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Commentary (by me)
My wife and I were out this afternoon doing some shopping, and I totally forgot the
game was on the radio - I didn't get to listen to any of it, unfortunately. By the
time we remembered it was on, it was 3:30, and the game was already over. :(
Fortunately, we have Jim's commentary to back me up here. :)
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
The Rangers won today for the first time in their last 3 exhibition games, led by a
Juan Gonzalez 3-run homer and the pitching of Rick Helling.
It was Gonzo's 2nd homer this spring. He's been hitting extremely well but not for much
power. The two-time AL MVP also added a single.
Rusty Greer remains hot, going 3 for 3 today. It's good to see the 3 & 4 guys in the
lineup hitting so well with just a little over a couple weeks until the season starts. Tom
Goodwin added a couple of hits as well.
Helling surrended 2 runs and 2 walks in 5 innings, which for any Texas pitcher is good
news. The way this team scores, if the starters' ERA can stay around 4.50, they'll pick up
a lot of wins.
Hyped rookies Mike Zywicka and Kelly Dransfeldt have played a lot this spring but both
have done virtually nothing offensively. I wouldn't be surprised to see both in AAA camp
by the next cut. I do think Ruben Mateo will make that cut however, and who knows how long
he will be around after that.
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| Gonzalez gets a broken bat single | Gonzalez rounds third after his HR |
Line Score
GPFT FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CINCINNATI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 0
TEXAS 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 x 5 11 1 FINAL
WP - RICK HELLING (1-0)
LP - STEVE PARRIS (0-2)
SAVE - TIM CRABTREE (1)
HOME RUNS: CIN - HAL MORRIS (1) OFF CRABTREE IN THE 9TH
TEX - JUAN GONZALEZ (2) OFF PARRIS IN THE 5TH
TIME: 2:18 ATT: 3,246
Box Score
CINCINNATI (4) AT TEXAS (5)
CINCINNATI AB R H BI TEXAS AB R H BI
STYNES 2B 5 1 0 0 T GOODWIN CF 4 1 2 0
MORRIS 1B 4 2 2 2 MCLEMORE 2B 3 1 1 1
CASEY DH 5 1 2 1 S GREEN CF 1 0 0 0
HAMMONDS CF 4 0 2 1 GREER LF 3 1 3 1
TUCKER RF 3 0 0 0 CUYLER LF 0 0 0 0
M LEWIS 3B 4 0 1 0 J GONZALEZ DH 3 1 2 3
SWEENEY LF 4 0 2 0 HUBBARD PH 0 0 0 0
FORDYCE C 4 0 1 0 I RODRIGUEZ C 2 0 0 0
BRANSON SS 4 0 1 0 ZAUN C 2 0 1 0
L STEVENS 1B 3 0 1 0
SASSER 3B 1 0 0 0
ZEILE 3B 3 0 0 0
DRANSFELDT SS 1 0 0 0
R KELLY RF 3 0 0 0
ZYWICA RF 1 0 0 0
CLAYTON SS 3 1 1 0
TOTALS 37 4 11 4 TOTALS 33 5 11 5
CINCINNATI 200 000 002-- 4
TEXAS 100 040 00x-- 5
DP--CINCINNATI 1. LOB--CINCINNATI 8, TEXAS 6. 2B--CASEY, T
GOODWIN. HR--J GONZALEZ (OFF PARRIS), MORRIS (OFF
CRABTREE). CS--CUYLER.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CINCINNATI
PARRIS (L) 4 2-3 11 5 5 0 2 1
SULLIVAN 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUDEK 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
G WHITE 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
TEXAS
HELLING (W) 5 7 2 2 2 2 0
MUNOZ 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
CRABTREE (S) 2 2 2 2 0 1 1
T--2:18. A--3,246.
PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA (TICKER) -- American League Most
Valuable Player Juan Gonzalez smacked a three-run homer in a four-run fifth inning as the
Texas Rangers held off the Cincinnati Reds, 5-4.
Rusty Greer had three hits, including an RBI single in the fifth inning, and starter Rick
Helling allowed two runs and seven hits over five innings to pick up the victory. Crabtree
gave up Hal Morris' two-run homer in the ninth but picked up the save.
Gonzalez, who hit his second homer of the spring, batted a career-best .318 with 45 home
runs and a league-leading 157 RBI last season -- the highest AL total since 1949.
Sean Casey had an RBI triple in the first inning and Jeffrey Hammonds singled him home for
Cincinnati's other runs. Steve Parris surrendered five runs and 11 hits over 4 2/3 innings
and took the loss.