TOOWOOMBA Rangers were ruthless in their big Pacific League win over rivals All Stars on Sunday.
Rangers beat the Hendra-based team by a whopping 27-0 to post their second win from as many games.
The result also gave Rangers a 1-0 lead in the Luchterhand Shield which is played for between the two clubs each season.
Rangers had a far from ideal preparation for the game when pitcher Phil Vanderneut pulled up sore during his warm-up after pitching eight innings in their 5-2 win over Indians last weekend.
Coach Darryl Luchterhand decided to start with new Canadian import Clark Whelpton on the mound and he threw four shut-out innings before Shaun Clarke took over with three shut-out innings.
The Rangers hitters were also on song as the score suggested.
"Everyone swung the bat really good," Luchterhand said.
"They made a lot of errors. We only scored 12 earned runs."
He was happy with the way his team went on with the job after getting out to an early lead.
"I was really impressed that when we jumped out to a big lead we really drove it home," Luchterhand said.
"(But) we're not getting ahead of ourselves. We've got another tough one this week on the road against Redlands."
Rangers have to wait until October 12 for their first home game when they host Redcliffe.
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