WASHINGTON — The hitting numbers with runners in scoring position have been what they’ve been lately. The bullpen, well, largely remains a work in progress too.
A third thorn in the Texas Rangers’ side has presented itself on this six-game East Coast road trip: the starting pitchers have been gotten to early. In each of the five games on this road trip thus far, the opposing team has scored at least one first-inning run.
None went as haywire as quickly as Andrew Heaney’s start on Saturday against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.
