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- Updated: August 12, 2016
ARLINGTON — When Jake Diekman entered Thursday’s game against the Rockies at Globe Life Park in the eighth inning and the Rangers leading by two runs, the heat index was sitting around 105 degrees. Not to mention, the game was already three-plus hours into what became the Rangers’ longest contest since Aug. 19 of last season. Diekman and right-hander Matt Bush didn’t use the heat as an excuse, though, as they combined to allow five runs in the eighth to the Rockies in the Rangers’ 12-9 loss.
“I feel good, I’m just not making pitches,” Diekman said. “Might be a little mechanical. … It stings when position players and starters fight so hard and play their tails off when it’s like [105 degrees] outside. To blow the game like that, it sucks.”
“Just didn’t get it today,” Bush said. “I felt really good, really strong out there. It’s just one of those games I look back on it and go, ‘Wow, it got away from us pretty quick right there.'”
It was so hot at Globe Life Park that the out-of-town scoreboard in left field shut off, and fans were mostly resigned to shaded areas. That was still no reason to make excuses, according to Rangers manager Jeff …
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