Rangers Clinch First Winning Month in Nearly Three Years
The Texas Rangers’ 8-5 win over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night wasn’t just another sign that the Rangers are digging out of their April hole. The victory clinched the team’s first winning month in nearly three years.
The Rangers are now 14-9 in May, and with four games remaining in the month, the worst the Rangers could finish would be 14-13. That would only happen if they lost their four remaining games.
Texas has been one of the best teams in the Majors since April 30. The Rangers’ record in May is the fifth-best in the Majors entering Saturday.
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The Rangers started the season 7-14 in April.
The last time the Rangers had a winning month was June of 2019, which was manager Chris Woodward’s first season at the helm. The Rangers clinched that winning month with a six-game winning streak from June 22-28, and the Rangers entered July with a 46-38 record, 6 1/2 games back in second place in the American League West.
But the Rangers quickly fell apart with an 8-16 July. With players like Joey Gallo, Elvis Andrus, Nomar Mazara and Shin Soo-Choo, the Rangers ended the season with a 78-84 record. The Rangers went 13-16 in August and 11-14 in September.
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The COVID-19 pandemic shortened the 2020 season, as the Rangers went 22-38. Texas went 2-4 in July, and then had identical 10-17 records in August and September.
In 2021, the Rangers finished 60-102. The Rangers went 11-16, in April, 11-17 in May, 9-16 in June, 6-18 in July, 10-18 in August, 12-15 in September and 1-2 in October.
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