Oak @ Tex

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TexasHitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Ian Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .341
Marlon Byrd CF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .351
Michael Young 3B 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .288
Andruw Jones LF-1B 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 .370
Hank Blalock DH 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 .258
Nelson Cruz RF 3 0 1 2 1 0 3 .275
Chris Davis 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .203
David Murphy LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .278
Elvis Andrus SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .275
Totals 29 5 5 5 5 7 12
Batting
TB - Michael Young, Hank Blalock 2, Nelson Cruz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia
RBI - Hank Blalock (12), Nelson Cruz 2 (15), Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2 (6)
2-Out RBI - Hank Blalock (2), Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nelson Cruz (6), Elvis Andrus (1)
GIDP - Nelson Cruz (0)
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
E - Ian Kinsler (0), Nelson Cruz (2)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Kevin Millwood (W 1-2) 8.0 10 4 2 2 5 1 2.10
Frank Francisco (SV 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
WP - Kevin Millwood
Pitches-Strikes - Kevin Millwood 121-78, Frank Francisco 6-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kevin Millwood 10-9, Frank Francisco 1-2
Batters Faced - Kevin Millwood 35, Frank Francisco 3

A 10-10 record. The Rangers are .500 for the first time since being 3-3 on April 12. The Rangers were 7-13 through 20 games last year. Millwood again pitched very well as did Frankie and Salty with another huge 2 out hit. However this team has got to stop making costly errors that would be 15 on the season already in only 20 games at a cost of 9 unearned runs.

[studcrackers]

yea they've made 15 errors so far but it was a lot worse last year. our up the middle defense is vastly better and salty has improved 10X behind the plate and young's starting to get the hang of it at 3rd (though he plays back to often)

we had a lot more unearned runs through the start of last year, that was some of the worst defense id ever seen.

we need to take at least 1 more game this series and hopefully a sweep.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 11 0
Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 0

Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kinsler, 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .322
Byrd, CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333
Young, 3B 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 .295
Jones, A, LF 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 .344
Blalock, DH 5 1 1 1 0 2 4 .267
Cruz, N, RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .276
Davis, C, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .200
Saltalamacchia, C 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
Teagarden, C 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .143
Andrus, El, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250
a-Murphy, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .097
Vizquel, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 35 2 9 2 6 11 23

a-Walked for Andrus, El in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Byrd (7, Braden), Young (8, Wuertz).
HR: Blalock (6, 8th inning off Springer, 0 on, 0 out), Jones, A (3, 9th inning off Wuertz, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Kinsler; Byrd 3; Young 3; Jones, A 4; Blalock 4; Cruz, N; Davis, C.
RBI: Blalock (14), Jones, A (6).
2-out RBI: Jones, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Andrus, El 2; Cruz, N 2; Kinsler.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 12.

FIELDING
DP: (Kinsler-Andrus, El-Davis, C).

Texas IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Padilla (L, 1-2) 6.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 7.42
Guardado 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.64
Jennings 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 4.26


Padilla pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.
Guardado pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

IBB: Jones, A (by Braden).
HBP: Suzuki (by Padilla).
Pitches-strikes: Braden 111-69, Bailey 31-18, Springer 30-19, Wuertz 15-8, Padilla 100-61, Guardado 4-0, Jennings 40-27.
Groundouts-flyouts: Braden 4-5, Bailey 3-1, Springer 0-1, Wuertz 0-1, Padilla 5-9, Guardado 0-0, Jennings 5-4.
Batters faced: Braden 24, Bailey 7, Springer 6, Wuertz 4, Padilla 29, Guardado 1, Jennings 11.
Inherited runners-scored: Guardado 3-1, Jennings 3-1.
EjectionsTexas Rangers pitcher Eddie Guardado ejected by HP umpire Angel Campos. (7th).

The Rangers threw this game away. Padilla pitched a decent game but the offense just flat out did not get it done.