| The Sox come back home after a 5-5 road trip, but can't make the hometown faithful happy as Texas owned this game from the onset. The power-laden Rangers rip three balls over the fence while taking 8 runs on the board and knocking Brad Penny out of the game in the 4th inning. Texas starter Kevin Millwood doesn't even need all of the run support, holding the Red Sox scoreless through 8 innings of work. The Sox do finally get a run on the board with two out in the 9th off of reliever Jason Jennings to avoid the shutout. The reason why I say the power-laden Rangers is because of this. You will notice that the three players who hit homeruns today all have homer totals in the teens - Michael Young hit his 19th, Hank Blalock his 16th and Chris Davis also hit his 16th. Those three along with Ian Kinsler hold three of the top four spots on the AL homer leader list. Young leads the league with his 19, Kinsler with 17 sits 3th, and Blalock and Davis are in a tie for 4th. If you are wondering, Justin Morneau and Leigh Teixeira's husband are tied for 2nd with 18 homers each. The Rangers as a team have knocked 114 balls over the fence through only 54 games to this point (exactly one-third of the season) to easily lead the majors. Milwaukee with 96 and the Yankees with 91 are the only other teams over 90 homeruns. That homer pace I doubt will keep up the rest of the season since that would equal out to 342 homeruns (the most in history is 264 for the 1997 Mariners) but still a damn impressive power display so far for the boys from the Lone Star State. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2009 Texas Rangers At 2009 Boston Red Sox 6/5/2009
Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
I.Kinsler 2B 5 1 2 2 .275 D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 1 1 .244
M.Young 3B 4 2 3 1 .316 J.Drew RF 5 0 0 0 .270
H.Blalock DH 4 1 1 2 .251 K.Youkilis 1B,3B 4 0 1 0 .308
N.Cruz RF 3 0 0 1 .254 J.Bay LF 4 0 2 0 .243
D.Murphy LF 4 0 0 0 .263 M.Lowell 3B 2 0 1 0 .269
M.Byrd CF 5 0 1 0 .250 B-N.Green SS 1 0 0 0 .274
C.Davis 1B 4 3 3 1 .225 D.Ortiz DH 3 0 1 0 .258
J.Saltalamacchia C 4 0 1 1 .286 J.Varitek C 3 0 0 0 .217
E.Andrus SS 4 1 2 0 .293 J.Ellsbury CF 3 1 2 0 .316
J.Lugo SS 2 0 0 0 .211
A-M.Kotsay PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 37 8 13 8 Totals 33 1 8 1
A-Pinch Hit For Lugo In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Lowell In 8th Inning
Rangers......... 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 - 8 13 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 8 1
Rangers (34-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
K.Millwood WIN(6-4) 8 5 0 0 4 4 0 116 3.80 A1 D5
J.Jennings 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 25 3.86 D6
Totals 9 8 1 1 5 5 0
Red Sox (30-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Penny LOSS(5-4) 3 1/3 7 6 6 4 1 2 88 5.29 A1 C2
M.Delcarmen 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 29 8.10 C3 D2
H.Okajima 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 4 0 23 6.16 D3 D9
D.Bard 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 31 4.50 E1
Totals 9 13 8 8 6 11 3
ATTENDANCE- 38,579 DATE- Friday, June 5th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Angel Campos, Paul Nauert, Tom Hallion, Phil Cuzzi
T- 3:41
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers: 9 Red Sox:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 1 Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- N.Green
DOUBLES- M.Young(11th), C.Davis(5th), J.Bay(9th)
HOME RUNS- M.Young(19th), H.Blalock(16th), C.Davis(16th)
STOLEN BASES- I.Kinsler(8th), M.Byrd(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- N.Cruz
WALKS- M.Young, H.Blalock, N.Cruz, D.Murphy, C.Davis, J.Saltalamacchia,
M.Lowell, D.Ortiz, J.Varitek, J.Ellsbury, M.Kotsay
STRIKE OUTS- M.Young, H.Blalock, N.Cruz-2, D.Murphy-2, M.Byrd-2, C.Davis,
J.Saltalamacchia-2, J.Drew-2, K.Youkilis, J.Varitek, J.Lugo
GIDP- D.Murphy, J.Varitek
WILD PITCHES- B.Penny
First baseman Chris Davis hit one over the fence and scored 3 times at Fenway
Park as the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 8 to 1.
Texas started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their half of the
first as they scored 2 runs on 3 base hits. The early run support proved
sufficient for Kevin Millwood(6-4) and Texas. That was all the run support
Millwood required. Texas had 13 hits for the game and Boston had 8.
Brad Penny(5-4) was charged with the loss. He allowed a few too many
baserunners giving up 7 hits and 4 walks in 3 and 1/3 innings.
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