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Commentary (by me)
Found out at the start of the game that Esteban Loaiza was put on the 15 day DL,
with no expected return date, as he had his hand smashed in a car door by his wife, and
showed up at the ballpark at noon with his hand in some sort of cast or bandage.
That was the first the Rangers found out about it, and had to make a quick roster move,
sending Loaiza to the DL, and calling up Ryan Glynn. About the game itself...
Oh man, how do you talk about this one? It was a disaster from the getgo. It's a game where we gave up four home runs to Albert Belle & Charles Johnson, Aaron Sele pitched 99 pitches in 2.2 innings, jacked the team ERA back up pretty bad again... Jim's remarks below blamed Loaiza for not reporting his accident. Today's DMN has a quote from Johnny saying that he doesn't blame Loaiza directly, not reporting this kind of thing is rampant in the majors, he said about 90% of players don't report this kind of thing. This was our chance to sweep the Orioles for the first time in a four game series since our first year as the Rangers in July of 1972. It didn't happen, obviously.
Good stuff:
I suppose the interesting thing was the apperance of Ryan Glynn in the ninth inning. At the start of the game, he wasn't even in the state of Texas. Monday Morning's Dallas Morning news had a great article on how Glynn got the call, and made it to the game in time to pitch in the ninth. Some might question the call to get him in now, but in a game like this, it wouldn't HURT to put the kid out there, even if he got knocked around (which he did a little).
Games like this suck, but hell, at least the 16 runs were all at once. Whether the Orioles scored 6 or 16, it was enough to beat us, although it won't help our ERA. Not that it much matters, I think assuming we win, it'll still be with a stratospheric ERA anyway. Too bad, I had hopes for our pitching coming into this season.
Commentary (by Jim Meeks)
The Rangers' hopeful sweep of the Orioles was swept away rather omniously Sunday
afternoon. The Orioles pounded out 24 hits (yes, 24) in a 16-5 bombing of the Rangers.
You could place the blame of this loss on several players but let's start with Aaron Sele.
Sele was woeful; in 2.2 innings he threw 99 pitches - or more than 12 pitches for each out
he recorded. And that was the good news. The bad news is he gave up 11 hits, 4 bases on
balls and 9 earned runs.
Sele was the Rangers' best starting pitcher in April.
You could also put part of the blame on Esteban Loaiza - who didn't even get into the
game. Loaiza broke his hand after the game Saturday evening in a freak accident. However,
he failed to inform anyone of the incident until a couple hours before game time.
Therefore, the Rangers were without a long reliever until the 8th inning when Ryan Glynn
(AAA) made it to the ballpark. Oates probably would have pulled Sele in the the 1st inning
instead of in the 3rd.
Not that it would have made much a difference.
Offensively, the Rangers had 11 hits, including a 3-run 2nd inning, but did little else
and certainly they didn't have enough to beat the O's on Sunday.
The Oakland A's are just a 1/2 a game behind the Rangers. If Oakland can pick up another
starting pitcher, the Rangers are in trouble.
Game Recap
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (TICKER) -- For at least one day, the Baltimore Orioles got a
chance to pound someone else's pitching staff.
Albert Belle and Charles Johnson each homered twice while combining for nine RBI as the
Orioles accumulated 24 hits, the second-highest total in franchise history, and snapped a
six-game losing streak with a 16-5 rout of the Texas Rangers.
Belle gave the Orioles a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a three-run shot off
Aaron Sele. The first five batters had hits for the Orioles, who scored five times in the
frame and had three other three-run innings.
"It's been a tough week for us," Johnson said. "It seems like teams were
doing this to us all week. It was good for us to swing the bats this well."
Baltimore surrendered 53 runs during its six-game skid, which matched a season high. The
Orioles have allowed at least five runs in 25 of 37 games this season.
The 24 hits were two shy of the team record, accomplished against the California Angels on
August 28, 1980. The 24 hits allowed tied a Texas mark, set against the Boston Red Sox on
August 5, 1997.
Sele (3-4) was racked for nine runs and 11 hits over 2 1/3 innings and suffered his third
straight loss. He has allowed 16 runs over 12 1/3 innings in his last three starts.
"I got the ball up to some pretty good hitters," Sele said. "If you do
that, they are going to hit it. I'm a groundball pitcher, that's why I've been bad all
year, because I've kept the ball up. I have to find my tempo and get the ball down."
Rookie Kelly Dransfeldt hit his first career homer and righthander Ryan Glynn made his
major league debut for the Rangers. Glynn, who was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma before
the game due to an injury to Esteban Loaiza, allowed three runs and four hits in the
ninth, serving up a three-run homer to Johnson.
"We've been playing pretty good baseball and you hate to have a game like this,"
Rangers manager Johnny Oates said. "You know this is a game that can happen, but we
didn't pitch very well today."
Brady Anderson, Mike Bordick and B.J. Surhoff opened the first inning with consecutive
singles, giving the Orioles a quick 1-0 lead. Belle drilled a 1-1 pitch over the
center-field wall for his eighth homer, staking the Orioles to a 4-0 advantage.
"We knew it was only a matter of time before Albert kicked it into gear,"
Johnson said. "We all know he is capable of putting up big numbers and he proved it
today."
The Orioles made it 5-0 when Harold Baines doubled and raced home on Anderson's infield
single. Baines belted a three-run homer in the second to give Baltimore an 8-0 cushion.
Jeff Conine had an RBI single in the third and Ripken added a run-scoring double in the
seventh before Johnson and Belle hit three-run homers in the eighth and ninth,
respectively. Johnson also contributed a solo shot in the ninth.
Dransfeldt belted a three-run shot in the second off Sidney Ponson (3-3), who picked up
the victory by allowing three runs and eight hits over seven innings. He struck out three
and walked one.
"I had two big mistakes and they scored some runs," Ponson said. "But today
I didn't have to do toomuch. The offense did all the work today. I'm not going to get away
from my gameplan. I treated a huge lead like it was a one-run game."
Mike Bordick tied his career-high with four hits for the Orioles.
"I almost gave him the day off today but then I thought better of it," Orioles
manager Ray Miller said of Bordick. "Tomorrow will be our first day off in three
weeks. We've got a win, now we can go home and get some sleep."
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| Albert Belle getting congratulated after his first inning home run | Albert "Show me the money" Belle hitting the home run | Todd Zeile (L) congratulating Kelly Dransfeldt after his first major league home run | Harold Baines getting congrats for his home run | Lee Stevens breaks up a double play attempt at second |
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| Charles Johnson on his home run trot in the 8th |
Line Score
AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
BALTIMORE 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 16 24 0
TEXAS 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 11 2 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: BAL - SIDNEY PONSON, ARTHUR RHODES (8TH), RICKY
BONES (9TH) AND CHARLES JOHNSON
TEX - AARON SELE, DANNY PATTERSON (3RD), MIKE MUNOZ
(7TH), RYAN GLYNN (9TH) AND GREGG ZAUN
WP - SIDNEY PONSON (3-3)
LP - AARON SELE (3-4)
SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: BAL - ALBERT BELLE (8) OFF SELE IN THE 1ST, 2 ON
HAROLD BAINES (7) OFF SELE IN THE 2ND, 2 ON
CHARLES JOHNSON (6) OFF M MUNOZ IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
ALBERT BELLE (9) OFF M MUNOZ IN THE 8TH, 1 ON
CHARLES JOHNSON (7) OFF GLYNN IN THE 9TH, 2 ON
TEX - KELLY DRANSFELDT (1) OFF PONSON IN THE 2ND, 2 ON
TIME: 3:17 ATT: 39,508
PROBABLES: ANA - CHUCK FINLEY (2-3, 4.89)
BAL - MIKE MUSSINA (5-1, 4.89)
TAM - RYAN RUPE (0-1, 5.40)
TEX - JOHN BURKETT (0-2, 9.00)
Box Score
BALTIMORE (16) AT TEXAS (5) - FINAL
BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Anderson cf 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 .282
Bordick ss 7 2 4 0 0 1 6 .272
Reboulet pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
Surhoff lf 6 3 3 1 0 0 2 .355
a-Otanez ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .215
Belle rf 5 3 3 5 1 0 2 .271
Amaral rf-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161
Baines dh 6 3 3 3 0 0 4 .295
Conine 1b-rf 6 1 3 1 0 0 3 .270
C Ripken 3b 5 0 2 1 1 1 3 .239
Deshields 2b 6 1 2 0 0 0 4 .206
C Johnson c 4 2 2 4 2 0 1 .247
Totals 52 16 24 16 5 2 28
a-grounded to third for Bordick in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Baines (1, Sele); C Ripken (5, M Munoz); Bordick
2 (6, M Munoz, Glynn). HR - Belle 2 (9, 1st inning off Sele 2 on,
0 out, 8th inning off M Munoz 1 on, 2 out); Baines (7, 2nd inning
off Sele 2 on, 0 out); C Johnson 2 (7, 8th inning off M Munoz 0 on,
0 out, 9th inning off Glynn 2 on, 1 out). RBI - Surhoff (23),
Belle 5 (30), B Anderson (18), Baines 3 (29), Conine (22),
C Ripken (7), C Johnson 4 (13). 2-out RBI - B Anderson, Conine,
C Ripken, Belle 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
Bordick 3, B Anderson 1, C Ripken 1, Conine 1, Deshields 2,
Otanez 1. Team LOB - 14.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (Deshields-Bordick-Conine 2).
TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Goodwin cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .232
Mclemore 2b-rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .328
Greer lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .308
a-Alicea ph-2b 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .159
R Palmeiro dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .365
Zeile 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .252
Shave 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .360
L Stevens 1b 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 .323
R Kelly rf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .375
Zaun c 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 .200
Dransfeldt ss 4 2 2 3 0 1 1 .200
Totals 36 5 11 5 3 6 18
a-walked for Greer in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Zeile (10, Ponson); L Stevens (10, Ponson); Shave
(1, Rhodes). 3B - T Goodwin (2, Bones). HR - Dransfeldt (1, 2nd inning
off Ponson 2 on, 2 out). RBI - Dransfeldt 3 (4), Shave (4),
T Goodwin (10). 2-out RBI - Dransfeldt 3, Shave. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - Zaun 1, L Stevens 1, R Kelly 1, Alicea 1.
GIDP - Greer, Mclemore. Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: E - R Kelly (2, bobble); Dransfeldt (3, ground ball).
BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era
Ponson (W, 3-3) 7 8 3 3 1 3 1 5.12
Rhodes 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 5.06
Bones 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.95
TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era
Sele (L, 3-4) 2 1/3 11 9 9 4 1 2 6.30
D Patterson 3 2/3 3 0 0 1 0 0 5.51
M Munoz 2 6 4 4 0 0 2 5.29
Glynn 1 4 3 3 0 1 1 27.00
Pitches-strikes: Sele 88-48; D Patterson 48-31; M Munoz 35-21;
Glynn 28-17; Ponson 107-65; Rhodes 28-14; Bones 22-13. Ground
balls-fly balls: Sele 3-3; D Patterson 5-6; M Munoz 5-1; Glynn 1-1;
Ponson 11-7; Rhodes 0-1; Bones 1-1. Batters faced: Sele 22;
D Patterson 16; M Munoz 12; Glynn 7; Ponson 28; Rhodes 6; Bones 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Rocky Roe. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Dave Phillips.
T--3:17. Att--39,508. Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 18 mph, out to left.
AL BALTIMORE AT TEXAS
NOTE: THE HOME RUN BY TEXAS' KELLY DRANSFELDT IN THE SECOND
INNING WAS THE FIRST OF HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER.
AL BALTIMORE AT TEXAS
NOTE: THE SINGLE BY TEXAS'S MARK MCLEMORE IN THE THIRD INNING
EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 10 GAMES.
Game Log
Baltimore Starting Lineups -- Brady Anderson CF, Mike Bordick SS, Bj Surhoff LF,
Albert Belle RF, Harold Baines DH, Jeff Conine 1B, Cal Ripken Jr 3B, Delino Deshields 2B,
Charles Johnson C, Sidney Ponson RHP.
Texas Starting Lineups -- Tom Goodwin CF, Mark Mclemore 2B, Rusty Greer LF, Rafael
Palmeiro DH, Todd Zeile 3B, Lee Stevens 1B, Roberto Kelly RF, Gregg Zaun C, Kelly
Dransfeldt SS, Aaron Sele RHP.
Umpires -- Roe (HP), J Hirschbeck (1B), Phillips (3B).
Gametime Weather: 85 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to left at 18 mph.
BALTIMORE 1ST: B Anderson singled to center. Bordick singled to right center, B Anderson
to third. Surhoff singled to right, B Anderson scored, Bordick to third. Surhoff to second
on right fielder R Kelly's fielding error. Belle homered to center, Bordick and Surhoff
scored. Baines doubled to left center. Conine grounded out to third. C Ripken walked.
Deshields flied out to center, Baines to third. C Johnson walked, C Ripken to second. B
Anderson reached on infield single, Baines scored, C Ripken to third, C Johnson to second.
Bordick struck out looking. (5 Runs, 6 Hits, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 5, TEXAS 0.
TEXAS 1ST: T Goodwin flied out to center. Mclemore flied out to left. Greer singled to
left. R Palmeiro struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 5, TEXAS 0.
BALTIMORE 2ND: Surhoff singled to center. Belle singled to right center, Surhoff to third.
Baines homered to left, Surhoff and Belle scored. Conine grounded out to pitcher. C Ripken
reached on infield single. Deshields flied out to center. C Johnson walked, C Ripken to
second. B Anderson flied out to shallow left. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 8,
TEXAS 0.
TEXAS 2ND: Zeile doubled to left. L Stevens walked. R Kelly flied out to shallow right
center. Zaun grounded into fielder's choice to first, Zeile to third, L Stevens out at
second. Dransfeldt homered to left, Zeile and Zaun scored. T Goodwin grounded out to
first. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 8, TEXAS 3.
BALTIMORE 3RD: Bordick singled to center. Surhoff grounded into fielder's choice to
second, Bordick out at second. Belle walked, Surhoff to second. Danny Patterson relieved
Aaron Sele. Baines grounded into fielder's choice to second, Surhoff to third, Belle out
at second. Conine singled to left, Surhoff scored, Baines to second. C Ripken grounded
into fielder's choice to third, Conine out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE
9, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 3RD: Mclemore singled to center. Greer grounded into double play, second to
shortstop to first, Mclemore out at second. R Palmeiro flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) BALTIMORE 9, TEXAS 3.
BALTIMORE 4TH: Deshields grounded out to shortstop. C Johnson grounded out to first. B
Anderson lined out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 9, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 4TH: Zeile grounded out to shortstop. L Stevens doubled to right. R Kelly grounded
out to third. Zaun flied out to left center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 9, TEXAS
3.
BALTIMORE 5TH: Bordick safe at first on shortstop Dransfeldt's fielding error. Surhoff
reached on infield single, Bordick to second. Belle flied out to shallow right center.
Baines flied out to left. Conine flied out to left center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
BALTIMORE 9, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 5TH: Dransfeldt flied out to shallow center. T Goodwin singled to right. Mclemore
grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, T Goodwin out at second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 9, TEXAS 3.
BALTIMORE 6TH: C Ripken flied out to shallow left. Deshields singled to right. C Johnson
lined out to shortstop. B Anderson walked, Deshields to second. Bordick grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 9, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 6TH: Greer grounded out to third. R Palmeiro singled to right. Zeile grounded out to
third, R Palmeiro to second. L Stevens struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
BALTIMORE 9, TEXAS 3.
BALTIMORE 7TH: Mike Munoz relieved Danny Patterson. Shave at third. Surhoff grounded out
to second. Belle grounded out to first. Baines singled to left. Conine singled to right,
Baines to second. C Ripken doubled to right center, Baines scored, Conine to third.
Deshields grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 10, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 7TH: R Kelly reached on infield single. Zaun flied out to left. Dransfeldt struck
out looking. T Goodwin grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 10,
TEXAS 3.
BALTIMORE 8TH: C Johnson homered to left. B Anderson grounded out to first. Bordick
doubled to right. Surhoff lined out to shortstop. Belle homered to right center, Bordick
scored. Baines grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 13, TEXAS 3.
TEXAS 8TH: Arthur Rhodes relieved Sidney Ponson. Amaral in right. Mclemore fouled out to
third. Alicea hit for Greer. Alicea walked. R Palmeiro struck out looking. Alicea to
second on fielder indifference. Shave doubled to deep left center, Alicea scored. L
Stevens walked. R Kelly struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 13, TEXAS
4.
BALTIMORE 9TH: Alicea at second. R Kelly in left. Mclemore in right. Ryan Glynn relieved
Mike Munoz. Conine singled to left. C Ripken struck out looking. Deshields singled to
right, Conine to second. C Johnson homered to left, Conine and Deshields scored. B
Anderson flied out to right. Bordick doubled to deep left center. Otanez hit for Surhoff.
Reboulet ran for Bordick. Otanez grounded out to third. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
BALTIMORE 16, TEXAS 4.
TEXAS 9TH: Otanez at first. Reboulet at short. Amaral in left. Conine in right. Ricky
Bones relieved Arthur Rhodes. Zaun lined out to pitcher. Dransfeldt singled to right. T
Goodwin tripled to right, Dransfeldt scored. Mclemore struck out looking. Alicea grounded
out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 16, TEXAS 5.