Put Your Hands Up, The Rangers Are In Town - A MLB 09 'Chise

[Brett_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott

Lets hope it lives up to expectations

Game 1 in the books, It's safe to say the expectations are in place.

Great win!

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by marino13882

Good comeback but you shouldn't have let them score so many in the first place.

Thanks for the Advice, I'll remember that next time

[Scott]

Los Angeles 6, Texas 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LAA (19-17) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 11 1 TEX (21-15) 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 X 8 10 1	1:00 PM May 16, 2009 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, TX
WIN: V. Padilla (5-2) LOSS: J. Lackey (2-5) SAVE: F. Francisco (11)

Los Angeles Angels Hitters AB R H BI AVG Figgins 3B 5 0 1 0 .303 Abreu DH 4 1 2 0 .400 Guerrero RF 5 1 1 0 .314 Hunter CF 4 2 1 0 .241 Kendrick 2B 4 2 2 2 .216 Rivera LF 4 0 2 1 .283 Napoli C 4 0 2 2 .308 Morales 1B 4 0 0 0 .259 Aybar SS 4 0 0 0 .244 LAA TOTALS 38 6 11 5 BATTING 2B: T. Hunter (10), J. Rivera (4), M. Napoli (7) RBI: H. Kendrick 2 (10), J. Rivera (12), M. Napoli 2 (21) HBP: B. Abreu BASERUNNING SB: C. Figgins (9) CS: B. Abreu (4) FIELDING E: H. Kendrick (2) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA J. Lackey L, 2-5 3.2 9 8 7 5.09 D. Oliver 2.1 0 0 0 3.72 J. Arredondo 0.2 1 0 0 1.89 S. Shields 0.2 0 0 0 1.47 K. Jepsen 0.2 0 0 0 0.00 LAA TOTALS 8.0 10 8 7 PITCHING Strikeouts: J. Arredondo (1), K. Jepsen (1)

Texas Rangers Hitters AB R H BI AVG Kinsler 2B 5 1 2 0 .254 Young 3B 3 1 1 1 .252 Hamilton CF 4 1 1 2 .299 Blalock DH 4 2 4 1 .282 Murphy LF 3 1 0 0 .349 Davis 1B 4 1 1 3 .281 Jones RF 4 1 1 1 .297 Saltalamacchia C 4 0 0 0 .250 Vizquel SS 4 0 0 0 .083 TEX TOTALS 35 8 10 8 BATTING 2B: M. Young (8) HR: J. Hamilton (9), C. Davis (7), H. Blalock (5), A. Jones (3) RBI: C. Davis 3 (25), J. Hamilton 2 (20), M. Young (19), H. Blalock (17), A. Jones (14) BASERUNNING FIELDING E: M. Young (4) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA V. Padilla W, 5-2 5.0 9 6 4 4.47 K. Benson H, 2 1.0 1 0 0 4.35 E. Guardado H, 4 1.0 1 0 0 3.79 C. Wilson H, 9 1.0 0 0 0 2.08 F. Francisco SV, 11 1.0 0 0 0 0.66 TEX TOTALS 9.0 11 6 4 PITCHING Strikeouts: V. Padilla (3), E. Guardado (1), C. Wilson (1), F. Francisco (1)

Scoring Summary FIRST INNING LAA TEX Kendrick singles to center, Abreu and Guerro scored. 2 0 Rivera doubled to left, Hunter scored. 3 0 SECOND INNING LAA TEX Davis homered to right, Blalock and Murphy scored. 3 3 Jones homered to left. 3 4 THIRD INNING LAA TEX Napoli doubled to left, Kendrick scored. 4 4 Blalock homered to center. 4 5 FOURTH INNING LAA TEX Young doubled to right, Kinsler scored. 4 6 Hamilton homered to center, Young scored. 4 8 FIFTH INNING LAA TEX Hunter scored on Young fieding error. 5 8 Napoli singled to left, Kendrick scored. 6 8

[Scott]

GAME 3 OF 3

Los Angeles (19-18, L3) vs. Texas (22-15, W6)

STARTING PITCHERS

Ervin Santana (3-2, 4.68 ERA) vs. Brandon McCarthy (2-1, 2.36 ERA)
May 17th - 1:05
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Notes: Texas looks to sweep the Angels for the first time since Sept 26-28 2007.

League Note: Seattle is currently on a 18 Game Losing Streak, just 6 games away from an All-Time record. Jon Lester (1-0, 7.18 ERA) faces off against Ryan Rowland-Smith (1-5, 5.14 ERA) in Seattle. Seattle now holds the record for most losses in a row this decade, passing the 05 Royals team who lost 17 in a row.

[Brett_OS]

Let's go ahead and make that a 7 game winning streak, k?

[Scott]

Player of the Game

Rangers OF Josh Hamilton
Play of the Game

Josh Hamilton 2-Run HR

Los Angeles 3, Texas 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LAA (19-18) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 1 TEX (22-15) 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 X 10 22 1	May 17, 2009 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, TX
WIN: B. McCarthy (3-1) LOSS: E. Santana (3-3)

Los Angeles Angels Hitters AB R H BI AVG Figgins 3B 4 0 0 0 .295 Abreu DH 4 0 1 0 .396 Guerrero RF 4 0 1 0 .312 Hunter CF 3 0 0 0 .236 Kendrick 2B 4 1 0 0 .208 Rivera LF 4 1 3 1 .298 Napoli C 4 1 1 2 .306 Aybar SS 4 0 0 0 .236 Quinlan 1B 3 0 1 0 .305 LAA TOTALS 34 3 7 3 BATTING 2B: V. Guerrero (7) HR: M. Napoli (7) RBI: J. Rivera (13), M. Napoli 2 (23) BASERUNNING FIELDING E: E. Aybar (5) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA E. Santana L, 3-3 3.2 10 6 6 5.48 J. Bulger 1.1 4 2 1 8.10 D. Oliver 0.1 1 0 0 3.66 J. Speier 0.2 2 0 0 2.33 K. Jepsen 0.2 3 2 2 9.00 S. Shields 1.1 2 0 0 1.42 LAA TOTALS 8.0 22 10 9 PITCHING Strikeouts: E. Santana (4), J. Bulger (2) Walks: E. Santana (1)

Texas Rangers Hitters AB R H BI AVG Kinsler 2B 5 1 1 0 .252 Young 3B 5 3 3 2 .262 Hamilton CF 5 3 3 3 .309 Blalock DH 5 0 4 2 .301 Murphy RF 5 1 2 0 .352 Byrd LF 5 0 2 2 .276 Davis 1B 5 0 1 0 .277 Saltalamacchia C 4 1 2 0 .259 Andrus SS 5 1 4 0 .259 TEX TOTALS 44 10 22 9 BATTING 2B: I. Kinsler (6), M. Young (9), H. Blalock (9), D. Murphy (3), M. Byrd (6) HR: J. Hamilton (10) RBI: M. Young 2 (21), J. Hamilton 3 (23), H. Blalock 2 (19), M. Byrd 2 (14) GIDP: C. Davis, J. Saltalamacchia BASERUNNING CS: E. Andrus (3) FIELDING E: M. Young (5) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA B. McCarthy W, 3-1 5.1 4 1 0 2.04 N. Feliz H, 1 2.2 1 0 0 2.38 D. Holland 1.0 2 2 2 5.68 TEX TOTALS 9.0 7 3 2 PITCHING Strikeouts: McCarthy (1), N. Feliz (2) Walks: B. McCarthy (1)

[Brett_OS]

Rangers are owning! Congrats on the (7) game winning streak.

[gtm]

Scott, you're in the zone my friend. Keep it up.

[Scott]

Thanks man, offense is really heating up. Hitting .280 as a team now, which is where they should be at.

[Brett_OS]

Scott, excellent screen shot of "The Hammer".

"It is high, it is far, it is gone!"