As yesterday was a busy day for me, I didn’t get to play refresh with the box score for this game.
Brian Jordan got to join the party in an A game, going 2 for 3 with an RBI. Hank Blalock was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI’s. Laynce Nix was also 2 for 4. Pitching wise, the Rangers site and the Dallas Morning News all say the Rangers were happy with Chan Ho yesterday. I don’t know if that was solely because he pitched “OK” after being hurt the day before, or if it was something I couldn’t see in a box score. Either way, Park went four innings, giving up 3 runs. Although the stories said a couple of his innings were brilliant. We’ll see.
Kenny Rogers was formally given the job of opening day pitcher in Oakland – I wonder who will pitch the home opener – might be Kenny again. Kenny went 3 innings, giving up just one run, and from what I can tell pitched pretty decently.
Brett Tomko, someone the Rangers were after, but I didn’t want, gave up 8 hits over three innings. How he escaped with just one run is a bit beyond me, but I still feel relieved he signed elsewhere.
Line Score CAC FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN FRANCISCO 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 10 0 TEXAS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 FINAL WP - RYAN JENSEN (1-0) LP - KENNY ROGERS (0-1) SAVE - LEE GARDNER (1) HOME RUNS: SFO - PEDRO FELIZ (2) OFF CHAN HO PARK IN THE 2ND TIME: 2:21 ATT: 4,131 Box Score SAN FRANCISCO (5) AT TEXAS (3) SAN FRANCISCO AB R H BI TEXAS AB R H BI R Durham 2b 2 1 0 1 M Young ss 4 0 1 0 D Doster 2b 1 0 0 0 D Newhan ss 0 0 0 0 N Perez ss 3 1 1 1 H Blalock 3b 4 0 2 2 B Dallimore ss 1 0 0 0 M Alexander ss 0 0 0 0 M Grissom cf 2 0 1 0 A Soriano 2b 4 1 1 0 J Ellison cf 2 1 1 0 J Bourgeois 2b 0 0 0 0 P Feliz 3b 4 1 2 2 B Fullmer dh 4 0 1 0 J Athas ss 0 0 0 0 B Jordan rf 3 0 2 1 A Pierzynski c 3 0 1 0 C Allen lf 1 0 0 0 J Lunsford c 1 0 0 0 M Teixeira 1b 2 0 0 0 F Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 A Gonzalez 1b 2 0 0 0 T Linden lf 3 0 0 0 K Mench lf 3 1 1 0 N Haynes cf 1 0 1 1 J Conti rf 1 0 0 0 F Lewis cf 0 0 0 0 L Nix cf 4 1 2 0 T Torcato dh 2 0 0 0 R Barajas c 3 0 1 0 C Valderrama dh 2 0 0 0 K Huckaby c 1 0 0 0 R Stratton dh 3 0 1 0 D Clark lf 1 0 0 0 F Santos 1b 4 1 2 0 TOTALS 35 5 10 5 TOTALS 36 3 11 3 SAN FRANCISCO 012 010 010 -- 5 TEXAS 100 200 000 -- 3 DP--SAN FRANCISCO 2, TEXAS 1. LOB--SAN FRANCISCO 5, TEXAS 6. 2B--N Haynes, N Perez, H Blalock. 3B--D Santos. HR--P Feliz 1 (2) (off C Park). SB--J Ellison 1 (1). S--D Doster. IP H R ER BB SO HR SAN FRANCISCO B Tomko 3 8 1 1 0 1 0 R Jensen (W,1-0) 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 T Walker 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 F Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 L Gardner (S,1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEXAS C Park 4 4 3 3 1 3 1 K Rogers (L,0-1) 3 4 1 1 0 2 0 J Wasdin 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 T Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SO--SFO: R Stratton 2, P Feliz, T Torcato, C Valderrama, T Linden. TEX: A Soriano, M Teixeira, A Gonzalez. BB--SFO: R Durham. T--2:21. A--4,131.