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Commentary (by me)
The injury report: Today's Dallas Morning News is reporting that Wetteland might
start the season on the disabled list, and today's radio broadcast wasn't so gloomy, but
they didn't sing praises about his recovery, either. He's been ordered not to pitch
for four days in order to give his body some time to heal. Johnny Oates was worried
he was overcompensating, and gave him some extra rest. The radio guys also said that
Luis Alicea was going to have an MRI tomorrow morning to determine what's going on with
him.
On the plus side, Ruben Mateo came back in the game today after missing some, and hit a pinch hit two run home run, which was way cool to hear (would have been nicer to see, but we finally get pre-season TV baseball next weekend). Also, the guys were saying that Raffy has set a date to return to game play for next weekend. Let's see.
This sounded like a very well rounded team game (for the most part). Aaron Sele pitched by far his best game of the spring so far, only allowing 1 hit (unfortunately, that hit was a home run). He struck out six Reds in the five innings he pitched. They were all called strikeouts. That could have been due to the umpire in question. I remember this guy from my time listening to Phillies games in the National League. Still, Sele sounded like he was sharp today Patterson, though, didn't do the same. He pitched one inning, and gave up a couple of runs. He didn't sound like he had it in control at all. Jonathan Johnson, on the other hand, did! He pitched two perfect innings, which is always great to hear. Eric Gunderson came in and got a save, too.
There was some nice hitting today, including the aforementioned HR by Mateo, and several doubles. Milt Cuyler also sounded really sharp today, which was nice to see, as I have a gut feeling we'll need some extra depth this year. Great game!
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
The Rangers erupted for 4 runs in the sixth inning Sunday and dyed the Reds, 5-3.
The Rangers scored 2 of their runs in the inning when pinch-hitter Ruben Mateo slammed a
2-run shot off Dennis Reyes. Mateo is now 9 for his last 16 (.563) with 3 homers, a
double, 4 walks and 8 RBIs. He's also hit in his last 8 straight exhibition contests, the
longest such streak by any Ranger this spring.
The story of the game however, was the greedy pitching of Aaron Sele, who limited the Reds
to just one hit over 5 innings, while striking out 6. As good as Helling was on Saturday,
Sele was even moreso on Sunday.
Eric Gunderson picked up a save and continued pitching well this spring. Gunderson's
probably had one of the lefty jobs in the bullpen all along, as long as he pitched
decently. By all accounts, he's pitched pretty well.
The Rangers limited the Redlegs to just 5 hits overall and was by far the best pitched
game they've had all spring. This is very encouraging sign, especially after the good
performance yesterday by Helling.
The Rangers have now won 2 in a row and are 9-7-1, despite starting off the spring 1 and
4.
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| Aaron Sele pitching | Rob Sasser going after a foul | Scarborough Green stealing second | Jon Shave making a throw |
Line Score
GPFT FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TEXAS 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 13 2
CINCINNATI 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 0 FINAL
WP - AARON SELE (1-2)
LP - DENNIS REYES (0-2)
SAVE - ERIC GUNDERSON (1)
HOME RUNS: TEX - RUBEN MATEO (3) OFF D REYES IN THE 6TH
CIN - POKEY REESE (1) OFF SELE IN THE 3RD
TIME: 2:20 ATT: 3,563
Box Score
TEXAS (5) AT CINCINNATI (3)
TEXAS AB R H BI CINCINNATI AB R H BI
T GOODWIN CF 4 0 1 0 CAMERON CF 4 1 1 1
ZYWICA RF 1 0 1 0 B LARKIN SS 2 1 0 0
S GREEN CF 5 0 1 0 MILLIARD SS 1 0 0 0
I RODRIGUEZ C 3 0 1 0 CASEY 1B 4 0 1 1
HUBBARD C 2 0 1 0 GRAVES P 0 0 0 0
L STEVENS 1B 4 1 2 0 VAUGHN LF 2 0 0 0
D GALLAGHER 1B 1 0 0 0 WILLIAMSON P 0 0 0 0
ZEILE 3B 4 1 1 0 G WHITE P 0 0 0 0
JOHNSON P 0 0 0 0 MORRIS 1B 1 0 0 0
GUNDERSON P 0 0 0 0 HAMMONDS RF 3 0 1 1
SHELDON 2B 3 1 1 1 TAUBENSEE C 3 0 0 0
SHAVE SS 4 1 2 1 M LEWIS PH 1 0 1 0
CUYLER LF 4 0 1 1 A BOONE 3B 4 0 0 0
SELE P 2 0 0 0 REESE 2B 3 1 1 1
MATEO PH 1 1 1 2 HARNISCH P 1 0 0 0
D PATTERSON P 0 0 0 0 D REYES P 0 0 0 0
SASSER 3B 1 0 0 0 NUNNALLY PH 1 0 0 0
HOLLINS LF 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 5 13 5 TOTALS 31 3 5 4
TEXAS 010 004 000-- 5
CINCINNATI 001 002 000-- 3
E--SHELDON, SASSER. DP--TEXAS 1. LOB--TEXAS 8, CINCINNATI
4. 2B--ZEILE, SHELDON, CUYLER. HR--REESE (OFF SELE), MATEO
(OFF D REYES). SB--S GREEN. SF--SHELDON, HAMMONDS.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
TEXAS
SELE (W) 5 1 1 1 0 6 1
D PATTERSON 1 2 2 2 2 0 0
JOHNSON 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
GUNDERSON (S) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
CINCINNATI
HARNISCH 4 6 1 1 0 2 0
D REYES (L) 2 5 4 4 0 3 1
WILLIAMSON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G WHITE 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
GRAVES 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
T--2:20. A--3,563.
SARASOTA, FLORIDA (TICKER) -- Aaron Sele allowed just one hit
over five innings with no walks and six strikeouts as the Texas Rangers posted a 5-3
victory over the Cincinnati Reds in exhibition play.
Sele gave up a solo homer to Pokey Reese in the third inning, earning his first victory of
the spring.
Dennis Reyes suffered his second loss, yielding four runs and five hits over two innings,
including a two-run homer to pinch-hitter Ruben Mateo in a four-run sixth.
Eric Gunderson earned his first save with a scoreless ninth, giving up two hits.
Lee Stevens and Jon Shave each had two hits for the Rangers. Shave also singled in a run
in the sixth.