Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers Live Streaming
Monday, July 5, 2010
Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers Live Streaming
8:05 pm EDT Mon Jul 5, 2010
Struggling at the plate, the Texas Rangers didn’t begin their homestand how they wanted. Facing the depleted Cleveland Indians should give them a good opportunity to bounce back. After losing a series in Arlington for the first time in more than a month, the Rangers open a three-game set Monday against the Indians, who will be without another one of their top hitters. Texas began a 10-game homestand by dropping two of three to the Chicago White Sox over the weekend, suffering its first series loss in Arlington since losing two of three to the Chicago Cubs from May 21-23. The Rangers, who lead the AL West by 3 1/2 games, lost 5-3 on Sunday. They batted .202 as a team in the series while scoring three runs in each game. Josh Hamilton managed to have another good series individually, hitting two home runs including a two-run shot Sunday.
The Indians may be facing a bigger offensive challenge for the foreseeable future. Cleveland, which remains at the bottom of the AL Central despite winning six of its last eight, suffered a big loss over the weekend with news that Shin-Soo Choo could need surgery to repair a sprained right thumb. Choo, hitting .286 with team highs of 13 homers and 43 RBIs, was placed on the disabled list Sunday. Choo joins Grady Sizemore and Asdrubal Cabrera on the disabled list. Cleveland totaled six runs and batted .216 while losing two of three at home to the Athletics over the weekend. With the offense struggling, more pressure will fall Monday on Indians starter Aaron Laffey.
