ARLINGTON — On June 4, after a loss to the Tigers at home, Rangers manager Bruce Bochy was blunt.
“You should be able to give up three runs and win the ballgame,” he said then.
That’s becoming the theme for the Rangers this season. On Saturday afternoon, that theme was felt more than ever, as Texas fell 3-1 to San Francisco at Globe Life Field. The club is now 2-7 in its last nine series dating back to its four-game set in Oakland on May 6-8.
Rangers starter Andrew Heaney allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings against the Giants on Saturday. It was the 20th straight game that a Texas starter had allowed three or fewer runs in a game. Unfortunately, after Heaney shouldered the loss, the club is 8-12 in those 20 games.
“Good effort [by Heaney],” Bochy said postgame on Saturday. “There’s not much to say, except that we’re just not doing much offensively. That’s been the story for a while here. We could have used a little luck there, but we shouldn’t be looking for that. We just need to get some consistent at-bats and get a barrel on the ball.”
It was the fifth time this season that Heaney has suffered a loss in a start in which he allowed three earned runs or fewer, which is tied with Anaheim’s Patrick Sandoval (5) for the most such outings in MLB this season.
