No commentary from me, as I was really tired and fell asleep watching the game, of all things. :)
Brett Carre: Things get back on track after a nice 6-1 win over the Rays last night. This game was typical Rangers ball for this year. Solid pitching, timely hitting, and a shot or two of Hank’s Homies.
Ryan Drese continues to impress me. He got the win going 6.1 innings, no runs, 2 walks, and 4 k’s. His ERA is on 2.25. This from a guy who couldn’t get Rangers Captain out last year. As usual, the pen had a solid night. I have just one compliant and I think Joe already touched on this, why in the hell is Doug Brocail on the team? I don’t understand. Let’s watch for this now, if we stay in the race in July and August will Hicks and Hart start dealing prospects for a 3 month rental. Let’s just keep an eye on that.
The bats awoke tonight with Mike Young being the star. Young went 4-4 with a homer, a triple and two singles. Can you say All-star?
Another series win, that brings us to 18-10, but the stupid rally monkeys won again, so we are still tied for first. Want some garlic fries??
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 TEXAS 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 x 6 11 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TAM - DOUG WAECHTER, CHAD GAUDIN (7TH), JOHN HALAMA (7TH) AND BROOK FORDYCE TEX - RYAN DRESE, RON MAHAY (7TH), CARLOS ALMANZAR (8TH), DOUG BROCAIL (9TH) AND ROD BARAJAS WP - RYAN DRESE (2-0) LP - DOUG WAECHTER (1-2) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: TAM - NONE TEX - MARK TEIXEIRA (4) OFF DOUG WAECHTER IN THE 2ND, 0 ON ROD BARAJAS (3) OFF DOUG WAECHTER IN THE 7TH, 0 ON MICHAEL YOUNG (5) OFF CHAD GAUDIN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON TIME: 2:30 ATT: 21,082 PROBABLES: TAM - JEREMI GONZALEZ (0-3, 5.40) ANA - AARON SELE (0-0, 3.52) PROBABLES: DET - JEREMY BONDERMAN (3-1, 5.52) TEX - JOAQUIN BENOIT (1-0, 3.57) Box Score TAMPA BAY (1) VS TEXAS (6) - FINAL TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crawford lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .306 J Cruz rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .217 A Huff 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .189 R Baldelli cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .274 R Fick dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .204 J Lugo ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .287 T Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .274 B Fordyce c 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .194 a-M Cummings ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 G Blum 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .213 Totals 34 1 7 1 2 5 17 a-doubled to left for B Fordyce in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - G Blum (3, R Drese); J Lugo (6, D Brocail); M Cummings (1, D Brocail). RBI - M Cummings (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crawford 3, R Fick 1, J Lugo 1. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - J Lugo (3, 2nd base off R Drese/R Barajas). TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 .377 H Blalock 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .322 A Soriano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .304 B Fullmer dh 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .241 a-H Perry ph-dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262 M Teixeira 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .234 D Dellucci lf 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .310 B Jordan rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 L Nix cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 .348 R Barajas c 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .303 Totals 32 6 11 6 2 4 11 a-singled to left for B Fullmer in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - H Blalock (9, C Gaudin). 3B - M Young (3, D Waechter). HR - M Teixeira (4, 2nd inning off D Waechter 0 on, 1 Out), R Barajas (3, 7th inning off D Waechter 0 on, 1 Out), M Young (5, 7th inning off C Gaudin 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - M Teixeira (10), M Young 2 (22), D Dellucci (11), R Barajas (7), H Perry (6). 2-out RBI - H Perry. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Soriano 2. Team LOB - 5. BASERUNNING: CS - D Dellucci (1, 2nd base by D Waechter/B Fordyce), B Fullmer (1, 2nd base by D Waechter/B Fordyce), M Young (1, 2nd base by D Waechter). FIELDING: E - R Barajas (1, throw). ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY - 000 000 001 -- 1 TEXAS - 010 011 30x -- 6 ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era D Waechter (L, 1-2) 6 1/3 8 4 4 2 2 2 4.26 C Gaudin 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 1 3.18 J Halama 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.08 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era R Drese (W, 2-0) 6 1/3 5 0 0 2 4 0 2.25 R Mahay (H, 3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.72 C Almanzar 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 D Brocail 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 10.80 HBP - A Huff (by R Drese); B Fullmer (by D Waechter). Pitches-strikes: D Waechter 103-60; C Gaudin 5-3; J Halama 19-12; R Drese 100-60; R Mahay 12-9; C Almanzar 4-4; D Brocail 11-9. Ground balls-fly balls: D Waechter 4-10; C Gaudin 0-1; J Halama 1-1; R Drese 5-10; R Mahay 1-1; C Almanzar 0-2; D Brocail 1-2. Batters faced: D Waechter 27; C Gaudin 3; J Halama 5; R Drese 27; R Mahay 3; C Almanzar 2; D Brocail 5. UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Jerry Layne. T--2:30. Att--21,082. Weather: 75 degrees, clear. Wind: 22 mph, in from right.