Rangers Prove Starting Pitching Strong Beyond Just Cliff Lee

Filed under: Rangers, Yankees, MLB Playoffs, American League Championship Series

ARLINGTON, Texas -- If casual fans know anything about the Texas Rangers, it's that the Rangers can hit. They always have. Maybe they always will, because Rangers Ballpark is built for hitting.

So casual fans dropping in for the first two games of the American League Championship Series have to be surprised by what they've seen. Game 1 starter C.J. Wilson and Game 2 starter Colby Lewis have for the most part shut down the vaunted New York offense.

Lewis' 5 2/3 innings Saturday, in which he allowed the Yankees just two runs and set the stage for a 7-2 Texas win, not only got the series even at one game apiece with the teams moving to Yankee Stadium starting Monday, but also gave the Rangers their first-ever win at home in the postseason.

"Everybody knows the Rangers hit," center fielder Josh Hamilton, the AL batting champ this year, said. "But what they don't know about us is that we can really pitch. It's all come together pitching, especially since we got Cliff Lee."

Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/10/16/rangers-prove-starting-pitching-strong-beyond-just-cliff-lee/

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