Rangers 6-2 Devil Rays (15 Aug, 2004) Box Score

Texas Rangers

64-52, 35-19 home


TB
TEX

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	-	6	7	0

R. Drese10-6

7.1 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

J. Sosa3-2

7.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3 K, 4 BB

Devil Rays Hitting

hitters
C. CrawfordLF
R. Sanchez2B
A. Huff1B
J. Cruz Jr.RF
T. MartinezDH
B.J. UptonSS
J. Cantú3B
B. FordyceC
aG. BlumPH
J. GathrightCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.328	.442
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.289	.350
4	1	1	1	1	0	0	.290	.354	.486
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.237	.351	.439
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.273	.371	.477
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.351	.385	.459
4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.405
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.188	.235	.241
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.247	.331
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.261	.320	.261
33	2	7	2	1	2	2

a-flied out to right for B Fordyce in the 9th

Batting
2BJ Cruz Jr (17, R Drese); J Cantu (5, R Drese)
3BB Upton (1, R Drese)
HRA Huff (22, 3rd inning off R Drese 0 on, 2 Out)
RBIB Upton (2), A Huff (78)
2Out RBIA Huff
GIDPB Fordyce
Team LOB6

Baserunning
SBJ Gathright (6, 2nd base off R Drese/R Barajas)

Fielding
DP1 (A Huff-B Upton)

Rangers Hitting

hitters
A. Soriano2B
D. DellucciLF
M. YoungSS
H. Blalock3B
M. Teixeira1B
K. MenchDH
L. NixCF
G. Matthews Jr.RF
R. BarajasC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.324	.495
4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.265	.365	.461
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.317	.361	.474
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.341	.493
4	2	2	2	1	0	0	.265	.349	.557
3	1	2	0	0	1	0	.265	.315	.515
3	1	1	3	1	0	0	.268	.308	.522
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.341	.477
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.240	.264	.475
28	6	7	6	2	4	3

Batting
2BM Teixeira (24, J Sosa)
3BK Mench (2, J Sosa)
HRL Nix (13, 2nd inning off J Sosa 1 on, 1 Out); M Teixeira (28, 8th inning off D Baez 1 on, 2 Out)
RBIL Nix 3 (38), R Barajas (39), M Teixeira 2 (72)
2Out RBIM Teixeira 2
SFL Nix; R Barajas
GIDPH Blalock
Team LOB4

Fielding
DP1 (H Blalock-A Soriano-M Teixeira)

Devil Rays Pitching

pitchers
J. Sosa(L,4-7)
B. Seay
D. Baez
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
7.1	5	5	5	4	3	1	102-67	5.37
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	1.74
0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	8-4	3.04
8.0	7	6	6	4	3	2	114-74

Pitching
WPJ Sosa
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Sosa 8-11; B Seay 0-1; D Baez 0-1
Game ScoresJ Sosa 47

Rangers Pitching

pitchers
R. Drese(W,14-10)
R. Mahay(H,14)
C. Almanzar
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
7.1	7	2	2	1	1	1	96-66	3.33
0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-7	2.39
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-7	3.17
9.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	118-80

Pitching
IBBG Matthews (By J Sosa)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsR Drese 13-8; R Mahay 0-1; C Almanzar 2-1
Game ScoresR Drese 56

Scoring Summary

		TB	TEX
2nd	B Upton tripled to deep right, J Cruz scored.	1	0
2nd	L Nix homered to right, K Mench scored.	1	2
3rd	A Huff homered to right.	2	2
4th	L Nix hit sacrifice fly to left, H Blalock scored, M Teixeira to third, K Mench to second.	2	3
4th	R Barajas hit sacrifice fly to center, M Teixeira scored.	2	4
8th	M Teixeira homered to left, D Dellucci scored.	2	6

Devil Rays
3
Rangers
5

Game 1

14/8

Devil Rays
5
Rangers
6

Game 2

15/8

Devil Rays
2
Rangers
6

Game 3

15/8

Choctaw Stadium

7:05 PM, 15 August 2004

Arlington, Texas

Attendance: 23,051

Game Time:2:16

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Larry Poncino
First Base Umpire - Gerry Davis
Second Base Umpire - Greg Gibson
Third Base Umpire - Bruce Dreckman

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	94	68	.580	-	W1
Baltimore	91	71	.562	3	W3
Boston	81	81	.500	13	W1
Tampa Bay	80	82	.494	14	L1
Toronto	74	88	.457	20	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	88	73	.547	-	W2
Seattle	85	77	.525	3.5	W4
Texas	78	84	.481	10.5	W3
Oakland	69	93	.426	19.5	L3
Los Angeles	63	99	.389	25.5	L6

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Texas Rangers

R. Drese10-6

J. Sosa3-2

Scoring Summary

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