Simpsons fans should recognize that. That’s about what I was thinking when I saw the linescore of this game after the fact. There’s little positive that can be said about a game when there are numbers 9 and 10 in the linescore, and they’re not in the columns that say R H E, but the ones that have numbers on top of them. U-G-L-Y!
The worst part about it is one of the guys who is expected to be with the club had the worst damage – Josh Rupe. 8ER in 2+ innings. Blech.
Course, there’s offense all over the place with those gaudy numbers in the pitching lines. But it’s just an ugly game, I think I’ll say little about this, and let my Simpsons graphic do the talking. :)
CAC FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 0 0 12 15 1 ARIZONA 0 1 4 0 0 10 0 0 x 15 11 1 FINAL
WP - BRANDON MEDDERS (1-0) LP - JOSH RUPE (0-2) SAVE - TONY PENA (2)
HOME RUNS: TEX - SAMMY SOSA (3) OFF EDGAR GONZALEZ IN THE 4TH GERALD LAIRD (2) OFF CASEY DAIGLE IN THE 4TH RON MAHAY (1) OFF JEFF BAJENARU IN THE 7TH ARI - TONY CLARK (1) OFF JOSH RUPE IN THE 6TH
TIME: 3:20 ATT: 6,051
TEXAS (12) AT ARIZONA (15)
TEXAS AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI M Kata ss 5 1 3 3 A Callaspo ss 4 2 2 1 J Hairston Jr cf 3 1 2 2 B Barden ph-ss 2 0 0 0 F Guzman cf 2 0 1 0 O Hudson 2b 4 1 2 2 M Byrd lf 1 0 0 0 R Thompson cf 1 0 0 0 J Botts ph-lf 2 1 0 0 C Jackson 1b 3 2 1 0 R Bauer p 1 0 0 0 C Carter 1b 0 0 0 0 J Ingram p 0 0 0 0 E Byrnes rf 3 0 0 0 S Sosa rf 3 1 1 1 D Brown rf 1 0 0 0 G Quiroz c 2 0 0 0 C Tracy 3b 2 2 1 1 G Laird c 3 2 2 3 A Ojeda 3b 1 1 1 2 J Rupe p 0 0 0 0 C Young cf 3 1 1 0 K Mahar lf 2 1 1 1 D Sadler 2b 1 0 0 0 R Vazquez 2b 4 1 1 0 M Montero c 2 1 1 1 N Gold 1b 5 1 1 1 M Johnson c 1 0 0 0 D Meyer 3b 3 2 2 0 D Krynzel lf 1 1 0 0 R Tejeda p 1 0 0 0 S Hairston ph-lf 1 1 0 0 F German p 0 0 0 0 Ed Gonzalez p 2 1 1 0 K Richardson ph 1 0 0 0 C Daigle p 0 0 0 0 V Diaz rf 3 1 1 0 B Medders p 0 0 0 0 T Clark ph 1 2 1 4 J Bajenaru p 0 0 0 0 T Pena p 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 41 12 15 11 TOTALS 34 15 11 11
TEXAS 000 900 300 -- 12 ARIZONA 014 0010 00x -- 15
E--E Byrnes, J Botts. DP--TEXAS 1, ARIZONA 1. LOB--TEXAS 6, ARIZONA 7. 2B--A Ojeda, O Hudson, M Montero, C Young, V Diaz. 3B--J Hairston Jr. HR--T Clark 1 (1) (off J Rupe), S Sosa 1 (3) (off Ed Gonzalez), G Laird 1 (2) (off C Daigle), R Mahay 1 (1) (off J Bajenaru). SB--J Hairston Jr 1 (3). CS--D Meyer. SF--M Montero. IP H R ER BB SO HR TEXAS R Tejeda 2 2-3 5 5 2 2 2 0 F German 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 J Rupe (L,0-2) 2 1-3 5 8 8 4 0 0 R Bauer 1 1-3 1 2 2 2 1 1 J Ingram 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 ARIZONA Ed Gonzalez 3 7 4 4 0 5 1 C Daigle 1 4 5 5 2 2 1 B Medders (W,1-0) 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 J Bajenaru 1 4 3 3 1 2 1 T Pena (S,2) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
WP--J Rupe. HBP--A Ojeda by R Bauer, S Hairston by R Bauer. SO--TEX: N Gold 3, S Sosa 2, R Bauer, M Byrd, R Tejeda, G Quiroz, V Diaz, G Laird, J Botts, K Richardson. ARI: M Johnson, O Hudson, D Krynzel, S Hairston, D Sadler. BB--TEX: D Meyer 2, R Vazquez, J Botts. ARI: D Krynzel 2, T Clark, D Brown, C Tracy, C Carter, C Jackson, M Montero, C Young. T--3:20. A--6,051.
LOL! One of my all-time favorite Simpsons moments. Every time this episode is on I have to watch for this one and when the old X-ray machine falls on the “stunt” Milhouse.