Boston Red Sox v Texas Rangers — Wednesday, August 21, 2002 — PedroMartinez

Game #124
Wednesday, August 21, 2002
Boston 5, Texas 3


TEXAS                  ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
K Mench lf              4  1  1  1   0  0   3  .282
M Young 2b              4  0  2  0   0  1   0  .261
A Rodriguez ss          4  0  1  0   0  2   1  .320
R Palmeiro 1b           4  0  0  0   0  1   2  .271
I Rodriguez dh          4  1  1  0   0  0   2  .295
C Everett rf            3  1  0  0   1  1   1  .229
H Perry 3b              4  0  2  0   0  1   0  .263
B Haselman c            3  0  1  0   0  1   1  .235
b-M Lamb ph            1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .286
R Rivera cf             1  0  0  1   0  0   2  .226
a-THollandsworth ph-cf 1  0  0  0   0  1   0  .313

Totals                 33  3  8  2   1  8  12

a-struck out looking for R Rivera in the 7th;  b-flied out to deep left for B
Haselman in the 9th.

BATTING: HR – K Mench (15, 1st inning off C Fossum 0 on, 0 Out). SF – R Rivera.
RBI – K Mench (48), R Rivera (7). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – K
Mench 1, I Rodriguez 2. GIDP – R Palmeiro. Team LOB – 5.

BASERUNNING: CS – M Young (7, 2nd base by C Fossum).

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
R Henderson lf          4  0  0  0   0  1   1  .236
a-T Nixon ph-rf        0  1  0  0   1  0   0  .265
J Damon cf              4  1  1  0   1  1   1  .285
N Garciaparra ss        5  1  4  2   0  0   0  .313
M Ramirez rf-lf         3  0  1  1   2  2   1  .319
C Floyd dh              5  0  1  0   0  0   5  .327
S Hillenbrand 3b        4  0  1  1   0  0   3  .304
J Varitek c             4  1  1  0   0  1   1  .270
T Clark 1b              2  0  0  0   1  0   0  .216
b-R Sanchez ph-2b      1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .291
L Merloni 2b            3  0  2  1   0  0   3  .268
c-B Daubach ph-1b      1  1  1  0   0  0   0  .269

Totals                 36  5 12  5   5  5  15

a-walked for R Henderson in the 8th;  b-grounded to second for T Clark in the
8th;  c-singled to left center for L Merloni in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B – J Varitek (24, K Rogers); L Merloni (9, K Rogers); N Garciaparra
2 (42, K Rogers 2). RBI – L Merloni (15), M Ramirez (65), S Hillenbrand (71), N
Garciaparra 2 (98). 2-out RBI – L Merloni, N Garciaparra 2. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out – J Damon 1, R Henderson 1, C Floyd 2, L Merloni 2, S
Hillenbrand 2. Team LOB – 12.

FIELDING: E – T Clark (6, catch); R Henderson (4, bobble). DP: 1 (N
Garciaparra-T Clark).

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TEXAS           – 110 100 000   —   3  8  0
BOSTON          – 000 012 02x   —   5 12  2
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TEXAS                        ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
K Rogers                      7      10   3   3   2   5   0   3.70
D Kolb (L, 3-2)                 2/3   1   1   1   0   0   0   1.88
R Rodriguez                   0       0   1   1   2   0   0   7.88
J Powell                        1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   4.06

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
C Fossum                      6       8   3   3   1   5   1   3.15
B Howry (W, 3-3)              2       0   0   0   0   2   0   3.58
U Urbina (S, 29)              1       0   0   0   0   1   0   3.60

R Rodriguez pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP – K Rogers. IBB – M Ramirez (by K Rogers). Pitches-strikes: K Rogers
124-74; D Kolb 16-11; R Rodriguez 12-4; J Powell 16-9; C Fossum 106-72; B Howry
31-21; U Urbina 11-8. Ground balls-fly balls: K Rogers 11-5; D Kolb 1-1; R
Rodriguez 0-0; J Powell 1-0; C Fossum 4-9; B Howry 0-4; U Urbina 1-1. Batters
faced: K Rogers 33; D Kolb 3; R Rodriguez 2; J Powell 3; C Fossum 26; B Howry
6; U Urbina 3.

UMPIRES: HP–Dale Scott. 1B–Jeff Nelson. 2B–Ron Kulpa. 3B–Jim Joyce.
T–3:24. Att–32,726.
Weather: 74 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, right to left.


Play-by-play:
(b – ball; c – called strike; s – swinging strike; f – foul; B/C/S/F – result on bunt attempt; i – intentional ball;
t – throw to first; p – pitchout; T – pitcher throw to 2B)

Texas 1st — Mench (bccbf) homered to left, Mench scored. Young singled to left. ARodriguez (fbt – Young to second on 1B’s fielding error [fumbled throw] – ff) struck out swinging. Palmeiro (fbbsfb) struck out looking. IRodriguez (bsfbf) grounded out third to first.

Boston 1st — Henderson (cbfbbff) struck out looking. Damon (bs) lined [softly] out to second. Garciaparra (bf) singled to left. Ramirez (bbfbf) struck out looking.

Texas 2nd — Everett (fbbb) walked. Perry (c) singled to right, Everett to second. Haselman lined out to deep center, Everett to third. Rivera (bbfb) hit sacrifice fly to CF in right center, Everett scored. Mench (b) popped out to second.

Boston 2nd — Floyd (bs) grounded out first to pitcher. Hillenbrand (bbbc) grounded out shortstop to first. Varitek (cbf) struck out swinging.

Texas 3rd — Young (bcsfbbf) lined out to third. ARodriguez (ccbff) struck out swinging. Palmeiro flied out to right.

Boston 3rd — Clark (bbsbfff) grounded out third to first. Merloni (fbf) singled to left. Henderson (cb – Merloni to second on wild pitch – fb) grounded out shortstop to first, Merloni to third. Damon (bsbbf) struck out swinging.

Texas 4th — IRodriguez (bbcf) singled to center. Everett (cF) fouled out to first. Perry (tcfbf) singled to left, IRodriguez to second. Haselman (bsbffb) singled to left, IRodriguez to third, Perry to second; IRodriguez scored on LF’s fielding error [IRod had stopped/booted ball/no play]. Rivera flied out to right, Perry to third. Mench fouled out to first.

Boston 4th — Garciaparra grounded out shortstop to first. Ramirez (bfcbbfff) struck out swinging. Floyd (fbffb) grounded out second to first.

Texas 5th — Young (cbfb) singled to shallow center, fielded by 2B [off glove]. ARodriguez (stb) singled to left, Young to second. Palmeiro (cbf) grounded into double play, shortstop unassisted to first [SS on 1B side of 2B]. IRodriguez (b) grounded out shortstop to first.

Boston 5th — Hillenbrand (cbbf) lined out to shortstop. Varitek (c) doubled into left field corner. Clark grounded out second to first, Varitek to third. Merloni (b) doubled into left field corner, Varitek scored. Henderson (b) grounded out third to first.

Texas 6th — Everett (ccbf) flied out to center. Perry (csf) struck out swinging. Haselman (cbbf) struck out looking.

Boston 6th — Damon (c) singled to left. Garciaparra (c) doubled into left field corner, Damon to third. Ramirez (b) singled to center, Damon scored, Garciaparra to third. Floyd grounded into fielder’s choice, Garciaparra out pitcher to shortstop [beat relay/P/SS checking 3B]. Hillenbrand (tcf) singled to left, Garciaparra scored, Floyd to second. [pc visit] Varitek (c) flied out to right, Floyd to third. Clark (bbb) walked, Hillenbrand to second. Merloni (b) lined out to second.

Texas 7th — Howry relieved Fossum. Hollandsworth hit for Rivera. Hollandsworth (bbccfbfff) struck out looking. Mench (bbffff) popped out to first. Young (sbc) struck out looking.

Boston 7th — Hollandsworth replaced Rivera in CF. Henderson (bcb) grounded out shortstop to first [SS from hole/beat sliding Rickey]. Damon (fBb) flied out to shallow center. Garciaparra (bbf) doubled to deep center [caught/dropped by CF at wall/Nomar now 20-40 v Rogers]. Ramirez (iii) intentionally walked. Floyd (bbf) safe at first on infield single to pitcher [off P glove to 3B line/beat throw], Garciaparra to third, Ramirez to second. [mgr visit] Hillenbrand grounded into fielder’s choice, Floyd out third to second.

Texas 8th — ARodriguez (fs) flied out to right [near wall in corner]. Palmeiro (bbbc) fouled out to third. IRodriguez (b) flied out to CF in left center.

Boston 8th — Kolb relieved Rogers. Varitek (c) popped out to second. Sanchez hit for Clark. Sanchez (cbb) grounded out second to first. Daubach hit for Merloni. Daubach (bsfffbbf) singled to shallow left center, fielded by LF. Nixon hit for Henderson. RRodriguez relieved Kolb. Nixon (bbcsbf) walked, Daubach to second. Damon (bsbb) walked, Daubach to third, Nixon to second. Powell relieved RRodriguez. Garciaparra (b) singled to left, Daubach and Nixon scored, Damon to second. Ramirez (sfbbfbf) walked, Damon to third, Garciaparra to second. Floyd (csbfb) grounded out second to first.

Texas 9th — Urbina relieved Howry. Daubach replaced Clark at 1B. Sanchez replaced Merloni at 2B. Ramirez moved from RF to LF and replaced Henderson. Nixon replaced Ramirez in RF. Everett (fbbsf) struck out swinging. Perry (cb) grounded out shortstop to first. Lamb hit for Haselman. Lamb (cf) flied out to LF in deep left center.

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