Not Such A Walk In The Park: Giants 8 Rangers 5

I’m moving, so I’ve had little access to Internet over the past two days. So forgive me for the late and limited coverage of last night’s Rangers-Giants game in Arizona.

The walk numbers for Rangers pitchers have been down so far this spring, but that was not so on Monday night. Both teams struggled with their control as the Rangers walked seven batters and the Giants five.

Rich Harden went 3 2/3 innings and threw 80 pitches.

The second batter of the game, Fred Lewis, homered and gave the Giants a 2-0. The Rangers tied the game at 3-3 in the third but couldn’t score again until the eighth.

Nelson Cruz hit the ball out of the park for the Rangers.