00:00And yet again, the only run support that a Rangers starting pitcher would need.
00:05Good morning Metroplex, it's Sean and RJ on your home for Rangers Baseball 105-3.
00:11The fan, for the first time in franchise history, back-to-back 1-0 wins.
00:16Valdi was responsible, along with Wyatt.
00:19For the first one this time, it's Josh Smith and Jack Leiter.
00:24Jack Leiter, a .90 ERA through two starts.
00:29Had his best start to his career in his first one, and then he stepped it up yesterday.
00:36Five innings, one hit, no walks, no runs, six strikeouts, and I thought he was in complete control.
00:4499 whenever he wanted, on the paint, and then early on Bassik was just talking about the breaking stuff.
00:52Yeah, and it was a bummer that he wasn't able to continue the outing.
00:57I was getting ready to question the great Bruce Bochy.
00:59Oh yeah, for sure. I was like, why not let him go longer?
01:03I mean, he had at least two more innings in him with a pitch count of 70.
01:08It was just like, I felt like an unnecessary move.
01:11Not necessarily the wrong move, you know, you're trying to treat him with kid gloves.
01:14Third time through the lineup.
01:16Third time, all that stuff, right?
01:17And then the other thing is, you know, you want him to end on a good note.
01:21But it just felt like it was an unnecessary move, but then all of a sudden you see, oh, he's got a blister forming.
01:26And those things, CJ Wilson will tell you all about blisters.
01:29Those things, you know, he'll be soaking his hand in pickle juice or doing the old Jorge Posada Moises Alou on him later today.
01:37But if you know what I mean, you know what I mean.
01:39I do.
01:40Then don't worry about it.
01:41But it's just, blisters happen this time of year.
01:44Bobby, what impressed about Leiter for you?
01:46You know, they kind of mentioned it, Mike mentioned this on the broadcast, the TV broadcast,
01:50the slider that Leiter had working yesterday.
01:54I mean, that was the big thing when he was coming.
01:55It was like, all he had was the fastball.
01:57That was the thing was just he blew it by people.
01:59And that was something that early on, apparently, you know, that was getting him in trouble in the minors.
02:04Was just, he was trying to blow the fastball by people that it didn't work like that anymore.
02:07Now he's, he's kind of.
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