IT WAS OFTEN AND EARLY FOR THE FIRST PLACE RANGERS AS THEY VISITED SACRAMENTO FOR GAME 1 OF A THREE GAME SET.  TODAY ON LOCKED ON A’SROOKIE SENSATION NICK KURTZ HAS ARRIVED IN SACRAMENTO AND IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT TOMORROW NIGHT.  WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?  THAT IS A LITTLE BIT LATER.   MY GOAL FOR THIS SERIES WAS NOT WINS OR LOSSES, RATHER EFFORT AND ATTITUDE.DID WE GET ANY BETTER TONIGHT OR WAS IT MORE OF THE SAME?  I WILL GET TO THAT IN JUST A BIT.  FIRST, IT WAS THE RANGERS EARLY AND OFTEN TODAY AS THEY HIT A’S STARTER HARD FROM THE GET GO.