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Commentary (by me)
I'm kinda busy today, so I'm not going to be able to write much. A few
points I noticed..
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
Living here on the East Coast and being a morning person 
, I didn't get a chance to see or hear Wednesday's game,
so I'll use this opportunity to reveal some things to you that you may have missed, by
reviewing the boxscore and a few other notes:
Every 12.3 pitches John Burkett threw on Wednesday became a Mariners' double...As badly as
Burkett pitched Wednesday, his ERA actually lowered quite a bit...Every hitter in the
Rangers' lineup had at least one hit...Rusty Greer was on base 5 times for the second
straight night, as he had a single, a double and 3 walks...Roberto Kelly hasn't had the
opportunity to play much this year, but perhaps he should play more often. He is hitting
.615...the Rangers had 3 stolen bases, 2 by Goodwin and 1 by Clayton. Clayton should steal
20-25 bases...Juan Gonzalez left nine runners on base, although he was simply robbed by
Ken Griffey on a line shot to the deepest part of the field (I did see that on ESPN's
Sportscenter)...Gonzalez has yet to homer this year, his longest drought ever, starting a
season...As a team, the Rangers left 13 men on base, which is hard to fathom, considering
they scored 9 runs on 17 hits...Seattle did give up 8 free passes on bases on balls...The
Rangers are now hitting .322 as a team, with a whopping on-base percentage of
.391...Anaheim lost again to the A's, meaning the Rangers are back in first place all
alone. The Rangers are the only team in the AL West with a winning record, not bad for a
team that has horrible starting pitching...The Rangers have already won this series from
Seattle. This is the second consecutive series the Rangers have beaten the Mariners in the
Kingdome, something I don't think they have accomplished since the early 1980's...No
midweek blues for the Red Shoes: Texas has played 2 games on Tuesday and 2 on Wednesday
and have won all 4.
Lastly and without commentary, let's have a look at Burkett's two starts this season:
DATE ip h r er bb so hr April 9 2.2 7 5 5 0 2 2 April 14 4.1 8 4 4 1 6 0 --------------------------------------- totals 7.0 15 9 9 1 8 2 ERA-11.57
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| Juan Gonzalez striking out in the first inning. | Rusty slides into second on the front end of a double play turned by the M's in the first inning. | Rangerrs started John Burkett pitching | Mariners catcher Dan Wilson scoring in the third inning | Todd Zeile after scoring in the fourth inning |
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| Ken Griffey, Jr. goes after a Roberto Kelly single in the sixth inning |
Line Score
AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TEXAS 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 9 17 0
SEATTLE 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 6 11 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: TEX - JOHN BURKETT, JEFF ZIMMERMAN (5TH), TIM
CRABTREE (8TH), MIKE MUNOZ (8TH), JOHN
WETTELAND (8TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ
SEA - BUTCH HENRY, JOSE PANIAGUA (6TH), JOSE MESA
(9TH), MELVIN BUNCH (9TH) AND DAN WILSON
WP - JEFF ZIMMERMAN (1-0)
LP - JOSE PANIAGUA (0-1)
SAVE - JOHN WETTELAND (3)
HOME RUNS: TEX - LEE STEVENS (2) OFF MESA IN THE 9TH, 1 ON
SEA - NONE
TIME: 3:25 ATT: 20,123
PROBABLES: TEX - RICK HELLING (0-2, 14.84)
SEA - JEFF FASSERO (0-2, 10.80)
Box Score
TEXAS (9) AT SEATTLE (6) - FINAL
TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Mclemore 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 .357
R Kelly rf 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 .615
Greer lf 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 .382
J Gonzalez dh 5 0 1 1 0 1 9 .297
I Rodriguez c 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 .364
Zeile 3b 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 .375
L Stevens 1b 4 2 3 2 1 1 0 .333
Clayton ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 .167
T Goodwin cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 .258
Totals 39 9 17 9 8 4 29
BATTING: 2B - R Kelly (1, Henry); Clayton (1, Henry); Greer (4, Henry).
HR - L Stevens (2, 9th inning off Mesa 1 on, 1 out). SF - Mclemore,
J Gonzalez. RBI - R Kelly (3), Clayton (1), Mclemore 2 (4),
J Gonzalez (7), T Goodwin (2), L Stevens 2 (9), Greer (9).
2-out RBI - Mclemore, Greer. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - I Rodriguez 2, R Kelly 1, Clayton 2, J Gonzalez 1. GIDP -
I Rodriguez, Mclemore, J Gonzalez. Team LOB - 13.
BASERUNNING: SB - T Goodwin 2 (3, 2nd base off Henry/D Wilson 2);
Clayton (1, 2nd base off Mesa/D Wilson).
SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Da Bell 2b 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 .188
Segui 1b 5 2 2 2 0 2 1 .297
Griffey cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .375
E Martinez dh 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .344
Ibanez pr-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500
Buhner rf 3 0 1 1 0 2 3 .238
Mabry lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
a-Mieske ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
R Davis 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .303
D Wilson c 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .304
G Guevara ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .375
b-B Huskey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .450
Totals 37 6 11 6 2 9 12
a-grounded to third for Mabry in the 8th; b-popped to catcher
for G Guevara in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Buhner (2, Burkett); G Guevara (2, Burkett); E Martinez
(4, Burkett); Da Bell 2 (3, Burkett, Wetteland); Segui 2 (5, Burkett,
Wetteland); Griffey (3, Wetteland). SF - Buhner. RBI - G Guevara (2),
R Davis (5), Segui 2 (4), Buhner (5), Griffey (5). 2-out RBI - R Davis,
Segui, Griffey. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Davis 2,
Griffey 1, G Guevara 1, Ibanez 1. Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: DP: 3 (G Guevara-Da Bell-Segui, Da Bell-G Guevara-Segui,
R Davis-Da Bell-Segui).
TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era
Burkett 4 1/3 8 4 4 1 6 0 11.57
Zimmerman (W, 1-0) 2 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Crabtree (H, 2) 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.36
M Munoz (H, 2) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wetteland (S, 3) 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 0 4.91
SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
Henry 5 1/3 10 4 4 5 4 0 2.92
Paniagua (L, 0-1; BS, 1) 2 2/3 2 1 1 2 0 0 1.50
Mesa 2/3 4 4 4 1 0 1 18.69
Bunch 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pitches-strikes: Henry 119-69; Paniagua 40-22; Mesa 27-18; Bunch
8-5; Burkett 74-49; Zimmerman 30-17; Crabtree 7-3; M Munoz 2-1;
Wetteland 17-14. Ground balls-fly balls: Henry 6-6; Paniagua
5-3; Mesa 1-1; Bunch 0-1; Burkett 4-3; Zimmerman 3-4; Crabtree
0-0; M Munoz 1-0; Wetteland 0-3. Batters faced: Henry 30;
Paniagua 10; Mesa 7; Bunch 2; Burkett 22; Zimmerman 8; Crabtree 2;
M Munoz 1; Wetteland 7.
UMPIRES: HP--Dan Morrison. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--Larry Barnett.
3B--Greg Kosc.
T--3:25. Att--20,123. Indoors.
Game Recap
SEATTLE (TICKER) -- Tom Goodwin singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the
seventh and Lee Stevens hit a two-run homer to spark a four-run ninth as the Texas Rangers
posted a 9-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Goodwin, who was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, smacked an 0-1 offering from reliever Jose
Paniagua into left field to plate Todd Zeile and snap a 4-4 tie.
Stevens went 3-for-4 and gave the Rangers some breathing room when he hit Jose Mesa's 2-2
pitch over the wall in left field to make it 7-4. Mark McLemore and Rusty Greer added RBI
singles to close out the four-run frame.
"It was nice to get a couple of insurance runs," Stevens said. "I got down
with two strikes. I was just trying to put the ball in play hard somewhere. I happened to
get a decent pitch to hit."
Rookie Jeff Zimmerman (1-0) notched his first career win in relief, striking out one
batter over 2 2/3 perfect innings. Zimmerman has yielded just one hit in five scoreless
innings since being recalled Tuesday from Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast League.
"Zim(merman) came in and back-to-back nights, (you) can't be much better than he's
been," Texas manager Johnny Oates said. "You'd like your starter to get deeper
and not pitch as many innings out of the bullpen but we're capable of pitching even better
than we did tonight."
John Wetteland survived a rough ninth inning, which included a two-run double by Ken
Griffey Jr., to notch his third save of the season. Wetteland has 256 career saves, tying
him with Todd Worrell for 14th place on the all-time list.
Paniagua (0-1) took the loss, allowing one run and two hits with two walks over 2 2/3
innings. Seattle starter Doug Henry surrendered four runs and 10 hits, walking five over 5
1/3 rough innings.
"It was the type of game where it really wasn't pretty," said Henry. "I was
just doing what I had to to get by and keep the ballclub close. It seemed like I was
pitching with runners in scoring position all night. Sooner or later, you're going to give
up some runs when you do that. I'd call it ugly."
Rangers starter John Burkett lasted just 4 1/3 innings, yielding four runs and eight hits
while striking out six.
Reigning American League Most Valuable Player Juan Gonzalez had a run-scoring single in
five at-bats and has yet to homer in nine games, his longest drought to start a season.
Roberto Kelly went 3-for-5 with an RBI and McLemore drove in a pair of runs for the
Rangers, who have taken the first two games of this three-game set.
"We scored five runs the last couple of nights," Seattle manager Lou Piniella
said. "To score 10 runs in two games and get beat by 14. You should be able to win
with five runs."
Goodwin walked and scored the Rangers' first run on Kelly's one-out single to center in
the third inning. The Mariners got even in the bottom of the inning on rookie Giomar
Guevara's RBI double. Guevara is fillng in for injured superstar shortstop Alex Rodriguez.
Zeile and Stevens started the fourth with back-to-back singles before Royce Clayton
doubled home a run, moving Stevens to third. Goodwin followed with a groundout but
McLemore lifted a sacrifice fly to left field to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead.
Edgar Martinez doubled, moved to third on John Mabry's groundout and scored on Dan
Wilson's single to center as Seattle cut the lead to one in the bottom of the fourth.
The Mariners moved even in the fifth as David Bell and David Segui started the inning with
consecutive doubles. After Griffey flied out to left, Henry gave up an infield single to
Martinez before Oates called for Zimmerman.
Jay Buhner hit a sacrifice fly off the 26-year-old righhander to give the Mariners a 5-4
lead. But Zimmerman got Mabry to ground out, escaping any further damage.
"I'm a little bit bittersweet actually," Zimmerman said of his first major
league win. "I came in, there were runners on first and third and my job is to keep
those guys from scoring. I fell behind Buhner 3-0 and gave him a pitch that he could drive
to the outfield. I really didn't get my job done there."
"On the flip side, I did hold them for a couple of innings," he added. "I
felt that I got better as the game went on."
Goodwin helped Texas tie the game in the sixth. He led off with a single, stole second,
moved to third on a single by Kelly and scored on Gonzalez's sacrifice fly.
Ivan Rodriguez, who set a club record with nine RBI in Tuesday's 15-6 win here, went
1-for-5 with a run scored.
Game Log
Texas Starting Lineups -- Mark Mclemore 2B, Roberto Kelly RF, Rusty Greer LF, Juan
Gonzalez DH, Ivan Rodriguez C, Todd Zeile 3B, Lee Stevens 1B, Royce Clayton SS, Tom
Goodwin CF, John Burkett RHP.
Seattle Starting Lineups -- David Bell 2B, David Segui 1B, Ken Griffey Jr CF, Edgar
Martinez DH, Jay Buhner RF, John Mabry LF, Russ Davis 3B, Dan Wilson C, Giomar Guevara SS,
Butch Henry LHP.
Umpires -- Morrison (HP), Hickox (1B), L Barnett (2B), Kosc (3B).
Gametime Weather: Indoors
TEXAS 1ST: Mclemore singled to left. R Kelly doubled to deep right center, Mclemore to
third. Greer walked. J Gonzalez struck out swinging. I Rodriguez grounded into double
play, shortstop to second to first, Greer out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS
0, SEATTLE 0.
SEATTLE 1ST: Da Bell struck out swinging. Segui struck out swinging. Griffey flied out to
left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 0.
TEXAS 2ND: Zeile struck out swinging. L Stevens struck out swinging. Clayton struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 0.
SEATTLE 2ND: E Martinez flied out to center. Buhner doubled to deep right center. Mabry
grounded out to second, Buhner to third. R Davis grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1
Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 0.
TEXAS 3RD: T Goodwin walked. Mclemore lined out to right. T Goodwin stole second. R Kelly
singled to center, T Goodwin scored. Greer flied out to left. J Gonzalez singled to left,
R Kelly to second. I Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Gonzalez out
at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, SEATTLE 0.
SEATTLE 3RD: D Wilson walked. G Guevara doubled to left center, D Wilson scored. Da Bell
grounded out to second, G Guevara to third. Segui struck out looking. Griffey struck out
swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, SEATTLE 1.
TEXAS 4TH: Zeile reached on infield single. L Stevens singled to left, Zeile to second.
Clayton doubled to right, Zeile scored, L Stevens to third. T Goodwin grounded out to
second. Mclemore hit sacrifice fly to left, L Stevens scored. R Kelly grounded out to
shortstop. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 1.
SEATTLE 4TH: E Martinez doubled to left. Buhner struck out swinging. Mabry grounded out to
first, E Martinez to third. R Davis singled to center, E Martinez scored. D Wilson singled
to center, R Davis to second. G Guevara struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 2.
TEXAS 5TH: Greer doubled to left. J Gonzalez lined out to center. I Rodriguez grounded out
to first, Greer to third. Zeile walked. L Stevens walked, Zeile to second. Clayton lined
out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 2.
SEATTLE 5TH: Da Bell doubled to left. Segui doubled to right, Da Bell scored. Griffey
flied out to left. E Martinez reached on infield single, Segui to third. Jeff Zimmerman
relieved John Burkett. Buhner hit sacrifice fly to left, Segui scored. Mabry grounded out
to second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 4.
TEXAS 6TH: T Goodwin singled to left. T Goodwin stole second. Mclemore flied out to
shallow right. R Kelly singled to shallow center, T Goodwin to third. Greer walked, R
Kelly to second. Jose Paniagua relieved Butch Henry. J Gonzalez hit sacrifice fly to
center, T Goodwin scored. I Rodriguez fouled out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS
4, SEATTLE 4.
SEATTLE 6TH: R Davis struck out looking. D Wilson flied out to right. G Guevara grounded
out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 4, SEATTLE 4.
TEXAS 7TH: Zeile walked. L Stevens singled to right, Zeile to second. Clayton fouled out
to first. T Goodwin singled to left, Zeile scored, L Stevens to second. Mclemore grounded
into double play, second to shortstop to first, T Goodwin out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0
Errors) TEXAS 5, SEATTLE 4.
SEATTLE 7TH: Da Bell fouled out to left. Segui fouled out to third. Griffey grounded out
to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 5, SEATTLE 4.
TEXAS 8TH: R Kelly grounded out to shortstop. Greer walked. J Gonzalez grounded into
double play, third to second to first, Greer out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TEXAS 5, SEATTLE 4.
SEATTLE 8TH: Tim Crabtree relieved Jeff Zimmerman. E Martinez walked. Ibanez ran for E
Martinez. Buhner struck out looking. Mike Munoz relieved Tim Crabtree. Mieske hit for
Mabry. Mieske grounded out to third, Ibanez to second. John Wetteland relieved Mike Munoz.
R Davis flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 5, SEATTLE 4.
TEXAS 9TH: Jose Mesa relieved Jose Paniagua. Mieske in left. I Rodriguez singled to right.
Zeile flied out to right. L Stevens homered to left, I Rodriguez scored. Clayton singled
to right. Clayton stole second. T Goodwin grounded out to second, Clayton to third.
Mclemore singled to left, Clayton scored. R Kelly walked, Mclemore to second. Melvin Bunch
relieved Jose Mesa. Greer singled to center, Mclemore scored, R Kelly to second. J
Gonzalez flied out to left. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 9, SEATTLE 4.
SEATTLE 9TH: D Wilson flied out to center. B Huskey hit for G Guevara. B Huskey popped out
to catcher. Da Bell doubled to left. Segui doubled to shallow left, Da Bell scored.
Griffey doubled to deep right, Segui scored. Ibanez struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) TEXAS 9, SEATTLE 6.