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STORM CENTER: Deadline magic for Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers certainly made plenty of noise at the Major League Baseball trade deadline this year.
The Rangers agreed, in principle, to acquire starting pitcher Cole Hamels and reliever Jake Diekman from the Philadelphia Phillies.
The deal was expected to be formally announced by both clubs on Friday, before the deadline at 3 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
Hamels will be under contract with the Rangers through the 2018 season, and could possibly provide an effective 1-2 punch with Yu Darvish should Darvish be healthy in years to come.
He’s guaranteed at least $81 million, and there is a vesting option for 2019.
On July 25 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Hamels no-hit the Chicago Cubs, and provided a storybook ending for his time with the Phillies.
Hamels has a 6-7 record and 3.64 earned-run average, pitching for a bad Phillies team.
He’s expected to make his Rangers’ debut today at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
I really like this deal for both Texas and Philadelphia. Why?
Well, for the Rangers, they received a true innings eater and versatile pitcher. Hamels has pitched at least 200 innings in six of the past seven seasons.
Since 2010, the 31-year-old Hamels has 112 appearances of at least seven innings. That’s third among pitchers, behind the Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez and Clayton Kershaw from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
For Philadelphia, it receives one of the my favorite Texas high school pitchers in recent memory – former Rockwall-Heath star Jake Thomspon. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Cole Hamels was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Texas Rangers before Friday’s 3 p.m. Central Daylight Time trade deadline. Hamels is a top-of-the-line starting pitcher. (Courtesy photo from the Texas Rangers)
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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