First Game at “Ameriquest Field in Arlington”
No pitching. That’s essentially what this one boiled down to. :) We tried to come back late, but couldn’t pull it off.
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - DETROIT 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 8 10 3 TEXAS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 9 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: DET - JEREMY BONDERMAN, JAMIE WALKER (6TH), ALAN LEVINE (7TH), UGUETH URBINA (9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ TEX - JOAQUIN BENOIT, ERASMO RAMIREZ (7TH), JEFF NELSON (8TH), RON MAHAY (8TH), JAY POWELL (8TH), DOUG BROCAIL (9TH) AND GERALD LAIRD WP - ALAN LEVINE (3-2) LP - ERASMO RAMIREZ (1-2) SAVE - UGUETH URBINA (3) HOME RUNS: DET - CARLOS GUILLEN (3) OFF JOAQUIN BENOIT IN THE 2ND, 2 ON BOBBY HIGGINSON (1) OFF JOAQUIN BENOIT IN THE 4TH, 1 ON IVAN RODRIGUEZ (5) OFF JEFF NELSON IN THE 8TH, 1 ON TEX - MICHAEL YOUNG (6) OFF JEREMY BONDERMAN IN THE 1ST, 0 ON TIME: 3:02 ATT: 41,095 PROBABLES: DET - MIKE MAROTH (3-1, 4.26) TEX - R.A. DICKEY (4-1, 3.48) Box Score DETROIT (8) VS TEXAS (7) - FINAL DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Sanchez cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .298 F Vina 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .240 I Rodriguez c 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 .352 R White dh 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .327 C Pena 1b 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .242 C Guillen ss 4 2 3 4 0 0 0 .320 B Higginson rf 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 .247 C Monroe lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .218 E Munson 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .221 a-O Infante ph-3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Totals 37 8 10 8 2 9 6 a-struck out swinging for E Munson in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - R White (8, J Benoit); C Monroe (3, J Benoit). 3B - C Guillen (1, R Mahay). HR - C Guillen (3, 2nd inning off J Benoit 2 on, 0 Out), B Higginson (1, 4th inning off J Benoit 1 on, 2 Out), I Rodriguez (5, 8th inning off J Nelson 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Guillen 4 (20), B Higginson 2 (21), I Rodriguez 2 (23). 2-out RBI - B Higginson 2, C Guillen. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Monroe 1, I Rodriguez 1, E Munson 1. GIDP - F Vina. Team LOB - 4. FIELDING: E - B Higginson (1, bobble); C Monroe (6, bobble); F Vina (5, ground ball). TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .373 H Blalock 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1 3 .325 A Soriano 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .302 B Fullmer dh 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 .239 M Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 .235 D Dellucci lf-cf 3 1 2 3 2 1 0 .324 K Mench rf-lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 .318 L Nix cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .343 B Jordan rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .100 G Laird c 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 .318 Totals 37 7 9 7 5 7 14 BATTING: 2B - H Blalock 2 (11, U Urbina, J Bonderman); B Fullmer (6, J Bonderman). HR - M Young (6, 1st inning off J Bonderman 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Young (23), B Fullmer 2 (14), D Dellucci 3 (14), G Laird (9). 2-out RBI - D Dellucci. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Mench 1, H Blalock 2, G Laird 2. Team LOB - 9. FIELDING: E - M Teixeira (2, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Soriano-M Young-M Teixeira). ---------------------------------------------------- DETROIT - 030 200 030 -- 8 TEXAS - 400 001 002 -- 7 ---------------------------------------------------- DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era J Bonderman 5 2/3 6 5 5 4 5 1 5.91 J Walker 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.59 A Levine (W, 3-2) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.14 U Urbina (S, 3) 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2.00 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era J Benoit 6 6 5 5 1 7 2 4.56 E Ramirez (L, 1-2) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.59 J Nelson 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 4.76 R Mahay 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.60 J Powell 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.64 D Brocail 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 J Nelson pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. IBB - B Jordan (by J Bonderman). HBP - A Soriano (by J Bonderman). Pitches-strikes: J Bonderman 101-57; J Walker 23-13; A Levine 6-5; U Urbina 19-13; J Benoit 88-60; E Ramirez 22-16; J Nelson 9-6; R Mahay 16-7; J Powell 6-4; D Brocail 16-12. Ground balls-fly balls: J Bonderman 4-8; J Walker 0-2; A Levine 1-3; U Urbina 1-1; J Benoit 10-1; E Ramirez 1-1; J Nelson 0-0; R Mahay 0-1; J Powell 0-1; D Brocail 2-1. Batters faced: J Bonderman 28; J Walker 5; A Levine 4; U Urbina 6; J Benoit 24; E Ramirez 5; J Nelson 2; R Mahay 3; J Powell 1; D Brocail 4. UMPIRES: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Matt Hollowell. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Wally Bell. T--3:02. Att--41,095. Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 18 mph, in from right.