But once again, Millwood was failed by his offense, which didn't manage a single base hit until the 7th inning and scored just two runs (thanks to a 2-run Andruw Jones homerun). Giants starter Barry Zito turned back the clock, doing to Texas what he did to them years ago when he was a member of the Oakland A's, keeping them confused to the tune of eight strikeouts over seven innings.
The Rangers are now hitting .218 for the month of June with a .277 on-base percentage and a .363 slugging percentage. They are averaging just 3.3 runs per game and have lost 11 of 18 games
"It's just a funk," Ian Kinsler said. "There's not much else you can say. We're facing adversity right now. Every team goes through adversity at some point during the season and you have to fight through it. Zito threw well. You want to give him credit for throwing the ball the way he did, but we feel we're better than that."
While it's true Zito did throw the ball well, how much of that was due to the flailing nature of an offense that seems to have forgotten how to work pitchers?
"We just got outplayed," Millwood said. "They pitched better than we did, they got big base hits when they needed to. It just seems we're in a little bit of a funk right now."
Notice both Ian Kinsler and Kevin Millwood used the word 'funk'. One has to wonder how long this team has before this 'funk' begins to be viewed as a 'trend'.
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