The Rangers have been baseball’s best offense against left-handed starters this season, and have five players batting .300 or better against southpaws.
Angels starter Reid Detmers, a left-hander, took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Rangers in a 2-0 win. He walked four batters in the first seven innings but, other than that, limited the Rangers to weak swings and soft contact until a Marcus Semien double snapped the no-hitter with one out in the eighth inning. The Angels lifted Detmers after Semien’s double.Advertisement
The Rangers slashed .284/.358/.479/.836 vs. left-handed starters entering Wednesday’s game and led MLB in each of those stats except for slugging, where the first-place Atlanta Braves have an edge. Against lefties in general, they had a team-wide .286 batting average and an MLB-best .358 OBP.Even rookie outfielder J.P. Martinez
— who singled in the ninth inning off of Angels closer Carlos Estevez — is 2 for 4 off southpaws in his first week with Texas. None of that quite mattered vs. Detmers, who threw 80 pitches and struck out five batters. Of the 17 balls that the Rangers batted into play prior to Semien’s double, 12 carried an expected batting average of .160 or lower.“I think we just didn’t have quality swings,” Semien said. “Early in the game, he wasn’t punching anybody out. We just were off balance on his off speed, soft contact. He’s a guy who we faced before, his fastball was probably better before. It was more effective today.
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