The Running…Rangers?

By Blaidd Drwg

I am sitting here finishing up a few things listening to the Red Sox vs. Rangers game on the internet and I just realized the Rangers have 8 (!) stolen bases against the battery of Wakefield and Martinez – 3 by Nelson Cruz (who had 0 going into the game), 3 by Elvis Andrus (who had 1 going into the game) and 2 by Vlad Guerrero (who had 1 going into the game), and have not been caught and they are only in the top of the 8th. You think Ron Washington saw something to exploit?

So many interesting facts about this:
– The Rangers have more than doubled their SB total for the season as a team- they had 6 going into the game.
– Victor Martinez is now 1 for 22 throwing out runners this season and has thrown out only 10 of the last 88 runners to try to steal against him.
– Teams are now 10 for 10 against Wake in trying to steal and 29 for 30 against the Red Sox this season.

The Sox have been historically bad about throwing runners out over the Varitek years, but this is getting ridiculous. Makes me wonder when the last time a team recorded 8 SB in a game.
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Postscript – The Rangers managed one more SB (Julio Borbon) and also managed to lose the game thanks to their pen. I still wonder when was the last time a battery gave up 9 SB in one game.