It’s 70 degrees and partly sunny in Dallas today – the perfect day for sports. Hopefully, the harsh winter, at least by Dallas standards, is gone, and we will be graced with more days with more days like this one.
The Stars, Rangers and Mavericks are all in action today, but unfortunately all in road contests. They are missing out on this beautiful weather. And not only that, but the Stars and Rangers have already lost today.
The Stars served as the opposition for a lunchtime puck drop with the Pittsburgh Penguins and just continued their post-Olympic break stupor that that the team hasn’t been able to shake since returning to NHL ice Tuesday. The Stars have been outscored 17-5 in three games this week. In an attempt to reverse fortunes, the Stars tried Kari Lehtonen in goal in wake of Marty Turco’s recent struggles. But things didn’t go much better.
To be fair, the Stars had a chance in Saturday’s game, one that was created and seemed to fizzle away in the second period. Tied 1-1 after the first period, the Stars scored a pair of goals in 59 seconds courtesy of Brandon Segal and Loui Eriksson to take a 3-1 lead. Before the end of the period though, Lehtonen allowed three goals, and the lead would completely dissolve never to be seen again. For good measure, the Penguins added two more goals in the final frame.
Like the day in Dallas, the Rangers played their spring training game with the Royals in near-perfect weather this afternoon in Surprise, Ariz. But they certainly didn’t garner any benefits from it.
Today’s game carried much more of a spring training vibe with it than Thursday’s tilt. With the exception of Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Chris Davis and Nelson Cruz, the Rangers rested most of the faces fans can expect to see on Opening Day.
Both of the Royals’ runs were unearned in the 2-1 victory for Kansas City as the Rangers ‘B’ lineup committed four errors. The only run for the Rangers crossed the plate as a result of two walks, a stolen base by Esteban German and an RBI groundout by Le Garcia for his first RBI in big league camp.
Good news comes from the fact that seven Ranger pitchers did not walk anybody, and the staff in general has shown excellent control and efficiency during the first three games.
The Rangers travel to Goodyear, Ariz tomorrow to play the Indians.
The Mavericks are the third team from Dallas to play today, and hopefully they can beat the Bulls for their 11th straight victory. But minus Jason Terry and likely Brendan Haywood, the team’s depth will be tested once again, especially on the second night of a back to back.
We will see in roughly 10 minutes…
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