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Media Notes
Commentary (by me)
It was really great to hear the Rangers on the radio again. It was obvious
that this was a minor league park. You could hear the people chanting for the
players over the announcer's mikes. This was a split squad game for the Reds,
so I'm not sure if we got a good test, but hell, this is the first pre-season game.
It tends to be not the best baseball anyway. Still, it was great hearing the guys
again.
The Rangers seemed to be very agressive on the basepaths today, but they got thrown out a lot, too. Again, being the first day, I'm not putting a whole lot of pressure on them - was nice, though. Juan Gonzalez & Todd Zeile weren't with the team today, they were back in Port Charlotte getting in some extra excercise.
My wife did something really cool for me today for the game. She came up to where I work and brought me some lunch which consisted of freshly cooked hot dogs w/mustard & sauerkraut, a bag of peanuts, and specially made Texas Ranger cookies (sugar cookies with red M&M's in them), along with one of the empty mugs you can buy beer in at the Ballpark. That made the game even cooler! I took a picture of the lunch for posterity's sake. :)
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
The Rangers lost in 10 innings on Friday 5-4 to the Reds. I did get to hear the
game via MLB.com. I listened to the Cincy station (they suck!). I think I have figured out
the mlb.com/broadcast.com crap. If you want to know which game when be on, mail me and
I'll send you a possible remedy.
Lots of guys from both teams were thrown out on the bases. But no errors.
Mike Zywica (pronounced ZIE'wik a) made a "tremendous throw" from deep right to
home plate to save a run in the 8th, easily the game's most exciting play from the Reds'
announcers. Zywica also had a double off the LF wall.
Rick Helling started and though he allowed no runs, seemed pretty unimpressive as he was
behind just about every hitter.
I was impressed with righty Dan Kolb, who seemed to be overpowering. You could hear John
Marzano's glove pop loudly when he pitched.
I got to experience a ton of Rangers rookies today including Mateo who was 0 for 2.
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| Tom Goodwin tagged out attempting to steal second | John Marzano (C) tags out Rod Myers attempting to score |
Line Score
GPFT FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
TEXAS 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
CINCINNATI SS 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
10 R H E
-- - - -
TEXAS 0 4 10 0
CINCINNATI SS 1 5 15 0 FINAL IN 10
WP - MARTY JANZEN (1-0)
LP - MIKE VENAFRO (0-1)
HOME RUNS: TEX - NONE
CIN - NONE
TIME: 2:54 ATT: 1,669
Box Score
TEXAS (4) AT CINCINNATI SS (5) -- FINAL IN 10
TEXAS AB R H BI CINCINNATI SS AB R H BI
T GOODWIN CF 2 1 1 0 REESE 2B 4 0 0 0
ZIMMERMAN P 0 0 0 0 B LARKIN SS 2 0 1 0
SASSER 3B 2 0 1 0 BRANSON SS 3 1 3 0
MCLEMORE 2B 2 1 1 0 JANZEN P 0 0 0 0
K BRANSFELDT 2B 2 0 0 0 CASEY 1B 4 1 1 0
GREER LF 2 1 1 1 VAUGHN LF 2 0 0 0
CUYLER LF 2 0 1 0 D YOUNG RF 2 0 1 1
L STEVENS 1B 2 0 0 1 HAMMONDS CF 2 1 1 0
GALLAGHER 1B 1 0 0 0 RO MYERS LF 2 1 1 0
I RODRIGUEZ C 2 0 0 1 TUCKER RF 4 1 2 2
MATEO CF 2 0 0 0 B JOHNSON C 3 0 2 0
R KELLY RF 2 1 1 0 M LEWIS 3B 5 0 3 2
ZYWICA RF 2 0 1 0 TOMKO P 0 0 0 0
CLAYTON SS 2 0 2 1 EISCHEN P 0 0 0 0
R ROBERTSON P 0 0 0 0 OWENS PH 1 0 0 0
MARZANO C 2 0 0 0 THOMPSON P 0 0 0 0
SHAVE 3B 3 0 0 0 MCCALL PH 1 0 0 0
KOLB P 0 0 0 0 BELL P 0 0 0 0
GREEN PH 1 0 1 0 BELINDA P 0 0 0 0
VENAFRO P 0 0 0 0 MILLIARD SS 0 0 0 0
GLYNN P 0 0 0 0
HELLING P 0 0 0 0
LAMB PH 1 0 0 0
CRABTREE P 0 0 0 0
SHELDON SS 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 10 4 TOTALS 35 5 15 5
TEXAS 000 400 000 0-- 4
CINCINNATI SS 000 310 000 1-- 5
ONE OUT WHEN WINNING RUN SCORED.
DP--TEXAS 2, CINCINNATI SS 1. LOB--TEXAS 5, CINCINNATI SS
11. 2B--GREER, R KELLY, TUCKER, BRANSON, ZYWICA. SB--B
LARKIN, RO MYERS, GREEN. CS--T GOODWIN, CLAYTON. S--TOMKO,
REESE. SF--L STEVENS, D YOUNG.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
TEXAS
HELLING 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
CRABTREE 1 1-3 3 2 2 0 0 0
R ROBERTSON 2-3 2 1 1 1 2 0
ZIMMERMAN 2 1 1 1 0 2 0
KOLB 2 3 0 0 1 2 0
VENAFRO (L) 1 1-3 2 1 1 1 0 0
GLYNN 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
CINCINNATI SS
TOMKO 3 3 2 2 2 1 0
EISCHEN 1 3 2 2 0 0 0
THOMPSON 3 1 0 0 1 4 0
BELL 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
BELINDA 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
JANZEN (W) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOMKO PITCHED TO 2 BATTERS IN THE 4TH. GLYNN PITCHED TO 2
BATTERS IN THE 10TH.
HBP--RO MYERS BY VENAFRO.
T--2:54. A--1,669.
Game Recap
SARASOTA, Florida (Ticker) -- Mark Lewis went 3-for-5 with
two RBI as the Cincinnati Reds squeaked out a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers in 10
innings.
Michael Tucker also drove in a pair of runs for the Reds, who trailed 4-0 before rallying
for three runs in the fourth inning and one more in the fifth to tie the game. Four
relievers combined to throw six innings of one-hit relief, with Marty Janzen pitching a
1-2-3 10th for the victory.
Jeff Branson also had three hits for Cincinnati (2-1), which had 15 hits but left 11
runners on base. Reds starter Brett Tomko allowed two runs and three hits in three-plus
innings. Mark Thompson struck out four in three innings of one-hit relief.
Royce Clayton had two hits and an RBI for Texas (0-1). Rangers starter Rick Helling
pitched two scoreless innings as did Danny Kolb. Mike Venafro took the loss, allowing one
run and two hits in 1 1/3 innings.