Game 111: Aug 9, 1999 (L: 19-4)
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My Commentary

Oh my god.  19-4.  What a complete, utter, and total fiasco.  Make it worse, I was there!  My wife and I stuck it out, we didn't miss any of this exciting action.  :)

Not a whole lot to say about this one, other than we sucked.  Roger Delgado continued his assault here with a three run home run in the first inning that put the Jays up for good immediately.

It was the MLB debut of Doug Davis, who gave up 10 runs in 2 1/3 innings giving him an ERA of 38.57!  Davis' runs were one run short of the Ranger record for most runs allowed by one pitcher in a game.  And of course, Davis was sent back down to AAA after this.  That's too bad, I hate to see young kids get lit up like this.  We also set a record by allowing 25 hits in a 9 inning game.

About the only Ranger highlights were a Pudge home run, a Raffy home run, and Mike Morgan striking out the side in the 5th.  That's about it.  A mess all around.  :(

This was the first in the last eight series that the Rangers lost the series.

-- Joe Siegler

Game Recap

ARLINGTON, TEXAS (TICKER) -- Carlos Delgado and Shawn Green led a team-record 25-hit assault with four RBI apiece as the Toronto Blue Jays crushed the Texas Rangers, 19-4.

Delgado concluded an impressive four-game series at The Ballpark in Arlington with three hits, including a three-run homer in the first inning that sent the Blue Jays on their way. He went 11-for-17 with five homers and 11 RBI as Toronto took three of four from the American League West leaders.

"It was fun. You have to enjoy it because next time it may be the other way around," Delgado said. "It's important for us because we have to beat the good teams."

Green contributed three hits, including his 33rd home run, while Homer Bush went 4-for-6 with three RBI. Jacob Brumfield also had four hits and Tony Batista added three hits and three RBI. Everyone who played had at least one hit for the Blue Jays, who surpassed their previous record of 24 set in a 24-10 victory over Baltimore on June 26, 1978.

Toronto has won seven of 10 and moved one game ahead of Boston in the American League wild card race.

"Anytime you win three out of four against Texas, it's good, especially at their home," Green said.

It was the most hits allowed in a nine-inning game by Texas, breaking the mark of 24 set against Boston on August 5, 1997.

"Tonight is over with. We'll put it to bed and we're 0-0 when we start tomorrow," Rangers manager Johnny Oates said. "But this was one baseball game, one of 162. It was just one of those nights. We couldn't make a pitch and couldn't get an out."

Rangers starter Mike Morgan (12-7) had a personal three-game winning streak stopped after allowing six runs -- four earned -- and nine hits in five innings. Danny Patterson was racked for three runs and three hits while retiring only one batter in the sixth before Doug Davis had a forgettable major league debut.

The 23-year-old lefthander took one for the team, surrendering 10 runs and 11 hits in 2 1/3 innings.

"He made a lot of good pitches, got a lot of guys 0-2, but didn't finish them off. He was nervous and a little rusty," Oates said. "But the job of a long reliever is to sit eight, nine, 10 days and come in and pitch. I wish he could've finished the game, but it didn't work out."

Texas has lost three of four after winning 15 of its previous 17 games.

Toronto starter Joey Hamilton (5-6) was as good as he had to be, allowing three runs and five hits in five innings with two walks and four strikeouts.

"He threw the ball well," manager Jim Fregosi said. "I had him on a pitch count in my own mind. He reached it and fortunately, we had some runs."

Morgan was in trouble from the start, allowing a leadoff infield hit to Shannon Stewart in the first. One out later, Green singled and Delgado launched his 31st homer over the left-field fence. Delgado has more home runs (13) at The Ballpark than any opponent.

The Rangers answered in the bottom half as Ivan Rodriguez hit his career-high 23rd homer and Juan Gonzalez's groundout scored Rafael Palmeiro, who tripled. But Toronto got back the runs in the third on RBI grounders by Green and Darrin Fletcher.

Delgado doubled in the fifth and scored on Willie Greene's single to make it 6-3, ending Morgan's night.

"It's just one game. It happens to every team in baseball. It's happened to the Atlanta Braves, the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers," Morgan said. "There's no way to point the finger at anything. It's just one game in the standings."

Green's three-run homer higlighted the Jays' four-run sixth before Toronto tacked on six runs in the seventh. Stewart had a two-run double and Batista smashed a two-run homer, his 16th.

Photos
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Tony Batista gets congrats for a 6th inning home run	Raffy slides into third with his first triple of the year

Box Score

Line Score
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
TORONTO             3  0  2   0  1  4   6  3  0    19 25  1
TEXAS               2  0  1   0  0  0   1  0  0     4  7  1   (FINAL)

BATTERIES:  TOR - JOEY HAMILTON, PAUL QUANTRILL (6TH), PAUL
                  SPOLJARIC (8TH) AND DARRIN FLETCHER
            TEX - MIKE MORGAN, DANNY PATTERSON (6TH), DOUG DAVIS
                  (6TH), MIKE VENAFRO (8TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ,
                  GREGG ZAUN (8TH)

             WP - JOEY HAMILTON (5-6)
             LP - MIKE MORGAN (12-7)
           SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS:  TOR - CARLOS DELGADO (31) OFF MORGAN IN THE 1ST, 2 ON
                  SHAWN GREEN (33) OFF D DAVIS IN THE 6TH, 2 ON
                  TONY BATISTA (16) OFF D DAVIS IN THE 7TH, 1 ON
                  HOMER BUSH (2) OFF D DAVIS IN THE 8TH, 1 ON
            TEX - IVAN RODRIGUEZ (23) OFF HAMILTON IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
                  RAFAEL PALMEIRO (28) OFF HAMILTON IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

     TIME:  3:04     ATT:  23,235

PROBABLES:  TOR - KELVIM ESCOBAR (9-8, 6.09)
            MIN - BRAD RADKE (8-10, 3.60)

            DET - JUSTIN THOMPSON (9-10, 4.96)
            TEX - ESTEBAN LOAIZA (4-1, 5.68)



Box Score
TORONTO (19) AT TEXAS (4) - FINAL

TORONTO                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Stewart lf              5  4  2  2   0  1   2  .310
T Batista ss            5  3  3  3   0  0   3  .282
 a-Woodward ph-ss       1  1  1  0   0  0   0  .261
Sh Green rf             5  3  3  4   1  1   0  .320
C Delgado 1b            5  2  3  4   1  0   0  .262
Fletcher c              6  0  1  2   0  1   4  .286
W Greene dh             6  0  1  1   0  1   2  .205
Brumfield cf            6  1  4  0   0  1   1  .259
Otanez 3b               6  3  3  0   0  0   3  .227
Bush 2b                 6  2  4  3   0  0   1  .320

Totals                 51 19 25 19   2  5  16

a-singled for T Batista in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - T Batista (10, Morgan); C Delgado (30, Morgan);
Otanez (9, D Davis); Stewart (22, D Davis); Sh Green (32,
D Davis); Fletcher (19, D Davis). HR - C Delgado (31, 1st inning
off Morgan 2 on, 1 out); Sh Green (33, 6th inning off D Davis 2 on,
1 out); T Batista (16, 7th inning off D Davis 1 on, 1 out); Bush (2,
8th inning off D Davis 1 on, 1 out). RBI - C Delgado 4 (99),
Sh Green 4 (95), Fletcher 2 (50), W Greene (28), T Batista 3 (44),
Bush 3 (35), Stewart 2 (53). 2-out RBI - W Greene, Fletcher, C Delgado.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Greene 1, Fletcher 1.
GIDP - Otanez, T Batista.  Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - Bush (12, ground ball).

TEXAS                  ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Mclemore 2b             5  0  1  0   0  0   3  .290
I Rodriguez c           3  1  1  1   0  2   2  .330
 a-Zaun ph-c            0  0  0  1   0  0   1  .232
R Palmeiro dh           4  2  2  1   0  1   2  .346
J Gonzalez rf           4  0  0  1   0  0   0  .304
Zeile 3b                2  0  0  0   1  0   0  .304
 Alicea 3b              1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .165
L Stevens 1b            4  0  0  0   0  1   1  .279
R Kelly lf              4  1  2  0   0  1   0  .325
T Goodwin cf            3  0  0  0   1  0   1  .239
Shave ss                3  0  1  0   0  0   1  .230

Totals                 33  4  7  4   2  5  11

a-hit sacrifice fly to right for I Rodriguez in the 7th.

BATTING: 3B - R Palmeiro (1, Hamilton). HR - I Rodriguez (23,
1st inning off Hamilton 0 on, 1 out); R Palmeiro (28, 3rd inning
off Hamilton 0 on, 0 out). SF - Zaun. RBI - I Rodriguez (76),
J Gonzalez (92), R Palmeiro (98), Zaun (8). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - I Rodriguez 1, R Palmeiro 1.  Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Kelly (1, 2nd base by Hamilton/Fletcher).

FIELDING: E - Zeile (20, ground ball). DP: 2 (Mclemore-L Stevens,
Shave-Mclemore-L Stevens).

TORONTO                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Hamilton (W, 5-6)             5       5   3   3   2   4   2   6.21
Quantrill                     2       2   1   0   0   0   0   2.39
Spoljaric                     2       0   0   0   0   1   0   3.23

TEXAS                        ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Morgan (L, 12-7)              5       9   6   4   1   3   1   5.40
D Patterson                     1/3   3   3   3   0   0   0   5.15
D Davis                       2 1/3  11  10  10   0   2   3  38.57
Venafro                       1 1/3   2   0   0   1   0   0   2.82

IBB - C Delgado (by Morgan). HBP - Stewart (by Morgan); Shave
(by Spoljaric).  Pitches-strikes: Morgan 79-46; D Patterson 11-10;
D Davis 73-47; Venafro 25-14; Hamilton 88-50; Quantrill 29-20;
Spoljaric 26-14.  Ground balls-fly balls: Morgan 9-3; D Patterson 1-0;
D Davis 3-2; Venafro 1-3; Hamilton 3-7; Quantrill 2-4; Spoljaric 0-5.
Batters faced: Morgan 25; D Patterson 4; D Davis 18; Venafro 7;
Hamilton 21; Quantrill 9; Spoljaric 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Gary Cederstrom. 2B--Doug
Eddings. 3B--Travis Katzenmeier.
T--3:04.  Att--23,235.   Weather: 103 degrees, clear.   Wind: 10 mph,
right to left.

AL       TORONTO AT TEXAS
         NOTE:  TORONTO'S TONY BATISTA DOUBLED IN THE THIRD INNING TO
                EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 10 GAMES.

Game Log

Toronto Starting Lineups -- Shannon Stewart LF, Tony Batista SS, Shawn Green RF, Carlos Delgado 1B, Darrin Fletcher C, Willie Greene DH, Jacob Brumfield CF, Willis Otanez 3B, Homer Bush 2B, Joey Hamilton RHP.

Texas Starting Lineups -- Mark Mclemore 2B, Ivan Rodriguez C, Rafael Palmeiro DH, Juan Gonzalez RF, Todd Zeile 3B, Lee Stevens 1B, Roberto Kelly LF, Tom Goodwin CF, Jon Shave SS, Mike Morgan RHP.

Umpires -- T Mcclelland (HP), Cederstrom (1B), Eddings (2B), Katzenmeier (3B).

Gametime Weather: 103 degrees, Clear, wind right to left at 10 mph.

TORONTO 1ST: Stewart reached on infield single. T Batista flied out to right. Sh Green singled to center, Stewart to third. C Delgado homered to left, Stewart and Sh Green scored. Fletcher flied out to left center. W Greene grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 1ST: Mclemore flied out to center. I Rodriguez homered to right. R Palmeiro tripled to deep left center. J Gonzalez grounded out to shortstop, R Palmeiro scored. Zeile walked. L Stevens struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, TEXAS 2.

TORONTO 2ND: Brumfield singled to left. Otanez grounded into double play, second to first, Brumfield out at second. Bush grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, TEXAS 2.

TEXAS 2ND: R Kelly singled to left center. R Kelly caught stealing, catcher to second. T Goodwin walked. Shave singled to left, T Goodwin to second. Mclemore flied out to left center. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, TEXAS 2.

TORONTO 3RD: Stewart safe at first on 3rd baseman Zeile's fielding error. T Batista doubled to left center, Stewart to third. Sh Green grounded out to second, Stewart scored, T Batista to third. C Delgado intentionally walked. Fletcher grounded into fielder's choice to second, T Batista scored, C Delgado out at second. W Greene fouled out to catcher. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) TORONTO 5, TEXAS 2.

TEXAS 3RD: R Palmeiro homered to right. J Gonzalez flied out to right. Zeile flied out to right center. L Stevens grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 5, TEXAS 3.

TORONTO 4TH: Brumfield singled to center. Otanez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Brumfield out at second. Bush singled to right, Otanez to second. Stewart hit by pitch, Otanez to third, Bush to second. T Batista grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Stewart out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 5, TEXAS 3.

TEXAS 4TH: R Kelly lined out to center. T Goodwin lined out to first. Shave grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 5, TEXAS 3.

TORONTO 5TH: Sh Green struck out looking. C Delgado doubled to right. Fletcher struck out looking. W Greene singled to left, C Delgado scored. Brumfield struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, TEXAS 3.

TEXAS 5TH: Mclemore flied out to center. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. R Palmeiro struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, TEXAS 3.

TORONTO 6TH: Danny Patterson relieved Mike Morgan. Otanez singled to center. Bush reached on bunt single to pitcher, Otanez to second. Stewart grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Otanez to third, Bush out at second. T Batista singled to left, Otanez scored, Stewart to second. Doug Davis relieved Danny Patterson. Sh Green homered to right, Stewart and T Batista scored. C Delgado lined out to second. Fletcher grounded out to pitcher. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 10, TEXAS 3.

TEXAS 6TH: Paul Quantrill relieved Joey Hamilton. J Gonzalez flied out to deep right. Zeile grounded out to shortstop. L Stevens flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 10, TEXAS 3.

TORONTO 7TH: W Greene struck out swinging. Brumfield singled to left. Otanez doubled to deep left, Brumfield to third. Bush reached on infield single, Brumfield scored. Stewart doubled to left, Otanez and Bush scored. T Batista homered to left, Stewart scored. Sh Green doubled to right center. C Delgado grounded out to first, Sh Green to third. Fletcher doubled to left, Sh Green scored. W Greene flied out to right. (6 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 16, TEXAS 3.

TEXAS 7TH: R Kelly singled to center. T Goodwin flied out to left. Shave safe at first on 2nd baseman Bush's fielding error, R Kelly to second. Mclemore singled to center, R Kelly to third, Shave to second. Zaun hit for I Rodriguez. Zaun hit sacrifice fly to right center, R Kelly scored, Shave to third. R Palmeiro grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 16, TEXAS 4.

TORONTO 8TH: Alicea at third. Zaun catching. Brumfield grounded out to shortstop. Otanez singled to left. Bush homered to left, Otanez scored. Stewart struck out swinging. Woodward hit for T Batista. Woodward singled to right. Mike Venafro relieved Doug Davis. Sh Green walked, Woodward to second. C Delgado singled to center, Woodward scored, Sh Green to second. Fletcher grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 19, TEXAS 4.

TEXAS 8TH: Paul Spoljaric relieved Paul Quantrill. Woodward at short. J Gonzalez flied out to right. Alicea lined out to center. L Stevens lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 19, TEXAS 4.

TORONTO 9TH: W Greene flied out to shallow center. Brumfield reached on infield single. Otanez flied out to center. Bush flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 19, TEXAS 4.

TEXAS 9TH: R Kelly struck out looking. T Goodwin lined out to shortstop. Shave hit by pitch. Mclemore flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 19, TEXAS 4.