Where do you start with this one? The Rangers mashed thirteen runs, got twenty hits, and gave up not a whole lot of everything. A great effort all around.
With 20 hits, there’s bound to be several folks with a few of ’em. Blalock went 4 for 4, Adrian Gonzalez went 3 for 6, Gerald Laird was 2 for 4, as was Mike Young. There’s offense all over the place in this game, which was nice to see. The only problem was that the pitchers they did it against aren’t likely to be there come April, so that tempers the output a bit.
Pitching wise, RA Dickey continues to show to me that he deserves a starting rotation spot, going 4 innings, giving up just 1 run (on a solo home run), and walking just one. Mickey Calloway pitched very well against his former club. He went 4 innings, giving up squat. No runs, no hits, and getting two K’s. Erasmo Ramirez had a not particuarly great 9th inning, but between the three pitchers, we gave up 2 runs on 7 hits over 9 innings. A good day’s work.
Line Score CAC FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 13 20 0 ANAHEIM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 4 FINAL WP - R.A. DICKEY (1-0) LP - KELVIM ESCOBAR (0-1) HOME RUNS: TEX - HANK BLALOCK (1) OFF KELVIM ESCOBAR IN THE 1ST ANA - JOSE GUILLEN (3) OFF R.A. DICKEY IN THE 4TH TIME: 2:51 ATT: 9,157 Box Score TEXAS (13) AT ANAHEIM (2) TEXAS AB R H BI ANAHEIM AB R H BI M Young ss 4 2 2 1 C Figgins ss 2 0 0 0 M Alexander ss 3 0 1 0 T Murphy cf 1 0 0 0 J Tyner cf 3 1 1 0 D Erstad 1b 3 0 0 0 H Blalock 3b 4 1 4 4 E Aybar ss 1 0 0 0 R Barajas c 2 0 0 0 V Guerrero dh 3 0 0 0 B Fullmer dh 4 0 2 1 R Quinlan ph 1 0 0 0 J Jones ph 2 1 0 0 J Guillen cf 3 1 1 1 L Nix cf 5 1 1 0 T Gregorio c 1 1 1 0 C Allen lf 1 1 0 0 T Glaus 3b 3 0 1 0 J Conti rf 4 2 2 1 D McPherson 3b 1 0 1 0 A Gonzalez 1b 6 1 3 3 J Davanon rf 2 0 0 0 D Newhan 3b 6 1 1 0 C Kotchman 1b 2 0 1 0 G Laird c 4 2 2 0 B Gordon lf 2 0 1 0 J Bourgeois 2b 2 0 1 1 A Riggs 2b 1 0 0 1 R Dickey p 0 0 0 0 B Specht 2b 2 0 0 0 M Callaway p 0 0 0 0 G Johnson lf 2 0 0 0 E Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 J Paul c 2 0 1 0 B Wesson rf 1 0 0 0 K Escobar p 0 0 0 0 T Bittner p 0 0 0 0 D Bergman p 0 0 0 0 T Percival p 0 0 0 0 R Fischer p 0 0 0 0 D Mozingo p 0 0 0 0 D Wolensky p 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 50 13 20 11 TOTALS 33 2 7 2 TEXAS 215 010 004 -- 13 ANAHEIM 000 100 001 -- 2 E--E Aybar 2, D Erstad, D McPherson. DP--TEXAS 1. LOB--TEXAS 15, ANAHEIM 6. 2B--A Gonzalez 2, J Conti, B Fullmer, M Young. 3B--M Young. HR--J Guillen 1 (3) (off R Dickey), H Blalock 1 (1) (off K Escobar). SB--G Laird 1 (1). IP H R ER BB SO HR TEXAS R Dickey (W,1-0) 4 4 1 1 1 2 1 M Callaway 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 E Ramirez 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 ANAHEIM K Escobar (L,0-1) 2 6 3 3 1 1 1 T Bittner 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 D Bergman 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 T Percival 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 R Fischer 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 D Mozingo 2-3 1 4 0 2 1 0 D Wolensky 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 SO--TEX: G Laird, D Newhan, L Nix, M Young. ANA: T Glaus, V Guerrero, G Johnson, T Murphy, B Specht. BB--TEX: J Tyner 3, J Conti 2. ANA: C Figgins, A Riggs. T--2:51. A--9,157.