Great Start By Jason Vargas!

[Wallerrrr]

Regardless of the outcome...Vargas had a great gameplan going into the game...he had a career era close to 5.00 in arlington but he was on his game today!

 

Final line...

 

5.2 IP  8 H  1 R  1 ER  2 BB  4 SO  0 HR  1.59 ERA

 

 

I'll gladly take that from out #4 starter

[Glen]

Indeed.

[tdawg87]

I was impressed.

[Punk]

Great start!

[AZMike]

I just started watching the game and reviewed the box scores. Pleasantly surprised by Vargas, and the fact that this a day game in Texas is a pitchers duel so far.

 

Unfortunately not surprised by the Hamilton situation (Hamilton = taking the bat out of Pujols hands). 

[Redondo]

I was impressed.

 

This. Good numbers today

[Taylor]

8 hits and 2 BB in 5 2/3 is not good, but he did well pitching himself out of some jams.

[Wallerrrr]

8 hits and 2 BB in 5 2/3 is not good, but he did well pitching himself out of some jams.

it is when you suck @ss pitching against the rangers during your career

[AZMike]

8 hits and 2 BB in 5 2/3 is not good, but he did well pitching himself out of some jams.

 

 

it is when you suck @ss pitching against the rangers during your career

 

I was expecting 3-4 homers and 6+ ER in <5 innings, followed by Jerome being brought in to fan the flames (read: allow all the inherited runners to score, and then some)

[Wallerrrr]

so was i, especially since it was a day game in arlington

[bloodbrother]

8 hits and 2 BB in 5 2/3 is not good, but he did well pitching himself out of some jams.

 

Should have been good enough, which is all that matters. Offense was weak and the pen blew it

[Angel Oracle]

Vargas' first start >>>> Blantana's first start.

[AngelArcher]

A lot of cheap hits.

[nando714]

agree

 

sucks it had to be spoiled by ian f'n kinsler.

[Jimmag]

Great job Jason!

[Make Angels Great Again]

I wouldn't call it a good start, it was ok though. He was one big hit away from the wheels falling off a few times.

I'll take it every time though if he keeps it to one run.

[Brian Ilten]

Fantastic start.  I do believe that even with the way Blanton pitched yesterday, the pitching staf is doing their collective jobs as DiPoto thought they would.

 

The offense.....  well that has just been offensive.  I have smelled shit on my lawn that has smelled better than that.

[Earnest Borgnine of 9]

I was impressed, especially after how his ST went.  Hanson's last ST game against the Dodgers was very good so I'm hoping for a similar performance, as well.

[sneaky_flute]

Fantastic start.  I do believe that even with the way Blanton pitched yesterday, the pitching staf is doing their collective jobs as DiPoto thought they would.

 

The offense.....  well that has just been offensive.  I have smelled shit on my lawn that has smelled better than that.

i kind of like the smell of feces

[tdawg87]

A lot of cheap hits.

This. About half of those hits were weak sauce. Overall when you only allow 1 run in Texas against that lineup you've done well.

[sneaky_flute]

This. About half of those hits were weak sauce. Overall when you only allow 1 run in Texas against that lineup you've done well.

lol what? there were about 2 bloop hits and the rest were line drives. there were also several line drives hit directly at fielders.

[ineedanap]

Yeah, it was a good start by Jason. Great job of getting out of jams. 

 

He probably could've gone deeper in the game, too. Only 93 pitches.

[Glen]

This. About half of those hits were weak sauce. Overall when you only allow 1 run in Texas against that lineup you've done well.

 

 

I'll play the devil's advocate here a bit.  First, I have to say that I thought Vargas gave a solid outing and perhaps should have been kept in a bit longer, and allowing only one run to Texas in their stadium is tits.  However, as for the weak hits - those kind of hits usually happen a bunch to bad pitchers, that's why they're bad pitchers.  Again, not saying Vargas sucked because he didn't.  I just don't go in for the "weak hits" argument.  Good pitchers find a way around them, like Vargas did.

[Wallerrrr]

lol @ cezero...

 

somebody was hittin' the bottle in the wee hours of the morning

[Second Base]

I think the end result for Vargas was great.  As for pitching great, not so much.  He was working in and out of james all day.  I mean that was a HARD FOUGHT 5 2/3 innings he gave us.  But no arguing the fact that he got the job done.  A great start though, would've included him not having to work so hard to keep the Rangers offense at bay, using less pitches and therefore going maybe an inning further.