Mariners @ Rangers (August 10th-13th)

[Rufio181]

Nice rebound start of Eddie today.

[Roy31]

This is ugly, Benoit comes in and does shit 5-1 with runners on 2nd and 3rd...

[Roy31]

**** 5-3 now

[Roy31]

Bauer in the game now ****.. Does Buck want them to tie it up or something?

[Roy31]

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[Roy31]

Buck can go **** himself! Im sick of this shit...

This should have been an easy win but he buck puts in one shitty reliever after the other.

[Rufio181]

He likes to live on the edge.

[Molina00]

Buck can go **** himself! Im sick of this shit...

This should have been an easy win but he buck puts in one shitty reliever after the other.

What else was he supposed to do? We don't have much left after trading Coco and Corey. Littleton pitched 2 innings yesterday so I imagine Buck didn't want to overwork him.

At least the right team came out on top.

[Molina00]

8/13 Game Recap
Thanks to a slim 5-4 win over the Mariners, the Rangers now have a 4 game winning streak and are one win away from a 4 game sweep of the Mariners. The Rangers broke through early against Seattle scoring single runs in the 1st and 2nd innings to take a 2-0 lead. They added 2 more runs in the 5th, including Gary Matthews Jr. 14th homerun of the year, and another run int he 6th off of Gerald Laird's 6th homerun. Edinson Volquez pitched a surprisingly good game allowing just 4 hits and 3 walks in 7 scoreless innings to pick up the first win of his big league career. He got into some trouble early on though. Twice in an inning he got 2 quick outs then proceeded to load the bases. Each time he got Adam Jones out to end the threats. The Rangers lead 5-0 going into the 8th when Joaquin Benoit came on to pitch. Both of his outs were strikeouts but he allowed 4 runs on 3 hits and a walk in 2/3 rds of an inning. Aki pitched a scoreless 9th for his 23rd save and lowered his ERA to 2.20.

[Roy31]

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[Molina00]

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I love how informative your posts are.

[Molina00]

The Rangers are currently down 1-0 courtesy of a Ben Broussard homerun off Texas starter Kevin Millwood in the top of the 2nd.

Felix Hernandez shut down the Rangers in the first allowing 1 hit and striking out 2 in the inning. Millwood matched him with 2 strikeouts in a scoreless first but allowed 2 hits.

[Molina00]

Adam Jones singled and stole 2nd. Ichiro followed with a single that scored Jones. Now 2-0 Mariners.

And Betancourt then popped out to short on the first he saw to end the inning.

Millwood's pitch count is getting a bit high. 40 pitches now through 2 innings, but he is throwing strikes. 29 strikes to 11 balls so far.

Time for a Ranger rally.

[Roy31]

nice!

Gary gives us the lead on a double...

[Molina00]

Bottom of the 2nd
Pitching for Seattle: Felix Hernandez

1) Hank Blalock strikes out.
2) Mark DeRosa singles to right. Runner on 1st, 1 out.
3) Matt Stairs strikes out. Runner on 1st, 2 out.
4) Mark DeRosa moves to 2nd on a wild pitch by Felix Hernandez. Runner on 2nd, 2 out.
5) Ian Kinsler walks on 4 pitches. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 out.
6) Rod Barajas walks. Bases loaded, 2 out.
7) Gary Matthews Jr. doubles. DeRosa, Kinsler and Barajas score. Matthews thrown out going to 3rd.

Rangers up 3-2.