This is game that was on the Internet, but it was broadcast by mlb.com’s team, not our guys. And I’ve got to say I don’t enjoy these ones broadcast by the national folks. The reason why is is more about generic baseball stuff, it’s things meant for an audience that doesn’t know either team – things like which pitchers are in camp with us, really quite frankly BORING things. Because of that, even though I had the game on, I was quite honestly bored by it. Plus I was at work, which never makes it easy for me to pay attention. So, having looked at the box score…. :)
Ricardo Rodriguez had a great start, going 5 innings, giving up just one run on six hits. A pretty good outing. However, the next two pitchers really stunk up the joint. Frankie Francisco gave up 4 earned runs in 1/3 of an inning. But not as bad as Shouse. He gave up 2 earned runs having gotten no one out. :eek: The remainder of our pitching 3 2/3 innings spread over Williams, Almanzar, & Clontz had no runs allowed. But the stink there in the middle almost doomed us.
We did win the game, led by Soriano, who homered twice. Laynce Nix also had a good day, going 3 for 5 with 2 RBI’s and 2 runs scored. EY also went 2 for 2, scoring twice. Rod Barajas was 2 for 5. Several others had good days. With 10 runs in and 12 hits, there’s a few to go around. Nice offensive output, but we can’t cover giving up 7 runs all the time.
Line Score CAC FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 10 12 0 CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 15 0 FINAL WP - TODD WILLIAMS (1-0) LP - BRYAN COREY (1-1) SAVE - BRAD CLONTZ (1) HOME RUNS: TEX - HANK BLALOCK (4) OFF GARY GLOVER IN THE 1ST ALFONSO SORIANO (2) OFF GARY GLOVER IN THE 1ST ALFONSO SORIANO (3) OFF BRYAN COREY IN THE 7TH TIME: 2:55 ATT: 12,692 Box Score TEXAS (10) AT CHICAGO CUBS (7) TEXAS AB R H BI CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI M Young ss 4 0 0 0 T Goodwin CF 5 1 1 1 I Kinsler ss 0 0 0 0 T Walker 2B 4 2 3 0 H Blalock 3b 4 1 1 1 S Sosa RF 5 0 3 3 A Beinbrink 3b 0 0 0 1 M Alou LF 5 0 1 0 A Soriano 2b 4 2 2 2 A Ramirez 3B 4 0 2 1 C Almanzar p 1 0 0 0 T Hollandsworth 1 5 1 1 0 B Clontz p 0 0 0 0 A Gonzalez SS 5 1 1 1 M Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 0 P Bako C 4 1 2 0 J Bourgeois 2b 1 0 0 0 G Glover P 0 0 0 0 D Dellucci rf 3 2 1 0 T Wellemeyer P 1 0 0 0 E Young lf 2 2 2 1 L McKnight PH 1 0 0 0 J Tyner lf 2 0 0 0 M Wuertz P 0 0 0 0 L Nix cf 5 2 3 2 K Butler PH 1 1 1 1 R Barajas c 5 1 2 2 B Corey P 1 0 0 0 R Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0 J Borowski P 0 0 0 0 P Zoccolillo ph 1 0 0 0 K Mercker P 0 0 0 0 F Francisco p 0 0 0 0 B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 T Williams p 0 0 0 0 A Gonzalez 1B 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 10 12 9 TOTALS 41 7 15 7 TEXAS 501 000 121 -- 10 CHICAGO CUBS 001 006 000 -- 7 DP--TEXAS 1. LOB--TEXAS 7, CHICAGO CUBS 9. 2B--A Gonzalez, S Sosa, R Barajas, E Young. 3B--T Walker, D Dellucci. HR--A Soriano 2 (3) (off B Corey, G Glover), H Blalock 1 (4) (off G Glover). SB--R Barajas 1 (1), E Young 1 (3), I Kinsler 1 (1). SF--A Beinbrink. IP H R ER BB SO HR TEXAS R Rodriguez 5 6 1 1 1 1 0 F Francisco 1-3 4 4 4 0 1 0 B Shouse 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 T Williams (W,1-0) 2-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 C Almanzar 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 B Clontz (S,1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS G Glover 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 T Wellemeyer 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 M Wuertz 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 B Corey (L,1-1) 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 J Borowski 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 K Mercker 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 SHOUSE FACED 2 BATTERS IN THE 6TH. PB--P Bako. SO--TEX: A Soriano 2, M Teixeira 2, M Young 2, C Almanzar, R Barajas, H Blalock, D Dellucci, L Nix, R Rodriguez. CHN: A Gonzalez 2, B Corey, A Ramirez, S Sosa. BB--TEX: D Dellucci 2, R Rodriguez, E Young, I Kinsler. CHN: A Ramirez, T Walker. T--2:54. A--12,692.