Well, the Rangers were back on TV. That was really cool to see. I love watching the Rangers almost as much as I love going to the ballpark to see them in person. But I loved watching them on TV. As is tradition with my wife and I, the first game (used to be radio, but it’s now TV) of the season is a baseball dinner. We had hot dogs, sauerkraut, beans, & chips. It was great watching the team again. And this year I have a new sofa to enjoy it on. :)
Anyway, the game itself. I watched our team play pretty well. I thought Colby Lewis pitched better than his line indicated. He went 5 innings, giving up 8 hits, and three earned runs. Thing is, several of the hits he gave up were the cheap blooper kind. If those hadn’t happened, he would ahve had a great line. He made me feel good. Out of the pen, Ryan Drese had one good inning, then had not much else, giving up four earned runs in 3 innings, although really in two, as his first inning he only needed something like 7 pitches. Carlos Almanzar looked smoking out of the pen in the 9th, I say he’s in the pen to start the season, too.
Offensively, two of our three runs came from the longball. Mike Young had a solo home run, as did Hank Blalock. We were close on a few, and probably would have had more if Soriano wasn’t thrown out at third stealing. Overall, was a really nice feeling to watch the Rangers on TV. As I write this, it’s less than a week until the official start of the season, and 11 days till I’m back at the Ballpark for a game. :)
Line Score CAC FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN DIEGO 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 8 13 0 TEXAS 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 9 2 FINAL WP - DAVID WELLS (1-0) LP - COLBY LEWIS (0-1) HOME RUNS: SDG - BRIAN GILES (4) OFF RYAN DRESE IN THE 7TH TEX - HANK BLALOCK (5) OFF DAVID WELLS IN THE 5TH ERIC YOUNG (2) OFF DAVID WELLS IN THE 6TH TIME: 2:22 ATT: 4,354 Box Score SAN DIEGO (8) AT TEXAS (3) SAN DIEGO AB R H BI TEXAS AB R H BI S Burroughs 3b 5 1 3 1 E Young lf 3 0 0 0 R Washington 3b 0 0 0 0 D Dellucci lf 1 0 0 0 M Loretta 2b 4 1 2 0 M Young ss 4 1 1 1 J Nieves 2b 0 0 0 0 A Gonzalez 1b 0 0 0 0 B Giles dh 3 2 2 2 A Soriano 2b 4 0 1 0 T Sears dh 1 0 1 1 D Newhan 2b 0 0 0 0 R Klesko lf 5 0 0 0 M Teixeira 1b 4 1 2 0 J Knott lf 0 0 0 0 J Arias ss 0 0 0 0 R Hernandez c 4 1 0 0 H Perry dh 3 0 1 0 E Kingsale cf 5 1 3 1 C Allen pr 0 0 0 0 B Buchanan rf 5 0 0 1 H Blalock 3b 4 1 1 1 K Jones cf 0 0 0 0 K Mench rf 3 0 1 1 J Cirillo 1b 3 2 1 1 B Fullmer ph 1 0 1 0 B Risinger 1b 1 0 0 0 R Barajas c 2 0 0 0 K Greene ss 4 0 1 1 E Diaz c 2 0 0 0 R Nivar cf 2 0 0 0 L Nix cf 1 0 1 0 TOTALS 40 8 13 8 TOTALS 34 3 9 3 SAN DIEGO 020 110 310 -- 8 TEXAS 010 011 000 -- 3 E--E Diaz, C Lewis. DP--SAN DIEGO 1. LOB--SAN DIEGO 8, TEXAS 5. 2B--S Burroughs, B Giles, E Kingsale, A Soriano, M Teixeira. 3B--K Greene. HR--B Giles 1 (4) (off R Drese), H Blalock 1 (5) (off D Wells), E Young 1 (2) (off D Wells). SB--T Sears 1 (1). CS--S Burroughs, A Soriano. IP H R ER BB SO HR SAN DIEGO D Wells (W,1-0) 6 6 3 3 1 3 2 A Otsuka 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 J Witasick 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 J Szuminski 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 TEXAS C Lewis (L,0-1) 5 8 4 3 2 4 0 R Drese 3 5 4 4 1 0 1 C Almanzar 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 SO--SDG: B Buchanan 3, E Kingsale 2, R Klesko. TEX: A Soriano 2, R Barajas, R Nivar. BB--SDG: B Giles, R Hernandez, M Loretta. TEX: H Perry. T--2:22. A--4,354.