No time to write a lot here – but it was nice to see the longballs. Some real bombs in Tampa. Shame about Ryan Drese – I thought he was outstanding till the bottom of the 6th.
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 7 1 TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 5 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - RYAN DRESE, ERASMO RAMIREZ (7TH), CARLOS ALMANZAR (8TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (9TH) AND GERALD LAIRD TAM - DOUG WAECHTER, LANCE CARTER (8TH), DANYS BAEZ (8TH), TRAVIS HARPER (9TH) AND TOBY HALL WP - ERASMO RAMIREZ (2-2) LP - DOUG WAECHTER (1-3) SAVE - FRANCISCO CORDERO (11) HOME RUNS: TEX - LAYNCE NIX (6) OFF DOUG WAECHTER IN THE 3RD, 1 ON HANK BLALOCK (7) OFF DOUG WAECHTER IN THE 6TH, 0 ON HANK BLALOCK (8) OFF DOUG WAECHTER IN THE 8TH, 0 ON TAM - NONE TIME: 2:32 ATT: 10,389 PROBABLES: TEX - CHAN HO PARK (1-3, 5.50) TAM - JEREMI GONZALEZ (0-4, 6.12) Box Score TEXAS (5) VS TAMPA BAY (4) - FINAL TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 .362 H Blalock 3b 5 2 2 2 0 1 1 .324 A Soriano 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .321 B Fullmer dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .232 M Teixeira 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .197 D Dellucci lf 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .333 K Mench rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 .310 L Nix cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .329 G Laird c 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .301 Totals 34 5 7 5 4 7 12 BATTING: 2B - A Soriano (10, D Waechter). HR - L Nix (6, 3rd inning off D Waechter 1 on, 0 Out), H Blalock 2 (8, 6th inning off D Waechter 0 on, 0 Out, 8th inning off D Waechter 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - L Nix 2 (16), H Blalock 2 (25), K Mench (14). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Mench 2, L Nix 1. Team LOB - 7. BASERUNNING: CS - D Dellucci (2, 2nd base by D Waechter/T Hall). FIELDING: E - M Young (3, ground ball). DP: 1 (M Young-A Soriano-M Teixeira). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crawford lf 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 .293 R Baldelli cf 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .257 A Huff 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .205 T Martinez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 .288 J Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .198 J Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .274 R Fick dh 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .167 T Hall c 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .294 R Sanchez 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .226 a-M Cummings ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Totals 30 4 5 3 4 6 10 a-struck out looking for R Sanchez in the 9th. BATTING: S - R Sanchez. SF - C Crawford. RBI - T Martinez (12), C Crawford (10), A Huff (11). 2-out RBI - A Huff. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Martinez 1, J Lugo 1. GIDP - R Sanchez. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (15, 2nd base off R Drese/G Laird). FIELDING: E - J Lugo (5, ground ball). PB - T Hall. ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 002 001 020 -- 5 TAMPA BAY - 000 002 200 -- 4 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era R Drese 6 2/3 4 4 3 4 3 0 2.60 E Ramirez (W, 2-2) 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.91 C Almanzar (H, 3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.57 F Cordero (S, 11) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.02 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era D Waechter (L, 1-3) 7 6 5 4 3 6 3 4.50 L Carter 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.60 D Baez 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.42 T Harper 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.14 D Waechter pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. IBB - D Dellucci (by L Carter). HBP - D Dellucci (by D Waechter); R Baldelli (by R Drese). Pitches-strikes: R Drese 106-57; E Ramirez 5-5; C Almanzar 11-8; F Cordero 8-5; D Waechter 123-72; L Carter 5-1; D Baez 3-2; T Harper 13-9. Ground balls-fly balls: R Drese 13-4; E Ramirez 0-0; C Almanzar 0-2; F Cordero 1-1; D Waechter 1-13; L Carter 1-0; D Baez 1-1; T Harper 2-0. Batters faced: R Drese 29; E Ramirez 2; C Almanzar 3; F Cordero 3; D Waechter 31; L Carter 2; D Baez 2; T Harper 4. UMPIRES: HP--Angel Hernandez. 1B--Mike Everitt. 2B--Mark Wegner. 3B--Larry Young. T--2:32. Att--10,389. Weather: INDOORS