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1999 Results: March 19, 1999 (T: 6-6)
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Commentary (by me)
As I watched the score on this game come in over the sportswire, I saw that we
managed to put together a comeback, which was cool. I was thinking that
comebacks are cool, but I hate to rely on them, as you generally get disappointed when you
have to come back all the time. Then I saw we were going in to the bottom of the
9th, and then D'oh!, extra innings. Watched them go by,
and once it got to the 12th, I figured there wouldn't be any more. There weren't,
the game ended in a tie in the middle of the bottom of the 12th, but for a slightly
different reason. According to the newswire, THE GAME WAS CALLED A TIE AFTER BOTH
TEAMS RAN OUT OF PITCHERS. I thought that was pretty funny. I know things like
that happen in pre-season, but it was still silly to see it reported that way. :)
Three hours and 38 minutes is a long time for a spring training game! It was nice to see several of our guys keep a hot streak going (where was that in the playoffs? <g>). Hope Venafro isn't hurt too bad, but I would have been surprised if he made the club anyway. The erratic Loaiza showed up today, it seemed. I know it's only three runs, but with all the stink the Rangers are making about Loaiza "stepping it up" this year, I don't think they'll put up a lot with the "really awesome pitching one day, crappy the next time" stuff that he's known for.
On a seperate note, the Rangers site hasn't been updated with Media notes in the last couple of days. Hopefully they get that rolling again soon.
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
The Rangers and Phillies tied a spring contest today 6-6. The game wasn't on the
radio (this is not a recording!) again, so I just waited for the boxscore like a good
little boy and tried to stay out of trouble in the meantime.
It looks like the Rangers ran out of pitchers in this 12 inning affair after lefty Mike
Venafro took one off the arm. I hope he isn't too seriously injured, although his chances
of making the team dim everyday.
Gregg Zahn, Ruben Mateo, Juan Gonzalez and Rusty Greer all continued their hot streaks and
it's good to see Mark McLemore get a couple of hits. He's a big key for the Rangers this
year and if he doesn't get on base like they expect him to, it might mean the Rangers will
be forced to make a move for one until Kelly Dransfeldt is ready. Royce Clayton also had a
couple hits for the good guys.
Esteban Loaiza, who reportedly pitched well in his last outing despite bad numbers, looks
to have pitched pretty poorly today, considering he walked a couple of batters and gave up
3 runs in 3 innings.
Danny Patterson, Eric Gunderson, Tony Fossas and Venafro all had scoreless outings. Eric
Gunderson seems to be locking up one of the lefty spots in the bullpen. Jeff Zimmerman
pitched today as well and despite giving up a run, he still looks to have a hold of one
spot in the pen. He might be the last cut of the spring.
The Rangers are hitting well as a team, as they are hitting about .296 after this game.
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| Esteban Loaiza | Royce Clayton fouls one off | Mike Venafro is helped off the field after being hit by a batted ball |
Line Score
GPFT FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
TEXAS 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 11 12 R H E
-- -- -- - - -
TEXAS 0 0 0 6 14 3
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 x 6 13 0 FINAL IN 12
HOME RUNS: TEX - SCOTT SHELDON (2) OFF BYRD IN THE 5TH
PHI - NONE
TIME: 3:38 ATT: 4,475
NOTES: THE GAME WAS CALLED A TIE AFTER BOTH TEAMS RAN
OUT OF PITCHERS.
THE GAME WAS CALLED AFTER 11 AND A HALF INNINGS.
Box Score
TEXAS (6) AT PHILADELPHIA (6) -- FINAL IN 11 1/2
TEXAS AB R H BI PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI
MCLEMORE 2B 4 1 2 0 GLANVILLE CF 4 0 1 0
DRANSFELDT 2B 2 0 0 0 FRAZIER CF 2 0 0 0
CLAYTON SS 4 0 2 0 DOSTER 2B 6 2 4 1
ZYWICA RF 2 0 0 0 ABREU RF 3 1 1 0
GREER LF 3 0 1 1 MAGEE RF 2 0 0 0
HUBBARD C 1 0 0 0 GANT LF 3 1 0 0
J GONZALEZ RF 4 0 2 1 MILLER LF 3 0 1 0
FOSSAS P 0 0 0 0 LIEBERTHAL C 2 1 2 1
CUYLER PH 1 0 1 0 G BENNETT C 2 0 1 1
LEVINE P 0 0 0 0 ZUBER 1B 4 0 1 1
TORRES PH 1 0 0 0 K JORDAN 3B 4 0 0 1
VENAFRO P 0 0 0 0 A ARIAS SS 3 1 1 0
R KELLY CF 3 0 0 0 BYRD P 1 0 0 1
S GREEN LF 2 1 1 0 POOLE P 0 0 0 0
ZAUN C 3 1 2 0 SEFCIK PH 1 0 0 0
SASSER 3B 2 0 0 0 POLITTE P 0 0 0 0
SHELDON 1B 6 1 1 2 LOVULLO PH 1 0 1 0
SHAVE 3B 4 2 1 1 Y PEREZ P 0 0 0 0
LOAIZA P 1 0 0 0 DUCEY PH 1 0 0 0
ZIMMERMAN P 0 0 0 0 BREWER P 0 0 0 0
S GALLAGHER PH 1 0 0 0
D PATTERSON P 0 0 0 0
GUNDERSON P 0 0 0 0
MATEO CF 3 0 1 1
TOTALS 47 6 14 6 TOTALS 42 6 13 6
TEXAS 000 040 020 000-- 6
PHILADELPHIA 013 100 001 00x-- 6
E--CLAYTON. DP--PHILADELPHIA 1. LOB--TEXAS 10,
PHILADELPHIA 10. 2B--CLAYTON, ABREU, DOSTER 2, SHAVE.
HR--SHELDON (OFF BYRD). SB--LIEBERTHAL. CS--ZUBER.
S--BYRD, SASSER. SF--LIEBERTHAL, K JORDAN, GREER.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
TEXAS
LOAIZA 3 4 4 3 2 1 0
ZIMMERMAN 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
D PATTERSON 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
GUNDERSON 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
FOSSAS 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
LEVINE 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
VENAFRO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA
BYRD 4 1-3 7 4 4 1 3 1
POOLE 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0
POLITTE 2 5 2 2 0 1 0
Y PEREZ 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
BREWER 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
HBP--A ARIAS BY LOAIZA, HUBBARD BY Y PEREZ.
T--3:38. A--4,475.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA (TICKER) -- David Miller lined a ball off
the forearm of pitcher Mike Venafro leading off the bottom of the 12th inning, halting a
6-6 exhibition game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers.
Miller's liner off the lefthander's right arm prompted the sides to end the game, since
Texas had no pitchers remaining.
Gary Bennett singled in David Doster with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to force
extra innings. Jon Shave tied it with a run-scoring double and Ruben Mateo laced an RBI
single in the eighth to give the Rangers a 6-5 lead.
Billy Brewer struck out three in the final two innings for the Phillies. Starter Paul
Byrd, who allowed a two-run homer in a four-run fifth, gave up four runs in 4 1/3 innings,
striking out three.
Starter Esteban Loaiza gave up three runs in three innings for Texas.