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Commentary (by me)
Another stinker. We really need to get it together with our pitching.
It's digusting that after Game 7 of the season, our bullpen has more innings pitched than
the starters. Only Aaron Sele is anywhere near effective, and if he wasn't,
our only win would have been from a bullpen pitcher. Ugh! We gave
up 20 hits again. Not counting last night's game, we gave up fifty-one
hits to the Angels in three games (13, 19, & 20). Johnny
Oates must have a locker full of Pepto Bismol now. The game took 3 hours and 28
minutes, probably bolstered by the fact that the total number of pitches thrown by both
teams was 368 - 195 by the Rangers and 173 by the Angels. We also gave up 10 doubles
in the game to the Angels. Don't really feel like talking about bad pitching anymore
- look below at the numbers. Except this. Anyone notice that last year's
castoffs are pitching decent (Bobby Witt, Julio Santana) - hell, even Darren Oliver is
pitching better than we are! :)
I thought we had a shot in the beginning when Juan Gonzalez was up with the bases loaded against a really ineffective Ken Hill. He popped out to first, ending the inning. That seemed like the omen to me. Juan is impotent against Hill, now going 0-8 (or is it 0-9) in his career against him. In the sixth, we almost had two home runs as Rusty Greer really rode one, but Orlando Palmiero hauled it in, and Tim Salmon robbed Juan Gonzalez on an opposite field shot that should have gone, but Salmon pulled it in.
The one bright spot here was Todd Zeile, who continues to be on fire so far. He went two for four with a home run and two RBI's, and scoring two runs. His average now is .440 - Makes me wish I had kept him in my fantasy league. :)
As bad as all of this looks, it's still only the first week (give or take a day) of the season, and standing this early in the season don't mean a whole lot. We're off to the West Coast for a bit, so I'm hoping that the change in scenery does something good. However, it's bad when you need to go on the road for a "change of scenery boost".
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
Finally, they are gone. Monday, the Angels left town, but not before collecting 20
hits, 10 of them doubles. It's safe to say the Angels had more doubles than an alcoholic
on payday.
This was another ugly, smelly, - insert your own sarcastic adjective that ends in ly
- pitched game. Mark Clark pitched like banjo player Roy Clark. Eric Gunderson, the
sacrificial lamb to finish the game, was even worse. Only Esteban Loaiza pitched with any
kind of command at all, and even he wasn't pretty.
Everything the Angels hit was hit with authority. This wasn't a 'dumb luck' game where the
opposition hits bloops and Texas Leaguers, this was a team possessed with winning the ball
game and destroying the memories of last September.
Even though Angels' starter Ken Hill pitched really badly, the Angels' bullpen bailed him
out, surrendering no runs in the last five innings. The Rangers were actually ahead 3 to 1
at one point, but that seems like years ago (the contest lasted 3 hours and 28 minutes but
seemed more like 6 hours and 59 minutes).
This is getting to be old hat. With the Rangers departing on a long road trip to
Washington to face the Mariners, it seems very likely that a personnel move or
moves will be made. Firstly, it's very probable that Scarborough Green will be sent down
to the minors and Jeff Zimmerman, impressive in spring training and impressive in two
appearances for the Oklahoma RedHawks this year, will be called up to give an extra arm to
the bullpen. After all, there's no need for a pinch-runner when the score is 13 to 5, is
there?
As far as other possible moves, there is no telling what Doug Melvin has going. Rest
assured however, he's be on the phone with several other general managers looking for
help.
With the way the Rangers' have been pitching, perhaps he simply dialed 9-1-1.
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| Troy Glaus getting brushed back by a Mark Clark pitch in the fith. Hey, is that the middle finger there? :) | And shortly afterwards, Troy Glaus scores on a Mark Clark wild pitch | You know things are bad when the news services put out a picture of the scoreboard as a news picture. :) | Darren Erstad dives for a ball in the 7th, robbing Gregg Zaun of a hit | Todd Zeile dives for a ball | Shigetoshi Hasegawa pitches in the 7th | Angels catcher Todd Greene talkes to pitcher Ken Hill after he walks two straight Rangers in the 3rd |
Line Score
AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ANAHEIM 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 3 1 13 20 0
TEXAS 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: ANA - KEN HILL, MIKE MAGNANTE (5TH), SHIGETOSHI
HASEGAWA (7TH), MIKE HOLTZ (9TH) AND TODD
GREENE, CHARLIE OBRIEN (7TH)
TEX - MARK CLARK, ESTEBAN LOAIZA (6TH), ERIC
GUNDERSON (8TH) AND GREG ZAUN
WP - MIKE MAGNANTE (1-0)
LP - MARK CLARK (0-1)
SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: ANA - NONE
TEX - TODD ZEILE (2) OFF K HILL IN THE 5TH, 1 ON
TIME: 3:28 ATT: 24,601
PROBABLES: ANA - STEVE SPARKS (0-1, 13.50)
OAK - UNDECIDED
TEX - MIKE MORGAN (1-0, 1.29)
SEA - KEN CLOUDE (NR)
Box Score
ANAHEIM (13) AT TEXAS (5) - FINAL
ANAHEIM ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
O Palmeiro lf 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 .207
Velarde 2b 6 2 3 0 0 2 3 .438
Erstad 1b 5 3 3 1 1 0 1 .250
Salmon rf 5 1 4 5 0 1 1 .393
G Anderson cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 .250
Glaus 3b 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 .481
Pritchett dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
a-Unroe ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
T Greene c 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .227
Obrien c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sheets ss 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 .375
Totals 46 13 20 12 1 7 15
a-struck out for Pritchett in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Salmon 2 (3, M Clark 2); Velarde (2, M Clark);
Erstad (4, M Clark); T Greene (1, M Clark); Glaus 3 (7, M Clark,
Loaiza, Gunderson); G Anderson (1, Loaiza); Sheets (2, Gunderson).
SF - G Anderson. RBI - Salmon 5 (9), Erstad (3), T Greene (5),
O Palmeiro 2 (4), Glaus 2 (7), G Anderson (5). 2-out RBI - Salmon 4,
Erstad, Glaus. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Anderson 3,
Salmon 1, Sheets 1, Unroe 1, Erstad 1. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - Erstad (1, 2nd base off M Clark/Zaun).
TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0 1 3 3 .182
Mclemore 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 .294
Greer lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .269
J Gonzalez rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .310
R Palmeiro dh 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .250
Zeile 3b 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 .440
L Stevens 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .250
Zaun c 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .000
Shave ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 .353
Totals 34 5 7 5 8 8 17
BATTING: 2B - Zeile (5, K Hill). HR - Zeile (2, 5th inning off
K Hill 1 on, 0 out). RBI - L Stevens (7), Shave (3), Mclemore (2),
Zeile 2 (5). 2-out RBI - Mclemore. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Gonzalez 3, Shave 1. Team LOB - 10.
BASERUNNING: SB - T Goodwin (1, 2nd base off K Hill/T Greene).
ANAHEIM ip h r er bb so hr era
K Hill 4 5 5 5 7 3 1 7.56
Magnante (W, 1-0) 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Hasegawa 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.86
M Holtz 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era
M Clark (L, 0-1) 5 11 8 8 1 2 0 11.57
Loaiza 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 8.64
Gunderson 2 6 4 4 0 2 0 12.46
K Hill pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.
WP - M Clark, Gunderson. Pitches-strikes: M Clark 108-72;
Loaiza 34-22; Gunderson 52-35; K Hill 96-48; Magnante 32-23;
Hasegawa 26-15; M Holtz 18-12. Ground balls-fly balls: M Clark 3-10;
Loaiza 2-1; Gunderson 1-3; K Hill 2-7; Magnante 0-5; Hasegawa 2-1;
M Holtz 0-2. Batters faced: M Clark 27; Loaiza 9; Gunderson 12;
K Hill 24; Magnante 8; Hasegawa 6; M Holtz 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Dale Ford. 2B--Jim Evans.
3B--Larry Mccoy.
T--3:28. Att--24,601. Weather: 76 degrees, sunny. Wind: 12 mph,
in from left.
Game Recap
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (TICKER) -- All those doubles by the Anaheim Angels made Texas
Rangers pitchers toil in trouble.
Troy Glaus had three two-base hits to lead a 10-double, 20-hit onslaught as the Anaheim
Angels took three of four games from the Texas Rangers with a 13-5 rout in the series
finale.
Glaus, who tied a club record with the three doubles, recorded his first career four-hit
game and Tim Salmon had two doubles, went 4-for-5 and had a career-high five RBI for the
Angels, who racked up 34 runs in the four games. Salmon had a three-run double in a
five-run fourth that made it 7-3.
Randy Velarde, Darin Erstad, Todd Greene, Garret Anderson and Andy Sheets also had
two-base hits for Anaheim, which set a club record. The previous record was eight, last
accomplished at Texas on June 13, 1998.
The Angels had a 20-hit game for the first time since getting 21 against Cleveland on
September 2, 1998. Mike Magnante (1-0) got the win with 2 1/3 innings of one-hit relief.
Former Ranger Ken Hill allowed five runs and five hits with seven walks in four innings.
Mark Clark (0-1) had his second consecutive poor outing for Texas, getting hammered for
eight runs and 11 hits in five innings. The free agent acquisition has allowed 12 runs and
17 hits over 9 1/3 innings in his first two starts with the Rangers.
Game Log
Anaheim Starting Lineups -- Orlando Palmeiro LF, Randy Velarde 2B, Darin Erstad 1B,
Tim Salmon RF, Garret Anderson CF, Troy Glaus 3B, Chris Pritchett DH, Todd Greene C, Andy
Sheets SS, Ken Hill RHP.
Texas Starting Lineups -- Tom Goodwin CF, Mark Mclemore 2B, Rusty Greer LF, Juan Gonzalez
RF, Rafael Palmeiro DH, Todd Zeile 3B, Lee Stevens 1B, Greg Zaun C, Jon Shave SS, Mark
Clark RHP.
Umpires -- C Meriwether (HP), Ford (1B), Evans (2B), L Mccoy (3B).
Gametime Weather: 76 degrees, Sunny, wind in from left at 12 mph.
ANAHEIM 1ST: O Palmeiro flied out to left. Velarde flied out to center. Erstad singled to
right. Erstad stole second. Salmon doubled to left, Erstad scored. G Anderson flied out to
shallow left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 1, TEXAS 0.
TEXAS 1ST: T Goodwin walked. Mclemore flied out to left center. T Goodwin stole second.
Greer flied out to shallow left. J Gonzalez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0
Errors) ANAHEIM 1, TEXAS 0.
ANAHEIM 2ND: Glaus popped out to first. Pritchett grounded out to second. T Greene struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 1, TEXAS 0.
TEXAS 2ND: R Palmeiro walked. Zeile doubled to deep center, R Palmeiro to third. L Stevens
grounded out to shortstop, R Palmeiro scored. Zaun walked. Shave singled to center, Zeile
scored, Zaun to second. T Goodwin struck out swinging. Mclemore singled to shallow left
center, Zaun scored, Shave to third. Greer walked, Mclemore to second. J Gonzalez flied
out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 1, TEXAS 3.
ANAHEIM 3RD: Sheets flied out to center. O Palmeiro grounded out to shortstop. Velarde
doubled to right. Erstad doubled to left, Velarde scored. Salmon reached on infield
single, Erstad to third. G Anderson popped out to shallow center. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0
Errors) ANAHEIM 2, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 3RD: R Palmeiro popped out to second. Zeile walked. L Stevens walked, Zeile to
second. Zaun lined out to left. Shave struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ANAHEIM 2, TEXAS 3.
ANAHEIM 4TH: Glaus singled to center. Pritchett flied out to right. T Greene doubled to
left, Glaus scored. Sheets singled to center, T Greene to third. O Palmeiro singled to
right center, T Greene scored, Sheets to third. Velarde struck out swinging. Erstad
walked, O Palmeiro to second. Salmon doubled to left, Sheets, O Palmeiro and Erstad
scored. G Anderson flied out to center. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 7, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 4TH: T Goodwin grounded out to second. Mclemore flied out to center. Greer singled
to left. J Gonzalez flied out to left center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 7, TEXAS
3.
ANAHEIM 5TH: Glaus doubled to left center. Pritchett grounded out to first, Glaus to
third. Glaus scored on M Clark wild pitch. T Greene fouled out to first. Sheets fouled out
to catcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 8, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 5TH: R Palmeiro walked. Zeile homered to left, R Palmeiro scored. Mike Magnante
relieved Ken Hill. L Stevens fouled out to first. Zaun flied out to center. Shave singled
to left. T Goodwin struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 8, TEXAS 5.
ANAHEIM 6TH: Esteban Loaiza relieved Mark Clark. O Palmeiro fouled out to third. Velarde
singled to left. Erstad grounded out to second, Velarde to second. Salmon struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 8, TEXAS 5.
TEXAS 6TH: Mclemore struck out looking. Greer flied out to deep left. J Gonzalez flied out
to deep right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 8, TEXAS 5.
ANAHEIM 7TH: G Anderson doubled to left. Glaus doubled to right, G Anderson scored.
Pritchett grounded out to pitcher. T Greene struck out swinging. Sheets struck out
swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 9, TEXAS 5.
TEXAS 7TH: Obrien catching. R Palmeiro fouled out to catcher. Shigetoshi Hasegawa relieved
Mike Magnante. Zeile struck out looking. L Stevens singled to center. Zaun grounded out to
first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 9, TEXAS 5.
ANAHEIM 8TH: Eric Gunderson relieved Esteban Loaiza. O Palmeiro flied out to left. Velarde
singled to shallow right center. Erstad singled to right, Velarde to second. Salmon
singled to left center, Velarde scored, Erstad to third. G Anderson hit sacrifice fly to
center, Erstad scored. Glaus doubled to left, Salmon scored. Unroe hit for Pritchett.
Unroe struck out looking. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 12, TEXAS 5.
TEXAS 8TH: Shave grounded out to pitcher. T Goodwin struck out swinging. Mclemore fouled
out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 12, TEXAS 5.
ANAHEIM 9TH: Obrien grounded out to pitcher. Sheets doubled to left. O Palmeiro singled to
left, Sheets scored. Velarde struck out swinging. O Palmeiro to second on Gunderson wild
pitch. Erstad flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 13, TEXAS 5.
TEXAS 9TH: Mike Holtz relieved Shigetoshi Hasegawa. Greer flied out to center. J Gonzalez
struck out swinging. R Palmeiro walked. Zeile flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0
Errors) ANAHEIM 13, TEXAS 5.