Rangers @ Athletics (August 7th-9th)

[Roy31]

Hehe nice baserunning from Laird.

[Roy31]

****! I knew they would come back this is shit...

[Roy31]

****

[Molina00]

****! I knew they would come back this is shit...

I agree.

Texas almost came back though. Too bad the 9th inning rally fell short.

[Molina00]

8/8 Game Recap
Texas jumped out on top early with a pair of 2-run homeruns by Michael Young and Mark DeRosa to take a 4-0 lead. Unfortunately Millwood couldn't hold it. After pitching 3 scoreless innings he gave up a 3-run homerun to Nick Swisher followed by a solo shot to Jay Payton in the 4th to tie the game at 4. Millwood left in the 7th with Texas trailing 5-4. The Ranger defense didn't exactly help the cause either making 3 errors resulting in 2 unearned runs allowed by Joaquin Benoit to give Oakland a 7-4 lead. Texas rallied in the 9th scoring 2 runs on Oakland closer Huston Street but the rally fell short as the A's held on to win 7-6.

The homerun was Young's 11th of the season driving in his team leading 72nd and 73rd runs this year.

[Roy31]

Lee hits his first Ranger home run bring out the champagne

[Molina00]

1st-3rd Inning Recap
Carlos hit his first homerun as a Ranger in the first inning giving Texas a 1-0 lead. Texas has 5 hits total but the other 4 of those all being singles. Padilla has allowed 3 hits in 3 scoreless innings thus far while Zito has allowed 1 run on 5 hits through 3 innings. The Rangers lead 1-0 after the first 3 innings.

[Molina00]

Top of the 4th
Pitching for Oakland: Barry Zito

1) Ian Kinsler pops out to second, Mark Ellis makes the catch. Bases empty, 1 out.
2) Rod Barajas homers to left. Rangers take a 2-0 lead.
3) Nelson Cruz gounds out back to the mound. Zito to Swisher for the out. Bases empty, 2 out.
4) Jerry Hairston Jr. walks. Runner on 1st, 2 out.
5) With Gary Matthews Jr. at the plate, Hairston was picked off first and caught trying to steal 2nd.

Inning over. Rangers add 1 run thanks to Rod Barajas's 10th homerun of the year.
Rangers lead 2-0.

[Molina00]

Bottom of the 4th
Pitching for Texas: Vicente Padilla

1) Frank Thomas strikes out swinging. Bases empty, 1 out.
2) Eric Chavez strikes out swinging. Bases empty, 2 out.
3) Jay Payton grounds to short. Young to Teixeira for the out.

Inning over.
Rangers lead 2-0 after 4 innings.

[Roy31]

Holy shit what a shot! 3 HR's for Mark in the past 6 games or so...

[Molina00]

Top of the 5th
Pitching for Oakland: Barry Zito

1) Gary Matthews Jr. homers to left-center. Rangers up 3-0.
2) Michael Young flies out to right. Bradley makes the catch. Bases empty, 1 out.
3) Carlos Lee singles to right. Runner on 1st, 1 out.
4) Mark Teixeira doubles to left. Runners on 2nd and 3rd, 1 out.
5) Mark DeRosa homers to left. 3-run homerun, Rangers up 6-0.
6) Ian Kinsler flies out to right. Bradley makes the catch. Bases empty, 2 out.
7) Rod Barajas doubles off the wall in left-center. Runner on 2nd, 2 out.
8) Nelson Cruz grounds out to third. Chavez to Swisher for the out.

Inning over. Rangers hit 2 homeruns to score 4 runs.
Rangers lead 6-0.

[Molina00]

Bottom of the 5th
Pitching for Texas: Vicente Padilla

1) Bobby Kielty singles to center. Runner on 1st, no out.
2) Adam Melhuse strikes out swinging. Runner on 1st, 1 out.
3) Marco Scutaro fouls out. DeRosa makes the catch. Runner on 1st, 2 out.
4) Mark Ellis singles to center. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 out.
5) Nick Swisher grounds out to 2nd. Kinsler to Teixeira for the out.

Inning over.
Rangers lead 6-0 after 5 innings.

[Roy31]

Whoa DeRosa!

[Molina00]

Top of the 6th
Pitching Change: Brad Halsey replaces Barry Zito

1) Jerry Hairston Jr. walks. Runner on 1st, no out.
2) Gary Matthews Jr. doubles to left. Runners on 1st and 2nd, no out.
3) Michael Young strikes out. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
4) Carlos Lee intentionally walked. Bases loaded, 1 out.
5) Mark Teixeira singles to center. Hairston scores. Matthews scores on throwing error by Jay Payton. Rangers lead 8-0. Runners on 2nd and 3rd, 1 out.
6) Mark DeRosa homers to leftfield. 3-run homerun. Rangers lead 11-0
7) Ian Kinsler reaches on an error by Scutaro. Runner on 1st, 1 out.

Pitching Change: Jay Witasick replaces Brad Halsey

8) Rod Barajas walks. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
9) Runners advance to 2nd and 3rd on a wild pitch.
10) Nelson Cruz strikes out swinging. Runners on 2nd and 3rd, 2 out.
11) Jerry Hairston Jr. doubles to left. Kinsler and Barajas score. Rangers up 13-0. Runner on 2nd, 2 out.
12) Gary Matthews Jr. flies out to right. Bradley makes the catch.

Inning over.
Rangers score 7 runs in the inning.
13-0 Texas lead.

[Rufio181]

I think ProvA's is ready to throw up now.