Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Texas @ Boston
Red Sox 5 Rangers 4
Record 24-14
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| P | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||
| Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | x | 5 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
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Even after the 7th inning last night, I still wasn't all that worried about putting some runs on the board. For the most part this offense is way too good to keep down for very long. My concern the whole time was if the pen could hold it, if/when we took the lead. No complaints from here on Burkett's performance last night. Considering the line-up he was up against I think he was stellar. Grady on the other hand is spiraling further and further from any semblence of a good manager. Maybe his hands are tied with how bad the pen has been, but you'd think he'd realize by now that Burkett can go five, sometimes six innings, that's it. And once he gives up a few hits in a row it's time for him to come out. For whatever reason Grady seems to think Burkett can get one more out all the time. I have a second complaint for Grady as well. Why the heck wasn't Giambi in the line-up? The guy just has his game of the season, possibly getting himself straightened out, and you kill all that momentum by sitting him the next game. When the team is winning, these are the type of things that go unnoticed, becasue if the player bitches when things are good, he looks like a baby and gets the wrath of the fans. What has Ortiz done lately that he desetrved to be insterted back into the line-up right away? Anyway, great come-from-behind victory last night. With this offense, there's always a chance to win no matter what inning it is, if we could only get some consistant pitching going, we'd be the best team in the game. |
| T E X A S | B O S T O N | ||||||||
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| AB | R | H | BI | AB | R | H | BI | ||
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C Everett cf
H Blalock 3b A Rodriguez ss R Palmeiro dh J Gonzalez rf D Sadler pr R Sierra lf M Teixeira 1b E Diaz c a-H Perry ph G Laird pr M Young 2b |
4
4 3 3 4 0 4 3 3 1 0 4 |
0
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
1
1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 |
0
1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
J Damon cf
T Walker 2b N Garciaparra ss M Ramirez lf K Millar 1b D Ortiz dh a-B Mueller ph-dh S Hillenbrand 3b T Nixon rf J Varitek c D Jackson pr D Mirabelli c |
4
4 4 3 4 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 |
1
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 |
1
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 |
1
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | Totals | 32 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
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TEXAS a-reached on infield single to first for H Perry in the 9th Batting HR: H Blalock 1 (7, 6th inning off J Burkett 0 on, 2 Out); J Gonzalez 1 (13, 6th inning off J Burkett 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: H Blalock (22), J Gonzalez (31) 2-out RBI: H Blalock, J Gonzalez Gidp: E Diaz 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- M Young 1 Team LOB: 5 Fielding E: H Blalock 1 (7, ground ball) BOSTON a-grounded into fielders choice to shortstop for D Ortiz in the 8th Batting 2B: N Garciaparra 1 (10, F Cordero) HR: M Ramirez 1 (5, 2nd inning off J Thomson 0 on, 0 Out); T Nixon 1 (3, 3rd inning off J Thomson 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Ramirez (25), T Nixon (18), J Damon (16), T Walker (23), N Garciaparra (20) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- B Mueller 2 Team LOB: 4 Fielding DP: 2 (N Garciaparra-T Walker-K Millar, N Garciaparra-K Millar). | |||||||||
| T E X A S | B O S T O N | ||||||||||||||
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| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ||
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J Thompson
F COrdero (L,1-4;B,3) B Shouse |
6
1.2 0.1 |
3
4 0 |
2
3 0 |
2
2 0 |
0
1 0 |
1
3 0 |
2
0 0 |
J Burkett
A Embree (W,2-0) B Lyon (S,5) |
7
1 1 |
6
0 2 |
4
0 0 |
4
0 0 |
3
0 0 |
2
1 0 |
2
0 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Totals | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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IBB - M Ramirez (By F Cordero) Batters faced - J Thomson 21; F Cordero 11; B Shouse 1; J Burkett 28; A Embree 3; B Lyon 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J Thomson 7-10; F Cordero 1-1; B Shouse 1-0; J Burkett 8-11; A Embree 0-2; B Lyon 1-2 Umpires: HP - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Larry Young, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Mike Everitt Time: 2:39 Att: 31,956 Weather: 55 degrees, overcast Wind: 15 mph Game Scores: J Thomson 59, J Burkett 48 | |||||||||||||||
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