Are Rangers pitchers getting frustrated with the lack of run support they're receiving this season? Team manager Bruce Bochy joined the K&C Masterpiece to discuss that, the continued offensive struggles, how much work goes into hosting and managing an All-Star Game, and more!
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00:00Boach, last night, Heaney had another solid start, probably deserved a better fate.
00:20Do you have to go to some of these pitchers right now and tell them, hey, keep pitching,
00:24keep your head up, you're doing your job, because it seems like they're starting to
00:27get, in interviews, at least at the end of the game, just a little bit frustrated that
00:31there's been too many games that have been 2-1 or 3-1 outcomes on the wrong end.
00:36Yeah, yeah, and I'm sure there's a little bit of that, but they're pros, they've been
00:42around and they know how this game goes.
00:44Last year, you know, the offense picked up pitching a lot of times, so, yeah, there's
00:51nobody making any excuses or, you know, saying, hey, where's my runs, things like that.
00:58They're pros, so, you know, the only thing they can control is what they're doing out
01:04there and that's their attitude, and that's to give us a chance, and what a great job
01:10we did last night, for example, I mean, they had a lot of runners on base, but they did
01:16a good job executing and not letting them score and keeping the game to where we could
01:21win it.
01:22We've talked about this, really, for the most part this year, this offense, and it's been
01:28a lot better lately, but, you know, last night was a pumper for them.
01:33Well, that being said, on that flip side, on the offensive side, do you feel like you've
01:38kind of exhausted every internal option available to create offense, or is there something else
01:43that you think can be done?
01:45Well, yeah, we're always looking at what we can do, I mean, you've seen us move the line
01:52up around, trying things, you know, we did make a player move, are you guys aware of that?
01:59Uh, no, I don't think so, yeah.
02:03Yeah, Durand, we auctioned him down, we want him to go down and just get his game back,
02:12you know, he's a guy that provided big back for us last year, provided slug, and so he'll
02:21be joining us, he'll be playing center field tonight, so, you know, to your point, yeah,
02:28we're always looking to see what we can do, Derek's been throwing up some big numbers
02:32down there in AAA, gives us speed, you know, we're looking for something to spark us.