I was shocked. Ryan Drese pitched well. If he keeps this up, I might have to start liking him. He ran out of gas, and the bullpen let it down with a home run off the Eraser to give the M’s the win. Too bad, as Drese deserved a win. I actually am looking forward to his next start (which won’t be a problem, as Callaway is on the DL, and it looks like Colby Lewis is headed there). Oh well, there goes our great solid pitching staff out to injuries. :)
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 x 4 10 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - RYAN DRESE, ERASMO RAMIREZ (6TH), JAY POWELL (7TH) AND ROD BARAJAS SEA - JOEL PINEIRO, RON VILLONE (7TH), SHIGETOSHI HASEGAWA (8TH), EDDIE GUARDADO (9TH) AND BEN DAVIS WP - JOEL PINEIRO (1-1) LP - ERASMO RAMIREZ (0-1) SAVE - EDDIE GUARDADO (2) HOME RUNS: TEX - NONE SEA - BRET BOONE (4) OFF RYAN DRESE IN THE 6TH, 0 ON RAUL IBANEZ (1) OFF ERASMO RAMIREZ IN THE 6TH, 1 ON SCOTT SPIEZIO (1) OFF JAY POWELL IN THE 8TH, 0 ON TIME: 2:38 ATT: 35,182 PROBABLES: TEX - KENNY ROGERS (2-0, 4.05) ANA - RAMON ORTIZ (0-1, 11.88) PROBABLES: OAK - MARK REDMAN (1-0, 3.75) SEA - FREDDY GARCIA (0-0, 3.46) Box Score TEXAS (2) VS SEATTLE (4) - FINAL TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .386 H Blalock 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .333 A Soriano 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .358 B Fullmer dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .286 D Dellucci lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .286 K Mench rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .259 L Nix cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .323 a-E Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 R Barajas c 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .143 A Gonzalez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 b-H Perry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Totals 31 2 6 2 4 8 16 a-lined out to left for L Nix in the 9th; b-grounded to second for A Gonzalez in the 9th. BATTING: RBI - M Young 2 (11). 2-out RBI - M Young 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Blalock 1, B Fullmer 1, R Barajas 1. GIDP - B Fullmer. Team LOB - 7. BASERUNNING: SB - D Dellucci (3, 2nd base off J Pineiro/B Davis). FIELDING: DP: 1 (H Blalock-A Soriano-A Gonzalez). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .309 R Winn cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .224 E Martinez dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .271 B Boone 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .296 J Olerud 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 S Spiezio 3b 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 R Ibanez lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 .237 B Davis c 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 W Bloomquist ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .296 Totals 33 4 10 4 1 4 9 BATTING: HR - B Boone (4, 6th inning off R Drese 0 on, 1 Out), R Ibanez (1, 6th inning off E Ramirez 1 on, 2 Out), S Spiezio (1, 8th inning off J Powell 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Boone (9), R Ibanez 2 (6), S Spiezio (1). 2-out RBI - R Ibanez 2, S Spiezio. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Martinez 1, B Boone 1, R Winn 3. GIDP - B Boone. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - I Suzuki (2, 2nd base off E Ramirez/R Barajas). FIELDING: DP: 2 (B Boone-W Bloomquist-J Olerud, B Boone-J Olerud). ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 020 000 000 -- 2 SEATTLE - 000 003 01x -- 4 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era R Drese 5 2/3 7 2 2 1 3 1 1.80 E Ramirez (L, 0-1; B, 1) 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2.25 J Powell 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.60 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era J Pineiro (W, 1-1) 6 2/3 6 2 2 4 5 0 7.71 R Villone (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.18 S Hasegawa (H, 1) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.11 E Guardado (S, 2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 HBP - D Dellucci (by R Villone). Pitches-strikes: R Drese 95-60; E Ramirez 16-13; J Powell 26-17; J Pineiro 110-68; R Villone 13-6; S Hasegawa 5-3; E Guardado 9-8. Ground balls-fly balls: R Drese 8-6; E Ramirez 1-2; J Powell 1-2; J Pineiro 5-9; R Villone 0-2; S Hasegawa 0-0; E Guardado 1-1. Batters faced: R Drese 24; E Ramirez 5; J Powell 5; J Pineiro 28; R Villone 4; S Hasegawa 1; E Guardado 3. UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Brian Runge. 2B--Bill Hohn. 3B--Mark Carlson. T--2:38. Att--35,182. Weather: 56 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to center.