Angels @ Rangers (August 15th-16th)

[Roy31]

Good HR by Stairs nice to see him contributing...

Ugly throw home from Lee .

[Molina00]

Top of the 3rd
Pitching for Texas: Vicente Padilla (2 IP, 3 H, 2 K)

Chone Figgins (0 for 1, 1 K): Strikes out for the first out.
Maicer Izturis (0 for 1): Grounds out. Padilla to Teixeira for the 2nd out.
Vladimir Guerrero (1 for 1): Hit by the pitch. Runner on 1st, 2 out.

With Anderson batting, Guerrero steals 2nd for his 14th stolen base of the season.

Garret Anderson (0 for 1): Singles to left. Guerrero scores. Runner on 1st, 2 out.
Juan Rivera (0 for 1, 1 K): Singles to right. Anderson to 2nd. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 out.
Howie Kendrick ( 0 for 1): Doubles to center. Anderson scores, Rivera to 3rd. Runner on 3rd, 2 out.
Adam Kennedy (0 for 1): Grounds out. Kinsler to Teixeira for the out.

Inning over.
Angels score 2.
Rangers lead 3-2.

Note: This was a nasty inning for Padilla. Two quick outs then he gave up 3 hits, 2 runs and hit Vlad. I'm just glad he got out without giving up more runs.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana to Gary Matthews Junior
Matthews flies out to left for the first out.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (2.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K)
vs.
Michael Young (0 for 1, 1 K)

Singles to second. Runner on 1st, no out.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K)
vs.
Carlos Lee (0 for 1, 1 K)

Lee flies out to centerfield. Runner on 1st, 2 out.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K)
vs.
Mark Teixeira (0 for 1)

With Teixeira batting, Michael Young was caught stealing 2nd base to end the inning.

Inning over.
Rangers lead 3-2 after 3 innings.

[Roy31]

Padilla is sheeeet

[Molina00]

Top of the 4th
Pitching for Texas: Vicente Padilla (3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 K)

Jose Molina (1 for 1): Flies out to right, 1 out.
Reggie Willits (0 for 1): Walks. Runner on 1st, 1 out.

Reggie Willits goes to 2nd on a balk. Runner on 2nd, 1 out.

Chone Figgins (0 for 2, 2 K): Walks. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
Maicer Izturis (1 for 2): Singles to center. Willits scores, Figgins to 3rd. Runners on the corners, 1 out.
Vladimir Guerrero (1 for 1, RBI, HBP): Homers. Figgins and Izuris score. Angels up 6-3.
Garret Anderson (1 for 2, R, RBI): Lines out to centerfield. Matthews makes the catch. Two down.
Juan Rivera (1 for 2, K): Hit by the pitch. Runner on 1st, 2 out.

Vicente Padilla has been ejected from the game.

Current line on Padilla: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

The runner on first is the property of Padilla so potentially 7 runs allowed for Padilla if Josh Rupe can't get the last out.

[Molina00]

Pitching for Texas: Josh Rupe

Howie Kendrick (1 for 2, 2B, RBI): Grounds into a force out. Blalock to Kinsler for the out.

Inning over.
Angels score 4 runs.
Angels lead 6-3.

Buck Showalter has also been ejected from the game.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K)
vs.
Mark Teixeira (0 for 2)

Teixeira flies out to left.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (3.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K)
vs.
Hank Blalock (1 for 1, R)

Blalock hits a homerun to right field.
Cuts the deficit to 2 runs.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K)
vs.
Mark DeRosa (BB, R)

DeRosa doubles to centerfield. Runner on 2nd, no out.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K)
vs.
Matt Stairs (1 for 1, HR, R, 3 RBI)

Stairs strikes out swinging. Runner on 2nd, 1 out.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (3.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K)
vs.
Ian Kinsler (0 for 1)

Kinsler doubles to left. DeRosa scores.
Rangers down by 1.

[Molina00]

Ervin Santana (3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K)
vs.
Rod Barajas (0 for 1)

Barajas grounds to shortstop.

Inning over.
Rangers score 2.
Angels lead 6-5 after 4 innings.