No commentary from me, as I didn’t get to pay a lot of attention to the game because I was at work, but RA Dickey wasn’t terribly sharp here. I think that’s about it. :)
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 2 TAMPA BAY 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 x 6 13 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - R.A. DICKEY, ERASMO RAMIREZ (6TH), JAY POWELL (8TH) AND GERALD LAIRD, ROD BARAJAS (8TH) TAM - MARK HENDRICKSON, JORGE SOSA (7TH), DANYS BAEZ (8TH) AND BROOK FORDYCE WP - MARK HENDRICKSON (2-3) LP - R.A. DICKEY (4-2) SAVE - DANYS BAEZ (4) HOME RUNS: TEX - MICHAEL YOUNG (7) OFF MARK HENDRICKSON IN THE 1ST, 0 ON TAM - NONE TIME: 2:46 ATT: 10,234 PROBABLES: TEX - JOAQUIN BENOIT (1-0, 4.56) DET - GARY KNOTTS (0-0, 6.32) PROBABLES: TAM - PAUL ABBOTT (2-4, 5.14) CLE - JASON DAVIS (1-2, 5.13) Box Score TEXAS (3) VS TAMPA BAY (6) - FINAL TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 .371 H Blalock 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .313 A Soriano 2b 4 0 0 1 1 2 3 .314 H Perry dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .264 B Jordan rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 E Young lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316 K Mench cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .314 M Teixeira 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .203 G Laird c 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 .303 a-B Fullmer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .248 R Barajas c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Totals 36 3 8 3 2 2 14 a-grounded to second for G Laird in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - M Teixeira (3, M Hendrickson); K Mench (11, J Sosa). HR - M Young (7, 1st inning off M Hendrickson 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Young 2 (28), A Soriano (27). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Jordan 2, B Fullmer 1, G Laird 2. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - A Soriano (5, 2nd base off M Hendrickson/B Fordyce). FIELDING: E - H Blalock (2, ground ball); M Young (4, throw). PB - G Laird. DP: 1 (A Soriano-M Young-M Teixeira). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crawford lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .305 J Lugo ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 .275 A Huff dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 .207 R Baldelli cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .264 T Martinez 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .295 J Cruz rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .200 G Blum 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .200 B Fordyce c 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .171 D Rolls 3b 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .196 Totals 36 6 13 5 1 4 16 BATTING: 2B - C Crawford (6, R Dickey); T Martinez (3, R Dickey); G Blum (6, R Dickey); J Lugo (8, R Dickey). S - C Crawford. SF - J Lugo. RBI - T Martinez (15), J Cruz (9), C Crawford (11), J Lugo 2 (17). 2-out RBI - T Martinez, J Cruz. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Blum 2, J Lugo 1, A Huff 3, R Baldelli 1. GIDP - A Huff. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - J Cruz (4, 2nd base off R Dickey/G Laird), D Rolls (1, 2nd base off R Dickey/G Laird). FIELDING: E - D Rolls (2, throw). ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 102 000 000 -- 3 TAMPA BAY - 300 002 01x -- 6 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era R Dickey (L, 4-2) 5 1/3 11 5 5 1 3 0 5.06 E Ramirez 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.26 J Powell 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.02 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era M Hendrickson (W, 2-3) 6 7 3 3 2 0 1 4.78 J Sosa (H, 1) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.10 D Baez (S, 4) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.29 M Hendrickson pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. HBP - H Blalock (by M Hendrickson). Pitches-strikes: R Dickey 96-68; E Ramirez 22-12; J Powell 14-9; M Hendrickson 110-63; J Sosa 19-14; D Baez 13-10. Ground balls-fly balls: R Dickey 6-8; E Ramirez 1-3; J Powell 1-2; M Hendrickson 10-8; J Sosa 1-3; D Baez 2-1. Batters faced: R Dickey 29; E Ramirez 5; J Powell 5; M Hendrickson 29; J Sosa 6; D Baez 4. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Larry Young. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Mike Everitt. T--2:46. Att--10,234. Weather: INDOORS