Some things you need to know about Texans and Texas teams involved in sports: • • • • • • • 1. Feldman three-hits Rangers in 2-0 Houston win< Rangers hitters found their world Series form Friday night by hammering out a 13-6 victory. ... The next night, Scott Feldman, an essential member of the Rangers rotation in those years, was at his World Series form. Pitching for the Astros, Feldman guided Houston to a 2-0 win over the Rangers. ... Feldman (8-10) struck out five and walked one in his fourth career complete game and second this month. He also had one Aug. 3 against Toronto, yielding one run and eight hits in that game. ... I think Ive been feeling better and better as the seasons gone on, kind of just hope to keep that going the rest of the year, Feldman said. The three hits allowed matched a career best for Feldman, who also threw a three-hitter against San Diego on May 1, 2013. His other shutout was Sept. 6, 2013, against the Chicago White Sox. ... That is as good as Ive seen him pitch, Houston manager Bo Porter said. When you look at some of the swings that they were taking -- not only out of the zone but in the strike zone -- that lets you know just how much the ball was moving, sinking and cutting. ... Through the first five innings Feldman was the least effective of the two starters. Robbie Ross Jr. left with a no-hitter going for the Rangers. Ross was pulled after five innings and 70 pitches. He was on a strict pitch count after throwing 42 in 2 1/3 innings Thursday for Triple-A Round Rock. ... The left-hander was recalled to make a spot start in place of Miles Mikolas, skipped due to shoulder fatigue. I felt good, Ross said. I felt strong. They told me the pitch count got to me. I told them I would love to go back out there. ... Ross struck out five and walked three. He was outstanding, Texas manager Ron Washington said of Ross. But it was about Robbie Ross, protecting him.... Feldman retired his first 13 batters before Ryan Ruas one-out single in the fifth ended his perfect game. ...Rougned Odor hit a leadoff single in the sixth, Adrian Beltre walked with one out in the seventh and Leonys Martin singled with one out in the ninth for the only other runners Feldman permitted. The right-hander did not allow anyone past second base. ... Jose Altuve got Houstons first hit, a one-out double in the sixth off reliever Phil Klein. Then Astros scored twice in the seventh off Klein (0-2). Jesús Guzmán walked and Carlos Corporan doubled to put runners at second and third. Jake Marisnick had an RBI infield single, scoring Guzmán. Corporan scored on Kleins throwing error to first. ... The Rangers were expected to win the Silver Boot, the trophy for the winner of the intrastate series. The Houston win took the boot from the Rangers. They were expected to compete with the Angels and Athletics for the AL West title. Instead, the Rangers (53-82) and Angels (82-53) are currently mirror images. With the loss, the Rangers dropped two games below Colorado in the battle for last place in the big leagues. ... • • • • • • • 2. Texas, TCU, Tech capture opening victories< Texas, TCU and Texas Tech joined Texas A&M as state-based big time schools to record opening wins. Baylor opens play in its new stadium Sunday night when the Bears host SMU. ... • The Longhorns launched the Charlie Strong era with a strong showing on defense in a 38-7 win over North Texas. Quarterback David Ash appeared fully healthy and operated the offense efficiently enough, throwing for 190 yards and a touchdown in an encouraging start. ... The much maligned defense had allowed just 39 total yards at one point early in the fourth quarter. The Mean Green finished with 94 by the end of the game but was forced into four interceptions on the night. Running backs Johnathan Gray and Malcolm Brown each averaged more than five yards a carry. ... • Davis Webb threw for 452 yards and four touchdowns to lead Texas Tech to a 42-35 win over Central Arkansas. The sophomore quarterback also had two interceptions. He had only nine interceptions in 10 games last season. ... Webb completed 39 of 52 passes and threw TDs of six, five and 70 yards. The 70-yarder early in the fourth quarter was a career high for Webb and receiver Bradley Marquez. DeAndre Washington rushed for a career-high 104 yards on 20 carries for the Red Raiders. ... • Trevone Boykin passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third, leading TCU to a 48-14 victory over Samford. Boykin completed 29 of 41 passes for 320 yards. His touchdown passes covered 38 yards to Kolby Listenbee and 19 yards to David Porter. Boykins scoring run came from one yard out. ... TCU piled up 555 total yards, including 200 by eight different rushers, while holding Samford to 143. Horned Frogs kicker Jaden Oberkrom converted field goals of 22 and 25 yards. ... • • • • • • • 3. Oklahoma State gives Seminoles serious challenge< Unranked and rebuilding Oklahoma State, led by J.W. Walsh (Denton Guyer HS), gave No. 1 Florida State a scare in a 37-31 loss to the Seminoles in a contest at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. ... Although the Oklahoma State Cowboys were 19-point underdogs Walsh held his own with Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston. Walsh completed 15 of 27 passes for 203 yards and carried 11 times for 51 yards. ... • Redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett (Wichita Falls Rider HS), elevated into a starting role after senior Braxton Miller injured his right shoulder two weeks ago, Barrett went 12-for-15 for 226 yards and two TDs -- one for 80 yards -- as Ohio State beat Navy 34-17 for its 25th consecutive regular-season victory. ... • Gus Johnson (Gilmer HS) scored from the 30 and Joe Minden (Coppell HS) went in from the 19 for Stephen F. Austins 55-16 loss to No. 20 Kansas State, coached by Bill Snyder who once served on the coaching staffs of Austin College and North Texas State. ... • In his first game back after missing last season for academic impropriety, Everett Golson threw TD passes of 75 and 53 yards and ran for for three TDs as the Notre Dame beat Rice 48-17. He became just the third Irish QB to run for three TDs in a game. ... • • • • • • • 4. Baseball Briefs: Cosart hurls Marlins past Braves< Jarred Cosart (Houston Clear Creek HS), acquired in a July 31 trade with Houston, pitched seven effective innings as the Marlins beat the Braves 4-0. Cosart allowed seven hits, struck out five and walked one. ... Adam Dunn (New Caney HS) hit a two-run home run in the White Sox 6-3 win over Detroit in the first game of a day-night doubleheader. Former Ranger Ian Kinsler crushed the fifth pitch of the game to give the Tigers an early lead. The leadoff homer was the 31st of his career. Kinsler went 3-for-5 with a run scored and three batted in as Detroit won the nightcap 8-4. ... Chris Davis (Longview HS) hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and the Orioles beat Minnesota 3-2. Zach Britton (Weatherford HS) pitched a perfect ninth for his 30th save, becoming the 10th Oriole to record that many saves. ... Will Middlebrooks (Liberty Eylau HS near Texarkana) had the only hit for Boston in a 7-0 loss to Tampa Bay. James Loney (Missouri City Elkins HS) had an RBI double during a three-run second inning for the Rays. ... Josh Tomlin (Whitehouse HS, Angelina College and Texas Tech) pitched two innings of relief and got the win as the Indians took a 3-2 victory over the Royals in 11 innings. ... Matt Carpenter (Missouri City Elkins HS and TCU) walked three times and scored three runs as the Cardinals beat the Cubs 13-2 to earn a split of a day-night doubleheader. The Cubs won the opener 5-1. ... A couple of Texans were involved in what may have been the defensive play of the day. Arizona shortstop Cliff Pennington (Corpus Christi Carroll HS and Texas A&M) made a lunging catch of Colorados Drew Stubbs (Texarkana HS and UT) pop-up in short left, tumbling over left fielder Nolan Reimold but holding on to the ball. The Rockies hung on to win 2-0, gaining a game on the Rangers. ... Jerome Williams, picked up off waivers from Texas earlier this month, pitched into the seventh inning to win his third straight decision since joining the last-place Phillies in a 7-2 win over the Mets. ... The Rangers have designated outfielder Mike Carp for assignment. ... • • • • • • • 5. FYI: This blog features Texas teams and athletes with Texas connections. It is compiled by retired newspaper journalist Bob Sonderegger (anglebob61@yahoo) who covered most of the teams mentioned. Your comments or additions are welcome.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:23:44 +0000
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