Put Your Hands Up, The Rangers Are In Town - A MLB 09 'Chise

[Scott]

GAME 1 OF 3

Oakland (9-10, L1) vs. Texas (10-9, W3)

STARTING PITCHERS

Trevor Cahill (1-0, 4.34 ERA) vs. Scott Feldman (2-0, 2.92 ERA)
April 28th 7:05
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington TX

Injury Report
OAK - None
TEX - OF Nelson Cruz - 1-6 Days

Pregame Notes
OF Nelson Cruz came off the DL today, he'll be suited up but Andruw Jones will play again in RF. Feldman will be making his 1st start of the season.

[Scott]

Texas wins again, Beats Oakland 6-4.

Texas continues its hot streak, winning its 4th in a row, this time against Oakland. The bats seem to be heating up as Young, Hamilton & Jones all homered against the A's today. Texas improves to 11-9 on the season while Oakland drops to 9-11. Expect Nelson Cruz to be in the lineup tomorrow, as he is coming back from the DL.

Highlights


Player of the Game
Andruw waves Bye-Bye to the ball.

OF Andruw Jones - 1/3 - HR - RBI - R - BB

Oakland 4, Texas 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OAK (9-10) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 11 0 TEX (10-9) 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 6 11 0	7:00 PM April 28, 2009 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, TX
WIN: J. Jennings (2-0) LOSS: T. Cahill (1-1) SAVE: C. Wilson (1)

Oakland Athletics Hitters AB R H BI AVG Sweeney CF 5 0 2 1 .319 Cabrera SS 5 0 2 0 .295 Holliday LF 4 0 0 0 .237 Giambi 1B 3 1 1 0 .299 Cust RF 4 1 2 0 .343 Chavez 3B 3 1 1 2 .236 Buck DH 3 0 0 1 .196 Suzuki C 4 1 2 0 .290 Ellis 2B 4 0 1 0 .185 OAK TOTALS 35 4 11 4 BATTING 2B: J. Giambi (4), K. Suzuki (3) HR: E. Chavez (2) RBI: R. Sweeney (7), E. Chavez 2 (8), T. Buck (7) HBP: E. Chavez SF: T. Buck GIDP: T. Buck BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA T. Cahill L, 1-1 4.0 8 6 6 5.96 B. Anderson 2.0 1 0 0 1.62 J. Devine 1.1 1 0 0 3.65 C. Breslow 0.2 1 0 0 6.94 OAK TOTALS 8 11 6 6 PITCHING Strikeouts: T. Cahill (3), B. Anderson (2), J. Devine (1), C. Breslow (1) WP: T. Cahill 2 (2)

Texas Rangers Hitters AB R H BI AVG Kinsler 4 0 0 0 .208 Young 3B 4 1 1 1 .267 Hamilton CF 4 1 1 1 .321 Jones RF 3 1 1 1 .390 Blalock DH 4 2 2 0 .292 Murphy LF 4 1 3 0 .318 Davis 1B 3 0 1 0 .270 Saltalamacchia C 4 0 1 1 .254 Andrus SS 2 0 1 0 .180 TEX TOTALS 32 6 11 4 BATTING 2B: H. Blalock (6) HR: M. Young (4), J. Hamilton (6), A. Jones (2) RBI: M. Young (10), J. Hamilton (10), A. Jones (9), J. Saltalamacchia (4) HBP: C. Davis, E. Andrus GIDP: J. Saltalamacchia BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA S. Feldman 3.0 6 2 2 3.52 J. Jennings W, 2-0 3.0 4 2 2 5.40 D. Nippert H, 1 1.0 0 0 0 3.60 J. Rupe H, 1 1.0 1 0 0 1.74 C. Wilson SV, 1 1.0 0 0 0 3.00 TEX TOTALS 9 11 4 4 PITCHING Strikeouts: S. Feldman (5), J. Jennings (2), D. Nippert (1), C. Wilson (2) WP: S. Feldman (1), J. Jennings (1)

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Scoring Summary
FIRST INNING		OAK	TEX
	Hamilton homered to center.	0	1
SECOND INNING		OAK	TEX
	Saltalamacchia grounded into DP, Blalock scored.	0	2
	Kinsler struck out but reached first on dropped third strike, Murphy scored.	0	3
THIRD INNING		OAK	TEX
	Sweeney singled to center, Suzuki scored.	1	3
	Jones homered to left.	1	4
	Saltalamacchia singled to left, Blalock scored.	1	5
FOURTH INNING		OAK	TEX
	Buck hits a sacrifice fly to left, Giambi scored.	2	5
	Young homered to left.	2	6
SIXTH INNING		OAK	TEX
	Chavez homered to right, Cust scored.	4	6

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[Scott]

GAME 2 OF 3

Oakland (9-11, L2) vs. Texas (11-9, W4)

STARTING PITCHERS

Justin Duchscherer (4-0, 2.01 ERA) vs. Kevin Millwood (1-2, 3.42 ERA)
April 28th 7:05
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington TX

Injury Report

OAK - None
TEX - OF Nelson Cruz - 1-6 Days

Pregame Notes

OF Nelson Cruz came off the DL yesterday, theres a chance he could play against Duchscherer, maybe give Blalock a day off. Duchscherer will have the challenge of slowing down a tough Texas offense, he's allowed a high of just 5 runs this season.

[Scott]

Duchscherer Dominates Rangers

Justin Duchscherer was ready for the Rangers, but they weren't ready for him. Vizquel led off the game looking confused at the plate like most of the Rangers tonight, all except for Taylor Teagarden, who was 2/4 and collected the Rangers first hit in the bottom of the 3rd inning. While on the mound for Texas, Kevin Millwood got knocked around quite heavily by the potent A's offense. Player of the Game Jason Giambi led the attack going 3/4 driving in 3 and smacking a HR in the process.

Player of the Game
A's 1B Jason Giambi

Highlights
Technical Difficulties, No video tonight guys

Oakland 7, Texas 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OAK (9-11) 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 15 0 TEX (11-9) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 7 1	April 29, 2009 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, TX
WIN: J. Duchscherer (5-0) LOSS: K. Millwood (1-3) SAVE: R. Springer (1)

Oakland Athletics Hitters AB R H BI AVG Sweeney CF 5 2 2 0 .324 Cabrera SS 5 0 1 0 .289 Holliday LF 5 2 3 1 .259 Giambi 1B 4 2 3 3 .324 Cust RF 5 0 0 0 .320 Chavez 3B 5 0 1 0 .233 Buck DH 5 1 3 2 .232 Suzuki C 3 0 1 0 .292 Ellis 2B 4 0 1 0 .188 OAK TOTALS 41 7 15 6 BATTING 2B: M. Holliday 2 (3), J. Giambi (5), T. Buck 2 (3) HR: J. Giambi (5), T. Buck (3) RBI: M. Holliday (16), J. Giambi 3 (21), T. Buck 2 (9) HBP: K. Suzuki GIDP: R. Sweeney BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA J. Duchscherer W, 5-0 7.1 6 3 3 2.33 R. Springer SV, 1 1.2 1 0 0 1.80 OAK TOTALS 9 7 3 3 PITCHING Strikeouts: J. Duchscherer (6), R. Springer (3)

Texas Rangers Hitters AB R H BI AVG Vizquel 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 Kinsler, PH-2B 1 0 1 2 .219 Young 3B 4 0 0 0 .255 Hamilton CF 4 0 0 0 .307 Cruz RF 4 0 0 0 .273 Blalock 1B 4 0 1 0 .289 Byrd, PR 0 0 0 0 .228 Jones DH 4 0 0 0 .365 Murphy LF 3 1 1 0 .319 Davis PH 0 0 0 0 .270 Teagarden C 4 1 2 0 .267 Andrus SS 3 1 2 1 .203 TEX TOTALS 34 3 7 3 BATTING 2B: T. Teagarden (1) 3B: I. Kinsler (1) RBI: I. Kinsler 2 (5), E. Andrus (6) HBP: C. Davis BASERUNNING SB: E. Andrus (3) FIELDING E: O. Vizquel DP: Vizquel-Andrus-Blalock Pitchers IP H R ER ERA K. Millwood L, 1-3 4.0 10 6 6 4.75 J. Rupe 1.2 2 0 0 1.50 J. Jennings 2.1 1 0 0 4.50 D. Nippert 1.0 2 1 1 4.50 TEX TOTALS 9 15 7 7 PITCHING Strikeouts: K. Millwood (3), J. Rupe (3), D. Nippert (1) WP: K. Millwood (3)

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Scoring Summary Details
			OAK	TEX
	1st	Holliday doubled to left, Sweeney scored.	1	0
	1st	Giambi walked, Holliday scored on wild pitch.	2	0
	2nd	Buck homered to right. (off Millwood)	3	0
	3rd	Giambi doubled to center, Holliday scored.	4	0
	3rd	Buck doubled to right, Giambi scored.	5	0
	4th	Sweeney scored on fielding miscue (no error)	6	0
	6th	Andrus singled to center, Teagarden scored.	6	1
	8th	Kinsler tripled to right, Murphy and Andrus scored.	6	3
	9th	Giambi homered to right. (off Nippert)	7	3

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[Scott]

GAME 3 OF 3

Oakland (10-11, W1) vs. Texas (11-10, L1)

STARTING PITCHERS

Dana Eveland (2-2, 5.73 ERA) vs. Vicente Padilla (2-1, 5.32 ERA)
April 30th 1:05
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington TX

Injury Report

OAK - None
TEX - None

Pregame Notes

Texas had a tough day against JD, they hope to fair better against Dana Eveland, who isn't quite as polished as Duchscherer.

[Scott]

Texas drops 2nd straight.

Not exactly the way Texas wanted to play after coming off a loss at home. The bats really struggled all day, give Dana Eveland credit, his stuff was amazing. Texas now drops to 11-11 and third place in the division. Texas continue their homestand with the Chicago White Sox coming to town.

Player of the Game: Dana Eveland
Highlights: None (too pissed )

Oakland 6, Texas 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OAK (10-11) 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 9 1 TEX (11-10) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0	April 30, 2009 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, TX
WIN: D. Eveland (3-2) LOSS: V. Padilla (2-2)

Oakland Athletics Hitters AB R H BI AVG Sweeney CF 4 2 2 0 .333 Cabrera SS 3 0 1 2 .291 Holliday LF 4 1 2 1 .271 Giambi 1B 3 1 1 0 .324 Cust RF 4 0 0 0 .304 Chavez 3B 3 1 2 3 .254 Buck DH 4 0 0 0 .217 Suzuki C 4 0 0 0 .275 Ellis 2B 3 1 1 0 .194 OAK TOTALS 32 6 9 6 BATTING 2B: M. Ellis (3), O. Cabrera (6) 3B: R. Sweeney (1) HR: E. Chavez (3) RBI: E. Chavez 3 (11), M. Holliday (17), O. Cabrera 2 (13) HBP: R. Sweeney, M. Ellis, J. Giambi SF: E. Chavez GIDP: K. Suzuki, O. Cabrera BASERUNNING FIELDING E: M. Ellis (2) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA D. Eveland W, 3-2 9 5 0 0 OAK TOTALS 9 5 0 0 PITCHING Strikeouts: D. Eveland (9)

Texas Rangers Hitters AB R H BI AVG Kinsler 2B 3 0 0 0 .211 Young 3B 4 0 0 0 .245 Hamilton CF 4 0 1 0 .304 Cruz RF 3 0 0 0 .240 Jones DH 4 0 1 0 .358 Byrd LF 4 0 1 0 .230 Davis 1B 3 0 0 0 .258 Saltalamacchia C 3 0 1 0 .258 Andrus SS 3 0 1 0 .209 TEX TOTALS 31 0 5 0 BATTING HBP: I. Kinsler BASERUNNING SB: E. Andrus (4) FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA V. Padilla L, 2-2 6.1 6 4 4 5.40 D. Nippert 2.2 3 2 2 5.19 TEX TOTALS 9 9 6 6 PITCHING Strikeouts: V. Padilla (2), D. Nippert (2)

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Quote:

Texas drops 2nd straight.

[Scott]

Pos.	Starting Lineup	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
2B	I. Kinsler	.211	0	5	1
3B	M. Young	.245	4	10	0
CF	J. Hamilton	.304	6	10	0
RF	N. Cruz	.240	0	0	0
DH	H. Blalock	.289	2	12	0
LF	D. Murphy	.319	1	4	0
1B	C. Davis	.258	4	12	0
C	J. Saltalamacchia	.258	1	4	0
SS	E. Andrus	.209	0	6	4
Pos.	Bench	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
OF	A. Jones	.358	2	9	0
OF	M. Byrd	.230	1	8	0
C	T. Teagarden	.267	0	0	0
SS	O. Vizquel	.000	0	0	0
Pos.	Sent Down	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
OF	G. Golson	.250	0	0	0
Pos.	Rotation	W-L	ERA	IP	K
#1	K. Millwood	1-3	4.75	30.1	25
#2	V. Padilla	2-2	5.40	30.0	17
#3	B. McCarthy	0-1	3.86	16.1	12
#4	K. Benson	1-2	4.50	20.0	18
#5	M. Harrison	1-1	5.31	20.1	7
Pos.	Bullpen	W-L	ERA	K	SV
LR	J. Jennings	2-0	4.50	8	1
LR	S. Feldman	2-0	3.52	9	0
MR	J. Rupe	1-1	1.50	9	0
MR	E. Guardado	1-0	1.46	10	0
MR	D. Nippert	0-0	5.19	10	0
SU	C. Wilson	0-1	3.00	4	1
CL	F. Francisco	0-0	1.17	9	5
Pos.	Sent Down	W-L	ERA	K	SV
MR	D. O'Day	0-1	7.71	7	0

I'm just going to post the Rangers stats, AAA & AA make it look too cluttered.