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1999 Results: Mar 31, 1999 (W: 11-4)
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Commentary (by me)
I'm pretty busy getting ready for a short vacation while I have some relatives in
this weekend, so I am not writing much today. It was nice to see the offense back,
even though it was only against the Twins.
No errors again, which is nice to see. Without looking it up, there's been a few no error game since the obscene 5 error game last week.
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
Rangers' righthander Rick Helling hurled 7 innings Wednesday and the Ranger bats
were once again alive and well, as the Rangers shelled the Twins 11-4.
Helling gave up two 2-run homers to Ron Coomer (surprisingly, his 5th and 6th homers of
the spring) in back-to-back innings but that was the extent of the Twinkies' damage.
Helling's outing was the longest by any Rangers' pitcher this spring to date.
Tim Crabtree and Eric Gunderson each had a scoreless inning of work. Gunderson has been
especially effective as of late and Crabtree seems to be bouncing back now after a poor
outing last week.
Offensively, the Rangers banged out 17 hits with Roberto Kelly, Juan Gonzalez and Royce
Clayton doing the major damage. Kelly hit a 3-run shot and Gonzo and Clayton added a
couple hits each. The team collected 6 extra base hits. Every Rangers' hitter got a hit
except Milt Cuyler (0 for his last 19) an it appears he's lost any chance he had to make
the team.
The Rangers did not commit an error on Wednesday, the 3rd time in 4 games they have gone
errorless.
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| Pudge after a first inning double | Twins pitcher Benj Sampson throws to first | Rick Helling shows his excitement at having given up a second home run to Ron Coomer. |
Line Score
GPFT FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 11 1
TEXAS 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 1 x 11 17 0 FINAL
WP - RICK HELLING (2-1)
LP - BENJ SAMPSON (1-3)
HOME RUNS: MIN - RON COOMER (4) OFF HELLING IN THE 4TH
RON COOMER (5) OFF HELLING IN THE 5TH
TEX - ROBERTO KELLY (4) OFF BAPTIST IN THE 7TH
TIME: 2:41 ATT: 2,013
Box Score
MINNESOTA (4) AT TEXAS (11)
MINNESOTA AB R H BI TEXAS AB R H BI
T HUNTER CF 5 0 2 0 MCLEMORE 2B 3 1 1 0
GUZMAN SS 4 1 1 0 BOURNIBAL SS 2 0 1 0
HOCKING SS 1 0 0 0 CLAYTON SS 3 1 2 1
T WALKER 2B 4 1 1 0 SHAVE 3B 2 0 1 1
GATES 2B 1 0 0 0 I RODRIGUEZ C 1 1 1 1
COOMER 1B 4 2 3 4 ZAUN C 1 1 1 0
LAWTON LF 3 0 1 0 J GONZALEZ DH 3 1 2 1
LATHAM LF 1 0 0 0 CUYLER LF 2 1 0 0
M CORDOVA DH 3 0 2 0 ZEILE 3B 3 0 1 2
KOSKIE 3B 3 0 0 0 SHELDON 1B 1 1 0 0
JAVIER VALENTI C 4 0 0 0 R KELLY CF 4 1 2 3
J JONES CF 4 0 1 0 GUNDERSON P 0 0 0 0
L STEVENS 1B 2 0 1 1
GREER LF 2 1 1 0
MATEO RF 4 0 1 0
T GOODWIN CF 1 1 1 0
ALICEA 2B 2 1 1 0
TOTALS 37 4 11 4 TOTALS 36 11 17 10
MINNESOTA 000 220 000-- 4
TEXAS 000 241 31x--11
E--T HUNTER. DP--MINNESOTA 2, TEXAS 1. LOB--MINNESOTA 9,
TEXAS 6. 2B--M CORDOVA, I RODRIGUEZ, CLAYTON, J GONZALEZ,
ALICEA, SHAVE. HR--COOMER 2 (OFF HELLING 2), R KELLY (OFF
BAPTIST). SB--GUZMAN, M CORDOVA, CUYLER. CS--CLAYTON.
SF--I RODRIGUEZ.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
MINNESOTA
SAMPSON (L) 5 10 6 6 2 0 0
BAPTIST 2 4 4 3 1 1 1
GUARDADO 1 3 1 1 1 0 0
TEXAS
HELLING (W) 7 9 4 4 3 3 2
CRABTREE 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
GUNDERSON 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
T--2:41. A--2,013.
PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA (TICKER) -- Rick Helling pitched
seven innings in his final tuneup before Opening Day and the Texas Rangers pounded out 17
hits and beat the Minnesota Twins, 11-4, in a spring game.
Helling, a 20-game winner a year ago and Texas' starter Monday against Detroit, allowed
four runs and eight hits, including a pair of two-run homers to Ron Coomer. He walked
three and struck out three.
Roberto Kelly hit a three-run homer and singled for Texas. Juan Gonzalez and Royce Clayton
also had two hits apiece, including RBI doubles in a four-run fifth inning for the
Rangers.
Coomer went 3-for-4 with his fourth and fifth home runs of the spring.
Loser Benj Sampson pitched five innings for Minnesota and surrendered six runs and 10
hits.