WOW! Yesterday, I thought about having just WOW as my commentary. Today I’m doing it. There’s just TOO much to write about. Go read the wire stories, and the box score below. It’s just a sight to behold. My words wouldn’t even begin to do it justice.
Although I thought Mench should have tried for the double. ;)
Oh, and here’s a link to the last time the Rangers went back to back to back in HR’s. I was doing this website when that happened.
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SEATTLE 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 6 15 0 TEXAS 0 4 3 2 0 4 0 1 x 14 17 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: SEA - RYAN FRANKLIN, RON VILLONE (3RD), KEVIN JARVIS (6TH) AND BEN DAVIS TEX - JOHN WASDIN, ERASMO RAMIREZ (5TH), CARLOS ALMANZAR (6TH), RON MAHAY (9TH) AND ROD BARAJAS WP - CARLOS ALMANZAR (2-0) LP - RYAN FRANKLIN (1-1) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: SEA - JOHN OLERUD (1) OFF JOHN WASDIN IN THE 3RD, 0 ON TEX - KEVIN MENCH (3) OFF RYAN FRANKLIN IN THE 2ND, 0 ON LAYNCE NIX (4) OFF RON VILLONE IN THE 4TH, 1 ON LAYNCE NIX (5) OFF KEVIN JARVIS IN THE 6TH, 1 ON ROD BARAJAS (1) OFF KEVIN JARVIS IN THE 6TH, 0 ON ADRIAN GONZALEZ (1) OFF KEVIN JARVIS IN THE 6TH, 0 ON TIME: 2:59 ATT: 31,110 PROBABLES: SEA - GIL MECHE (0-2, 5.19) BAL - MATT RILEY (1-1, 4.58) PROBABLES: TEX - R.A. DICKEY (2-1, 4.82) KAN - JEREMY AFFELDT (0-1, 5.94) Box Score SEATTLE (6) VS TEXAS (14) - FINAL SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 .286 S Spiezio 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .368 B Boone 2b 5 1 3 1 0 1 1 .259 E Martinez dh 5 0 3 1 0 1 2 .310 Q McCracken pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 R Ibanez lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .283 a-J Cabrera ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .067 R Aurilia ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .243 J Olerud 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .224 B Davis c 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 .136 R Winn cf 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 .211 Totals 40 6 15 6 0 7 15 a-struck out swinging for R Ibanez in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - E Martinez (8, J Wasdin); R Winn (6, J Wasdin). HR - J Olerud (1, 3rd inning off J Wasdin 0 on, 0 Out). SF - S Spiezio. RBI - J Olerud (4), E Martinez (7), S Spiezio 2 (6), I Suzuki (4), B Boone (12). 2-out RBI - I Suzuki, S Spiezio, B Boone. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Aurilia 1, E Martinez 1, R Ibanez 1, B Davis 2. GIDP - I Suzuki. Team LOB - 9. TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg E Young 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 .367 H Blalock 3b 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 .325 M Young ss 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 .378 B Fullmer dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 .246 D Dellucci lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314 K Mench rf 4 5 4 2 0 0 0 .292 L Nix cf 4 3 3 5 0 0 0 .364 R Barajas c 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 .174 A Gonzalez 1b 4 3 3 3 1 0 0 .320 Totals 40 14 17 14 3 2 11 BATTING: 2B - A Gonzalez 2 (3, K Jarvis, R Franklin); D Dellucci (3, R Franklin). 3B - K Mench (1, R Franklin). HR - K Mench (3, 2nd inning off R Franklin 0 on, 1 Out), L Nix 2 (5, 4th inning off R Villone 1 on, 1 Out, 6th inning off K Jarvis 1 on, 1 Out), R Barajas (1, 6th inning off K Jarvis 0 on, 1 Out), A Gonzalez (1, 6th inning off K Jarvis 0 on, 1 Out). SF - L Nix. RBI - K Mench 2 (11), A Gonzalez 3 (4), E Young (3), H Blalock 2 (17), L Nix 5 (13), R Barajas (1). 2-out RBI - H Blalock, A Gonzalez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Young 1, B Fullmer 3. Team LOB - 8. FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Young-E Young-A Gonzalez). ---------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE - 001 113 000 -- 6 TEXAS - 043 204 01x -- 14 ---------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era R Franklin (L, 1-1) 2 2/3 9 7 7 1 1 1 5.56 R Villone 2 1/3 2 2 2 2 0 1 4.26 K Jarvis 3 6 5 5 0 1 3 8.31 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era J Wasdin 4 2/3 7 3 3 0 4 1 5.79 E Ramirez 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 6.35 C Almanzar (W, 2-0; H, 2) 2 1/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.27 R Mahay 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.52 WP - K Jarvis. HBP - E Young (by R Franklin); J Olerud (by J Wasdin); K Mench (by R Villone). Pitches-strikes: R Franklin 62-41; R Villone 36-21; K Jarvis 51-37; J Wasdin 89-61; E Ramirez 22-15; C Almanzar 30-19; R Mahay 17-12. Ground balls-fly balls: R Franklin 2-5; R Villone 2-5; K Jarvis 3-5; J Wasdin 3-7; E Ramirez 3-0; C Almanzar 2-3; R Mahay 1-1. Batters faced: R Franklin 19; R Villone 12; K Jarvis 15; J Wasdin 22; E Ramirez 7; C Almanzar 8; R Mahay 5. UMPIRES: HP--Mike Winters. 1B--Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B--Tim Timmons. 3B--Bruce Froemming. T--2:59. Att--31,110. Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to right.