J Weave hit or miss?

Its been three weeks since the Texas Rangers faced Angels ace Jered Weaver. Weaver pitched a complete game and made the mighty Texas bats seem weak and subpar. Tonight, however, was a different story. This time Weaver graced the Texas bats with four runs in six innings, including Elvis Andrus second homerun of the season in the first.

Alexi Ogando struck out two in the first inning and worked his fastball to 95 mph. He lasted 6 1/3 innings allowing one run over five hits. Ogando struggled in the fifth and sixth innings when he faced runners in scoring position, but settled down to work through the batters and get his outs. It was a strong start for Ogando, even though he would eventually come out due to his everlasting blister troubles. Cody Eppley would relieve Ogando who got out of the inning with a ground out to second and a pop out to second. Oliver relieved the eighth with a one, two, three inning which brought on Feliz to end the ninth and get the save.

Yes the pitching was solid, but its been the hitting thats sparked this offense the past few games. Michael Young has now hit safely in 27 of his last 31 games, with a single and a double in tonights game. It doesn't matter where you put this guy in the lineup or what you throw at him apparently. Adrian Beltre hit a solo HR in the sixth inning to make the score 4-1.

Over all it was a solid outing at the ballpark. Maybe this is the momentum the Rangers have been looking for. Four hits off of Jered Weaver isn't bad and I will gladly take the 4-1 win over the leading AL west Angels. Now on to tomorrow for game two of the series. Play ball!