1601), Jim Maloney (1605) and Jose Rijo (1606) next in his sights.

• The patchwork lineup, meanwhile, put up 17 hits in the game. 17!

• I wasn’t counting on 17 hits from this group either. I figured more like 7.

• Alejandro Osuna and Nicky Lopez had three hits apiece. Josh Jung, Elias Diaz and Ezequiel Duran each had two hits. Evan Carter and Josh Smith each came off the bench once Framber Valdez was out of the game and put up a single and a homer apiece.

• I’m thinking about how, if you’re a Tigers fan, sending your high priced free agent pitching acquisition out there against the spring training looking lineup the Rangers had and seeing him give up five runs must sting. It would be one of those instances where, if it happened to the Rangers, we’d be asking, “Why can’t we do this to other teams?”

• Sadly, the Mariners also won, so the Rangers are still tied with Seattle for the American League West and Wild Card 3. They are 2.5 games up on Houston, though, with the Astros being the next closest team for both the division lead and WC3.

• Nathan Eovaldi reached 96.3 mph with his fastball, averaging 95.0 mph. Tyler Alexander’s fastball reached 92.0 mph. Peyton Gray hit 94.4 mph with his fastball. Robby Ahlstrom touched 95.4 mph with his fastball. Cole Winn’s fastball maxed out at 95.6 mph. Gavin Collyer touched 97.7 mph with his fastball.

• Elias Diaz had a 112.0 mph line out and a 102.3 mph home run. Ezequiel Duran had 109.0 mph single and a 103.6 mph single. Evan Carter had a 104.4 mph home run. Josh Smith had a 104.1 mph home run. Kyle Higashioka had a 104.0 mph fly out and a 102.2 mph fly out. Cam Cauley had a 101.7 mph fly out. Alejandro Osuna had a 100.1 mph single.

• No game on Friday because of the World Cup. I know, it feels weird to me, too.

This lineup was the one to score doubt digit runs for the first time since June 7?

This lineup being one that featured just two regulars from your Opening Day roster, two bench players, three guys who were in the minors to start the season, two guys who were not in the organization on Opening Day and were signed off the street, with one of the two street guys being your backup catcher who got the start at DH.

June 7 — a 10-0 win against Cleveland — was also the last time the Rangers won a game by more than three runs.

Prior to this, the Rangers last 12 wins all were by three runs or less, and all had someone earning a save.

Its nice to have a game where the late innings don’t involve stress and drama.

Nathan Eovaldi got the start and pitched really great until he stopped pitching really great.

Then Detroit started hammering the ball in the fifth. A leadoff homer by Colt Keith, a two run, two out homer by Hao-Yu Lee, and a couple of singles after that before Kerry Carpenter grounded out to end the inning.

A Riley Greene double to start the sixth ended Eovaldi’s night, though it took two relievers — Tyler Alexander and Peyton Gray — to finish the sixth, as well as two relievers — Gray and Robby Ahlstrom — to wrap up the seventh.

Cole Winn was given the eighth in a blowout and allowed a run, as has been the case too often of late with him. Winn is now rocking a 7.07 ERA, and as we have discussed before, you never want your ERA to be a plane.

A Gavin Collyer ninth inning finished things off. I know we were all hoping new addition Ben Peoples would pitch the ninth, but it was not to be.

Eovaldi ended the day with nine Ks, which moved him past Ron Darling, Steve Trachsel, Rube Marquard, Doug Drabek and Jose DeLeon on the all time strikeout list. With 1597 for his career, Eovaldi is now 199th all time, with Ken Holtzman (1601), Jim Maloney (1605) and Jose Rijo (1606) next in his sights.

The patchwork lineup, meanwhile, put up 17 hits in the game. 17!

I wasn’t counting on 17 hits from this group either. I figured more like 7.

Alejandro Osuna and Nicky Lopez had three hits apiece. Josh Jung, Elias Diaz and Ezequiel Duran each had two hits. Evan Carter and Josh Smith each came off the bench once Framber Valdez was out of the game and put up a single and a homer apiece.

I’m thinking about how, if you’re a Tigers fan, sending your high priced free agent pitching acquisition out there against the spring training looking lineup the Rangers had and seeing him give up five runs must sting. It would be one of those instances where, if it happened to the Rangers, we’d be asking, “Why can’t we do this to other teams?”

Sadly, the Mariners also won, so the Rangers are still tied with Seattle for the American League West and Wild Card 3. They are 2.5 games up on Houston, though, with the Astros being the next closest team for both the division lead and WC3.

Nathan Eovaldi reached 96.3 mph with his fastball, averaging 95.0 mph. Tyler Alexander’s fastball reached 92.0 mph. Peyton Gray hit 94.4 mph with his fastball. Robby Ahlstrom touched 95.4 mph with his fastball. Cole Winn’s fastball maxed out at 95.6 mph. Gavin Collyer touched 97.7 mph with his fastball.

Elias Diaz had a 112.0 mph line out and a 102.3 mph home run. Ezequiel Duran had 109.0 mph single and a 103.6 mph single. Evan Carter had a 104.4 mph home run. Josh Smith had a 104.1 mph home run. Kyle Higashioka had a 104.0 mph fly out and a 102.2 mph fly out. Cam Cauley had a 101.7 mph fly out. Alejandro Osuna had a 100.1 mph single.

No game on Friday because of the World Cup. I know, it feels weird to me, too.