san francisco giants beat the texas rangers in the world series.
san francisco giants beat the texas rangers in the world series.
who beat the texas rangers in the world series?
san francisco giants
after winning the al west with a 90–72 record, the rangers entered the playoffs for the first time since 1999, and faced the tampa bay rays for the first round, which ultimately resulted in a 3–2 series victory and marked the first postseason series victory in the 50-year history of the rangers/washington senators franchise. facing the rangers in the american league championship series were the defending world champion new york yankees, the team the rangers failed against three separate times in the 1990s. in the playoffs, the rangers record against the yankees was 1–9. in a 6-game series, the texas rangers came out victorious, winning the first pennant in franchise history in front of an ecstatic home crowd. josh hamilton was awarded alcs mvp after setting a series record for intentional walks. the texas rangers faced the san francisco giants in the 2010 world series. the rangers offense struggled against the giants' young pitching and eventually lost the series 4–1, the lone win coming in arlington on october 30. for the first time, the rangers ended their season in the month of november.
history of the texas rangers (baseball)
the battle of little robe creek (also known as the battle of antelope hills) was a battle fought between the comanches' allies of the kiowa and the apache against the texas rangers with their allies the tonkawa, caddo, anadarko, waco, shawnee, delaware and tahaucano. the battle was the first battle in which the texas rangers were able to have enter the comanche land of comancheria. the united states rallied a force of 100 texas rangers and 113 allies where the comanches rallied a force between the range of 200-600. in the battle there were three decisive battles between the comanches and the texas rangers. the first began in the morning of may 12 when the texas rangers led by general ford attacked a comanche camp, the comanches were not ready for such attack and a massacre occurred. the second battle began when the texas rangers attempted to do the same to the next comanche camp only to be met by resistance from the comanche’s who saw the approach of the texas rangers. the comanches at this point were able to act in defense but there was still a significant lose of life for the comanches. it was not until the third and final battle of little robe creek where the comanche warriors were able to take an offensive stance against the texas rangers. however, the end result of the three battles was costly to the comanche forces: 76 were killed and over 60 were captured by the texas rangers. by comparison, the texas rangers lost two killed and only five wounded.
comanche wars