Former Aledo Bearcat Cody Bradford made the third spot start of his career as a major league pitcher, and his second at Globe Life Field, on Tuesday, June 13 against the visiting Los Angeles Angels.
Bradford stepped in on short rest, having last pitched for Triple-A Round Rock on Friday, June 9 where he threw eight solid innings to improve his record to 8-1 on the season.
On Tuesday, he was given the arduous task of facing the Angels, third in the American League West - which the Rangers lead - who defeated the Rangers 9-6 in 12 innings the night before. Bradford ended the night without a decision to his credit, despite putting together his best performance in The Show thus far.
The lefty threw 4.1 innings. He gave up just a single earned run on a pair of hits while striking out three Angels and walking just one, including his final out of the night when he struck out Mickey Moniak looking on a four-seamer down and in to lead off the fifth inning.
The Rangers held a 2-1 lead when Bradford exited the game. However, the Angels rallied for three runs in the sixth and again in the top of the ninth to pull out the 7-3 win in Arlington.
“I thought our pitching was pretty good,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said after the game. “Bradford, what a job he did! [We] had to limit his pitches, going on early rest.”
Filling in for Jon Gray, who is dealing with a blister on his throwing hand, Bradford’s ERA in the big leagues fell from 7.20 to 5.65 following Tuesday’s stellar performance. The 25-year-old continues to improve with each opportunity. For now he will return to Round Rock to make his next scheduled start later on in the week.
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