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Commentary (by me)
Oh great. Another big inning against us. We were up 1-0 for
awhile, and then in the fifth inning, we give up five runs. This is starting to
become a disturbing pattern. We made a run at it towards the end of the game, and
closed the big gap (at the time 8-1) to 9-7, but we still lost. A bit busy
this afternoon - I don't have the time to write much here. However, we did have
another error. :( Mike Morgan is starting to look like someone who will
stick, which is odd considering this would be his 11th team. :)
Was nice to see a rally in the making, makes we wish we had two more innings. :)
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
Argh! If there's one thing I have learned in all the years I have been a fan of the
Rangers, it's that losing two games in one day is no fun. The Rangers fell again to the
Twins in the second half of today's double-dip 9 to 7 (another 7 inning game).
There's not a whole lot good to say about this game. It's safe to say that Mike Morgan not
only has a job for his 11th team (a MLB record) but that the Rangers will be counting on
him to get them out of a lot of fires this year. Really good teams have a guy in the pen
like Morgan, a guy who can come in and start when he is needed or break out the fire
extinguisher in the 5th inning of a ballgame. Plus he can pitch almost anytime he's
needed. His nickname is "Rubberarm". It looks like he pitched well again
today and I'm not surprised.
The spring pyromaniacs (the scrapple from the bullpen who probably aren't going to make
the team) were at it again in game two. Matt Perisho, Jonathan Johnson and Mike Munoz all
need to get out of the first-aid kit for their burns.
Hopefully, Perisho (who's coming off arm surgery) and Johnson (who's not coming off of
anything but another lousy year in the minors) will probably be pining away at the AAA
camp in a week or so. Who knows about Munoz; he's someone Johnny Oates has said good
things about in the papers, despite his rather lousy performances.
Gregg Zahn, who hit under .200 last year in Florida, remains hot, belting another homer
today. Ruben Mateo remains red hot too, whipping out another couple of hits and knocking
in another couple of runs. You know, it's not out of the realm of possibility that Mateo
captures the imagination of Oates and Doug Melvin this spring and makes this ballclub. I
read that there was serious talk in the winter about releasing Tom Goodwin outright,
because Melvin was assured by the people at Tulsa that Mateo was ready to play in the big
leagues. He might struggle offensively at first, but would he struggle any worse than when
Tom Goodwin struggles? It's something that Oates and Melvin will have to go over carefully
in the next couple of weeks. My guess is that Mateo goes to AAA and if Goodwin struggles
at all, then Goodwin will be benched or traded.
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Line Score
GPFT FINAL (2ND GAME)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 9 13 1
TEXAS 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 7 8 1 FINAL IN 7
WP - JOE MAYS (1-0)
LP - MATT PERISHO (0-1)
SAVE - DAN PERKINS (1)
HOME RUNS: MIN - BRIAN RICHARDSON (1) OFF JOHNSON IN THE 6TH
TORII HUNTER (1) OFF MUNOZ IN THE 7TH
TEX - GREG ZAUN (2) OFF MAYS IN THE 4TH
TIME: 2:03 ATT: 2,353
Box Score
MINNESOTA (9) AT TEXAS (7) (2ND GM) -- FINAL IN 7
MINNESOTA AB R H BI TEXAS AB R H BI
HOCKING LF 4 1 3 2 S GREEN LF 4 1 2 1
JOE ESPADA SS 4 1 0 0 SHAVE 3B 4 1 0 0
T HUNTER CF 4 1 3 3 MATEO CF 3 1 2 2
D ORTIZ 1B 4 0 0 0 ZAUN C 4 2 2 1
BUCHANAN RF 4 1 1 0 SHELDON 2B 3 1 1 1
KOSKIE 3B 4 0 0 0 SASSER DH 3 0 1 2
RICHARDSON DH 4 2 3 2 DRANSFELDT SS 3 0 0 0
JAVIER VALENTI C 3 2 2 0 ZYWICA RF 2 1 0 0
MORIARTY 2B 3 1 1 1 S GALLAGHER 1B 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 9 13 8 TOTALS 29 7 8 7
MINNESOTA 000 053 1-- 9
TEXAS 000 103 3-- 7
E--ZYWICA, KOSKIE. DP--MINNESOTA 1, TEXAS 1.
LOB--MINNESOTA 5, TEXAS 3. 2B--S GREEN, JAVIER VALENTIN,
SHELDON. 3B--T HUNTER. HR--ZAUN (OFF MAYS), RICHARDSON
(OFF JOHNSON), T HUNTER (OFF MUNOZ). SB--T HUNTER.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
MINNESOTA
BAPTIST 3 1 0 0 0 2 0
MAYS (W) 2 1 1 1 0 3 1
JOS ESPINAL 1 1-3 6 6 5 1 1 0
PERKINS (S) 0 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS
MORGAN 3 2 0 0 1 1 0
PERISHO (L) 1 2-3 3 3 3 0 0 0
JOHNSON 1 1-3 6 5 3 0 0 1
MUNOZ 1 2 1 1 0 3 1
WP--JOS ESPINAL 2 , JOHNSON, MUNOZ. HBP--MATEO BY BAPTIST.
T--2:03. A--2,353.
PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA (TICKER) -- Torii Hunter homered,
tripled, singled and drove in three runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 9-7 win over the
Texas Rangers and a sweep of their spring doubleheader. The Twins won the first game, 7-2.
Brian Richardson had three hits, including a two-run homer, and Denny Hocking also
collected three hits and two RBI for the Twins.
Travis Baptist started for Minnesota and pitched three scoreless innings. Joe Mays (1-0)
was the beneficiary of a five-run fifth inning and picked up the win. He allowed one run
in two innings.
Texas starter Mike Morgan worked three scoreless innings, but three Ranger relievers --
Matt Perisho (0-1), Jonathan Johnson and Mike Munoz -- were lit up for nine runs, seven
earned, and 11 hits in four innings.
Ruben Mateo, who homered in the first game for Texas, had two hits and two RBI in the
second game. Greg Zaun added a solo home run for the Rangers.