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

[Scott]

Team: Texas Rangers
Roster: Knight's FM v5
Sliders: PsychoBulk's

[Brett_OS]

Starting another Texas Rangers franchise?

[Scott]

Lineup
2B Kinsler
3B Young
CF Hamilton
RF Cruz
DH Blalock
LF Byrd
1B Davis
C Saltalamacchia
SS Andrus
Bench
CF Jones
SS Vizquel
C Teagarden
LF Murphy
Bullpen
1. Millwood
2. Padilla
3. McCarthy
4. Benson
5. Harrison
Bullpen
LR Jennings
LR Feldman
MR Guardado
MR O'Day
MR Rupe
SU Wilson
CL Francisco


Lineup
CF Borbon
SS Arias
LF Boggs
C Ramirez
1B Huffman
DH Harrison
3B Duran
2B Benjamin
RF Golson
Bench
2B German
C Richardson
LF S. Murphy
Rotation
1. Mathis
2. Feliz
3. Ramirez
4. Holland
5. Hurley
Bullpen
LR Madrigal
LR Mendoza
LR Eyre
MR Nippert
MR Hinckley
MR Gordon
SU Benoit
CP Turnbow


Lineup
CF Beltre
2B Vallejo
1B Smoak
DH Murphy
3B Whittleman
LF Majewski
RF Haynes
C Pina
SS Lemon
Bench
2B Rodriguez
C Melhuse
RF Butler
RF Pimentel
Rotation
1. Poveda
2. Kiker
3. Beavan
4. Hunter
5. Main
Bullpen
LR Diamond
LR Moscoso
MR Boscan
MR Perez
SU Torres
SU Vaughan
CL Laughter

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by Member_6590

Starting another Texas Rangers franchise?

Yeah man, had to the DL was all screwed up

[Scott]

GAME 1 OF 3

Cleveland (0-0) vs. Texas (0-0)

STARTING PITCHERS

Fausta Carmona (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Kevin Millwood (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

[Scott]

Cleveland 6, Texas 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CLE (0-0) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 15 0 TEX (0-0) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 0	April 6, 2009 Rangers Ballpark Arlington, TX
WIN: Carmona LOSS: Millwood SAVE: Smith

Cleveland Indians Hitters AB R H BI AVG Sizemore CF 5 1 1 2 .200 DeRosa 3B 5 0 1 0 .200 Martinez C 4 0 2 0 .500 Hafner 1B 5 1 3 0 .600 Peralta SS 4 0 0 0 .000 Choo RF 4 2 2 2 .500 Garko DH 3 1 1 1 .333 Francisco LF 4 0 4 1 1.000 Cabrera 2B 4 1 1 0 .250 CLE TOTALS 38 6 15 6 .395 BATTING 2B: Choo (1) HR: Sizemore (1), Garko (1), Choo (1) RBI: Sizemore 2 (2), Garko (1), Choo 2 (2), Francisco (1) HBP: Garko GIDP: Martinez, Peralta 2 BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA Carmona W, 1-0 6.2 5 2 2 2.70 Smith SV, 1 2.1 1 0 0 0.00 CLE TOTALS 9 6 2 2 1.35 PITCHING Strikeouts: Carmona (3), Smith (1) Walks: Carmona (1)

Texas Rangers Hitters AB R H BI AVG Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 1 .000 Young 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 Hamilton CF 3 1 1 0 .333 Blalock DH 4 0 0 0 .000 Cruz RF 4 0 2 0 .500 Byrd LF 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis 1B 3 0 1 1 .333 Saltalamacchia C 3 1 1 0 .333 Andrus SS 3 0 0 0 .000 TEX TOTALS 31 2 6 2 .194 BATTING 2B: Saltalamacchia (1) RBI: Kinsler (1), Davis (1) HBP: Hamilton GIDP: Blalock BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA Millwood L, 0-1 5.0 8 3 3 5.40 Feldman 4.0 7 3 3 6.75 TEX TOTALS 9 15 6 6 6.08 PITCHING Strikeouts: Millwood (5), Feldman (1) Walks: Millwood (1)

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Scoring Summary Details
			CLE	TEX
	2nd	Garko homered to right.	1	0
	2nd	Sizemore homered to left, Francisco scored.	3	0
	6th	Choo homered to right.	4	0
	6th	Kinsler grounded out to 3rd, Saltalamacchia scored.	4	1
	7th	Davis singled to right, Hamilton scored.	4	2
	8th	Choo doubled to center, Hafner scored.	5	2
	8th	Francisco singled to left, Choo scored.	6	2

[Scott]

GAME 2 OF 3

Cleveland (1-0) vs. Texas (0-1)

STARTING PITCHERS

Cliff Lee (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Vicente Padilla (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Preview: Look for the Texas bats to actually get out there and produce. Ron Washington said, "We just got flat out embarrassed at home, we're known for scoring runs. 2 Runs is not a definition of the Texas Rangers, that's for sure." Andruw & Omar could possibly get into the game to give them some early season work, perhaps Daniel as well...

[Scott]

Cleveland 9, Texas 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CLE (1-0) 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 9 15 1 TEX (0-1) 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 12 0	April 7, 2009 Rangers Ballpark Arlington, TX
WIN: Kobayashi LOSS: O'Day SAVE: Wood

Cleveland Indians Hitters AB R H BI AVG Sizemore CF 5 1 1 3 .200 DeRosa 3B 5 2 3 2 .400 Martinez C 5 0 0 0 .222 Hafner 1B 5 2 4 1 .700 Peralta SS 5 0 0 0 .000 Choo RF 5 0 0 0 .222 Garko DH 3 1 1 1 .333 Francisco LF 4 2 4 1 1.000 Cabrera 2B 4 1 2 1 .375 CLE TOTALS 41 9 15 9 .366 BATTING 2B: DeRosa (1), Francisco (1) 3B: Garko (1) HR: Sizemore (2), Hafner (1), DeRosa 2 (2) RBI: Sizemore 3 (5), Cabrera (1), Hafner (1), Garko (2), DeRosa 2 (2), Francisco (2) BASERUNNING FIELDING E: Peralta (1) PB: Martinez (1) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA Lee 5.0 9 6 6 10.80 Lewis 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 Perez BS, 1 1.2 3 2 2 10.80 Kobayashi W, 1-0 0.1 0 0 0 0.00 Wood SV, 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 CLE TOTALS 9 12 8 8 4.32 PITCHING Strikeouts: Lee (6), Lewis (1), Perez (1), Wood (1)

Texas Rangers Hitters AB R H BI AVG Kinsler 2B 5 2 2 0 .222 Young 3B 5 2 3 2 .444 Hamilton CF 5 1 1 1 .250 Cruz RF 5 2 2 0 .444 Blalock DH 5 1 3 2 .333 Murphy LF 3 0 0 1 .000 Byrd PH 1 0 0 0 .000 Davis 1B 4 0 1 1 .286 Saltalamacchia C 4 0 0 0 .143 Andrus SS 3 0 0 0 .000 TEX TOTALS 40 8 12 7 .300 BATTING 2B: Kinsler (1), Blalock (1) HR: Young (1) RBI: Young 2 (2), Hamilton (1), Blalock 2 (2), Davis (2), Murphy (1) BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA Padilla 6.0 9 6 6 9.00 O'Day L, 0-1 2.1 6 3 3 11.57 Guarado 0.2 0 0 0 0.00 TEX TOTALS 9 15 9 9 6.86 PITCHING Strikeouts: Padilla (2), O'Day (3), Guardado (1)

Scoring Summary Details
			CLE	TEX
	1st	Hamilton singled to center, Kinsler scored.	0	1
	1st	Blalock singled to left, Hamilton scored.	0	2
	1st	Murphy grounds out to the pitcher, Cruz scored.	0	3
	1st	Davis singled to center, Blalock scored.	0	4
	2nd	Garko tripled to right, Hafner scored.	1	4
	2nd	Francisco singled to right, Garko scored.	2	4
	4th	Hafner homered to left.	3	4
	5th	Sizemore homered to right, Francisco and Cabrera scored.	6	4
	5th	Blalock doubled to left, Young scored.	6	5
	5th	Cruz scored on a passed ball.	6	6
	7th	DeRosa homered to center.	7	6
	8th	Cabrera singled to right, Francisco scored.	8	6
	8th	Young homered to right, Kinsler scored.	8	8
	9th	DeRosa homered to left.	9	8

[Scott]

GAME 3 OF 3

Cleveland (2-0) vs. Texas (0-2)

STARTING PITCHERS

Jake Westbrook (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Brandon McCarthy (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Preview: Well after an offense that was far from productive, the Rangers finally got that, however the bullpen wasn't able to hold the lead. If we can get that kind of production but keep the opponent under 8 runs, I think we'll be in great shape.

[Scott]

Cleveland 6, Texas 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CLE (2-0) 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 14 0 TEX (0-2) 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 1	April 10, 2009 Rangers Ballpark Arlington, TX
WIN: Perez LOSS: McCarthy SAVE: Wood

Cleveland Indians Hitters AB R H BI AVG Sizemore CF 4 0 0 1 .143 DeRosa 3B 5 3 3 1 .467 Martinez C 5 1 3 2 .357 Hafner 1B 3 1 2 2 .692 Shoppach 1B 2 0 1 0 .500 Peralta SS 4 0 0 0 .000 Choo RF 4 0 1 0 .231 Garko DH 4 1 2 0 .400 Francisco LF 4 0 1 0 .750 Cabrera 2B 4 0 1 0 .333 CLE TOTALS 39 6 14 6 .359 BATTING 2B: Martinez 2 (2) HR: Martinez (1), Hafner (2), DeRosa (3) RBI: Sizemore (6), Martinez 2 (2), Hafner 2 (3), DeRosa (3) SF: Sizemore BASERUNNING SB: Choo (1) FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA Westbrook 5.0 6 5 5 9.00 Perez W, 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 6.75 Smith H, 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 Betancourt H, 1 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 Wood SV, 2 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 CLE TOTALS 9 7 5 5 3.15 PITCHING Strikeouts: Westbrook (7), Perez (2), Betancourt (1), Wood (1)

Texas Rangers Hitters AB R H BI AVG Kinsler 2B 2 0 0 0 .182 Vizquel 2B 2 0 0 0 .000 Young 3B 4 0 0 0 .308 Hamilton CF 3 0 2 0 .364 Cruz RF 4 0 0 0 .308 Blalock DH 3 1 0 0 .250 Byrd LF 4 2 2 0 .250 Davis 1B 4 2 2 5 .364 Saltalamacchia C 4 0 1 0 .182 Andrus SS 3 0 0 0 .000 TEX TOTALS 33 5 7 5 .212 BATTING HR: Davis 2 (2) RBI: Davis 5 (7) BASERUNNING CS: Andrus (1) FIELDING E: McCarthy (1) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA McCarthy L, 0-1 6.2 11 6 6 8.10 Jennings 2.1 3 0 0 0.00 TEX TOTALS 9 14 6 6 4.05 PITCHING Strikeouts: McCarthy (5), Jennings (4) WP: McCarthy (1)

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Wrap Up: Despite giving up 11 hits, McCarthy didn't do bad except for just giving up the home run ball too often. "I left him out there one too long, I should have taken him out, I could tell he was tired, but thought he could get through 7. This loss is on me". Kinsler also left the game with shoulder tightness. Indians 1B Hafner left the game after getting tagged out at home, He'll be out 1-2 months with a Torn Calf.

Injury Report: Ian Kinsler has some shoulder tightness and is listed as Day-to-Day. Young will shift to 2B and Blalock back to 3B, with Davis being the backup at 3B. Murphy will play against RHP while Jones will go against LHP in the absence of Kinsler.