Arlington, Texas - Thanks to Mother Nature was the Game 1 of the ALCS American League three games. The Texas Rangers had the advantage in the early and late, clung to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Two separate rain delays totaling nearly two hours, cutting the time to start pitching CJ Wilson and Justin Verlander. The Rangers were all the offense they needed in the first four rounds and used four innings ⅓ shutout relief to take the opener of their best of seven series.
Verlander made Rangers work hard from the start, take a pair of runs in the second inning on an RBI triple by David Murphy and a single by Ian Kinsler.
Nelson Cruz finished the scoring for Texas with a homer beats Verlander in the fourth set 3-0 to Texas to play at rain stopped in the first 41 minutes and ended Verlander at night.
"I have. My situation was not very good at all," said Verlander. "The funny thing is that I went and put in the first period of rain and thought I felt something that has created some problems. I was very glad to come back and put it into practice, but I never had the opportunity to ".
Verlander apologize if you feel somehow cursed. Be achieved only 25 seats in the opening game of the series against the Yankees in the department of New York, before he suspended by rain.
"If anywhere in the country has a drought, they need me in I, then the fix" was joking, he later.
On the side of the Rangers, Wilson has amassed six strikeouts and held the Tigers scoreless in the first four innings. But after receiving a double to Ramon Santiago in the fifth, a series of rain, which had been given to the Arlington area occurred suddenly overnight. The momentum seems to be the Tigers when they returned.
Wilson seemed to control the strike zone to lose. Austin Jackson was an RBI double, then walked Ryan Raburn and Miguel Cabrera to load the bases.
A wild pitch brought Jackson cut the Rangers lead to 02.03. Wilson got Victor Martinez on the mound for the second out to recover, then manager Ron Washington for an intentional walk Magglio Ordonez to a confrontation with the left-left-Tigers catcher Alex Avila create called.
Then the rain has added another variable into the mix.
"CJ was much better tonight. I just hope that nature is not all. I think he was on his way to give us at least six or seven (innings)," Washington said. "He threw the ball very well. "
Another delay, this time from 69 minutes forced Wilson outside the game. Washington had to recalibrate its strategy and turn it over to the bullpen opened the dynamics of the Rangers.
Mike Gonzalez worked on bases-loaded jam by getting a groundout Avila, when play again. Alexi Ogando and relievers, Darren Oliver, Mike Adams, Neftali Feliz and then never could get the Tigers to a runner in scoring position the rest of the track.
"Some nights, things fall into place and some nights you do for them," Washington said. "Tonight, fell into place for us."
Up 1-0 in the series, Texas, turned another left-handed Holland, Derek, to start Game 2. The Tigers respond with Max Scherzer.
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