I don’t have time to write anything this afternoon – too busy. All I’ll say is that we should have won by a lot more than we did. We let the Angels back into the game late. :(
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ANAHEIM 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 8 1 TEXAS 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 x 7 11 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: ANA - JARROD WASHBURN, BEN WEBER (6TH), KEVIN GREGG (7TH) AND JOSE MOLINA, JOSH PAUL (8TH) TEX - COLBY LEWIS, CARLOS ALMANZAR (6TH), ERASMO RAMIREZ (7TH), JAY POWELL (8TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (8TH) AND GERALD LAIRD WP - CARLOS ALMANZAR (1-0) LP - JARROD WASHBURN (1-1) SAVE - FRANCISCO CORDERO (2) HOME RUNS: ANA - NONE TEX - NONE TIME: 3:00 ATT: 18,156 PROBABLES: SEA - JOEL PINEIRO (0-1, 18.00) ANA - KELVIM ESCOBAR (0-0, 1.50) PROBABLES: OAK - BARRY ZITO (0-1, 2.25) TEX - MICKEY CALLAWAY (0-0, 0.00) Box Score ANAHEIM (6) VS TEXAS (7) - FINAL ANAHEIM ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .294 D Erstad 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .206 V Guerrero rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .310 G Anderson cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 .387 J Guillen lf 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 .286 C Figgins pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T Salmon dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 5 .154 A Kennedy 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .296 S Halter 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .400 J Molina c 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 .273 a-J Davanon ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 J Paul c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 6 8 5 8 3 17 a-walked for J Molina in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - D Erstad (2, C Lewis); S Halter (1, C Lewis); T Salmon (1, J Powell). SF - T Salmon. RBI - D Erstad (5), J Molina (7), S Halter (1), G Anderson (4), T Salmon (2). 2-out RBI - S Halter. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Salmon 2, D Erstad 1, J Molina 1, A Kennedy 1, D Eckstein 1. GIDP - S Halter. Team LOB - 10. BASERUNNING: SB - D Erstad (1, 2nd base off F Cordero/G Laird). FIELDING: E - S Halter (1, ground ball). DP: 1 (D Eckstein-A Kennedy-D Erstad). TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 .333 H Blalock 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 .379 A Soriano 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .286 M Teixeira 1b 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 .280 H Perry dh 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 .400 a-B Fullmer ph-dh 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 .286 E Young lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 .364 L Nix rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 K Mench rf-lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .379 G Laird c 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .333 R Nivar cf 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .222 Totals 33 7 11 7 5 4 17 a-doubled to deep center for H Perry in the 6th. BATTING: 2B - K Mench (4, J Washburn); B Fullmer (2, B Weber). S - G Laird. SF - R Nivar. RBI - H Perry (1), R Nivar (2), H Blalock 2 (8), B Fullmer 3 (6). 2-out RBI - B Fullmer 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Blalock 1, E Young 5, B Fullmer 1. GIDP - G Laird. Team LOB - 10. BASERUNNING: SB - M Young (1, 2nd base off J Washburn/J Molina). FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Soriano-M Young-M Teixeira). ---------------------------------------------------- ANAHEIM - 011 100 012 -- 6 TEXAS - 110 005 00x -- 7 ---------------------------------------------------- ANAHEIM ip h r er bb so hr era J Washburn (L, 1-1) 5 1/3 8 4 4 2 4 0 8.44 B Weber (B, 1) 2/3 3 3 3 1 0 0 9.64 K Gregg 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era C Lewis 5 5 3 3 5 1 0 3.48 C Almanzar (W, 1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.70 E Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 J Powell 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.37 F Cordero (S, 2) 1 1/3 1 2 2 3 0 0 6.00 WP - F Cordero 2. HBP - A Kennedy (by C Lewis); H Perry (by J Washburn). Pitches-strikes: J Washburn 104-68; B Weber 27-16; K Gregg 37-21; C Lewis 94-47; C Almanzar 10-9; E Ramirez 5-4; J Powell 17-10; F Cordero 32-13. Ground balls-fly balls: J Washburn 6-6; B Weber 2-0; K Gregg 1-5; C Lewis 8-6; C Almanzar 1-1; E Ramirez 1-2; J Powell 1-0; F Cordero 1-3. Batters faced: J Washburn 27; B Weber 6; K Gregg 8; C Lewis 25; C Almanzar 3; E Ramirez 3; J Powell 4; F Cordero 8. UMPIRES: HP--Mike Dimuro. 1B--Jim Wolf. 2B--Joe West. 3B--Paul Emmel. T--3:00. Att--18,156. Weather: 57 degrees, overcast. Wind: 12 mph, left to right.