A big back and forth game. Michael Tucker had a great game, with a double, triple, & HR. I kind of wished I could see this game, and not just hear it, as I don’t get to see games from SF all that often.
Chan Ho Park was just “OK”. One not so great inning and a few decent ones combining for an “eh” outing. Possibly bad news about Park, though having to come out of the game. All the stories say he’s fine, but with his history the last two years? Can’t say it’s not worrying at the least.
I’m up in the air about the reports in the paper today about Milton Bradley being a Ranger. On one hand, he’s a tremendous baseball player. He’s got skills like you’d die to get. However, he’s one colossal ass. I’m really torn as to whether we want him or not. Plus I wonder how he’ll get along with Buck Showalter, who is himself a hardass (but I like that in a manager).
Line Score CAC FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 12 1 SAN FRANCISCO 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 x 7 10 1 FINAL WP - JEFF URBAN (1-0) LP - FRANK FRANCISCO (0-1) SAVE - MATT HERGES (3) HOME RUNS: SFO - MICHAEL TUCKER (3) OFF CHAN HO PARK IN THE 1ST RAY DURHAM (2) OFF CHAN HO PARK IN THE 5TH A.J. PIERZYNSKI (2) OFF FRANK FRANCISCO IN THE 7TH TIME: 2:56 ATT: 30,116 Box Score TEXAS (6) AT SAN FRANCISCO (7) TEXAS AB R H BI SAN FRANCISCO AB R H BI E Young LF 3 0 1 0 R Durham 2B 3 1 1 1 D Dellucci LF 2 1 1 1 D Cruz 2B 1 0 0 0 M Young SS 4 1 2 2 J Snow 1B 4 2 2 0 M Alexander SS 1 0 0 0 P Feliz 1B 1 0 1 0 A Soriano 2B 4 1 2 0 M Tucker RF 3 1 3 3 D Newhan 2B 0 0 0 0 J Ellison RF 1 1 0 0 M Teixeira 1B 4 1 1 0 B Bonds LF 2 0 0 0 H Perry 3B 3 0 1 1 T Linden LF 2 0 0 0 J Benoit P 0 0 0 0 M Herges P 0 0 0 0 C Almanzar P 0 0 0 0 E Alfonzo 3B 3 0 0 0 F Francisco P 0 0 0 0 B Dallimore 3B 1 1 1 0 B Fullmer PH 1 0 0 0 A Pierzynski C 3 1 2 3 K Huckaby C 0 0 0 0 J Lunsford C 0 0 0 0 K Mench RF 3 0 1 1 M Grissom CF 1 0 0 0 J Conti RF 0 0 0 0 N Haynes CF 1 0 0 0 R Barajas C 3 0 0 0 N Perez SS 3 0 0 0 R Mahay P 0 0 0 0 C Ransom SS 1 0 0 0 R Nivar CF 2 1 2 0 K Rueter P 0 0 0 0 L Nix CF 2 0 0 0 F Santos PH 1 0 0 0 C Park P 1 0 0 0 B Tomko P 2 0 0 0 H Blalock 3B 2 1 1 0 J Urban P 0 0 0 0 D Aardsma P 0 0 0 0 J Christiansen P 0 0 0 0 D Mohr LF` 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 6 12 5 TOTALS 34 7 10 7 TEXAS 004 000 200 -- 6 SAN FRANCISCO 200 030 20x -- 7 E--N Perez, D Newhan. DP--SAN FRANCISCO 3. LOB--TEXAS 7, SAN FRANCISCO 9. 2B--J Snow 2, A Pierzynski, M Tucker, K Mench, M Teixeira, R Nivar. 3B--M Tucker, D Dellucci. HR--R Durham 1 (2) (off C Park), A Pierzynski 1 (2) (off F Francisco), M Tucker 1 (3) (off C Park). S--C Park. IP H R ER BB SO HR TEXAS C Park 4 1-3 6 5 5 2 3 2 J Benoit 2-3 1 0 0 1 2 0 C Almanzar 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 F Francisco (L,0-1) 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 R Mahay 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 SAN FRANCISCO K Rueter 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 B Tomko 4 2-3 10 6 6 1 2 0 J Urban (W,1-0) 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Aardsma 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 J Christiansen 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 M Herges (S,3) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 WP--J Christiansen. HBP--R Barajas by D Aardsma, A Pierzynski by C Park, D Cruz by R Mahay. SO--TEX: L Nix 2, H Blalock, H Perry, D Dellucci. SFO: E Alfonzo, B Bonds, D Cruz, J Ellison, M Grissom, T Linden, D Mohr, N Perez, C Ransom, J Snow, B Tomko. BB--TEX: J Conti, D Newhan, M Teixeira. SFO: M Grissom 2, B Bonds, J Ellison. T--2:56. A--30,116.