Jul 4, 2008 - 9:13 AM
0 shoutsTexas (44-42) at Baltimore (43-41) 4:35 pm. EDT
BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- The Texas Rangers return to Baltimore to face the Orioles for the first time since a historic blowout when the teams open a three-game series Friday.
In the second game of a doubleheader, the Rangers scored nine runs in the sixth inning, 10 runs in the eighth and six more in the ninth en route to a 30-3 thrashing of the Orioles on August 22.
Texas, which got seven RBI from both Ramon Vazquez and Jarrod Saltalamachia, became the first team to score 30 runs in a game since the Chicago Colts walloped Louisville, 36-7, in 1897.
Vicente Padilla (10-4, 4.13 ERA) gets the ball for the Rangers, who return to the scene of the biggest blowout in American League history licking their own wounds after an 18-7 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday. Padilla had won three straight starts before allowing seven runs and seven hits in six innings of an 8-6 loss to Philadelphia on Saturday.
Baltimore is coming off a 10-7 loss to Kansas City on Thursday in which it got a pair of home runs from Aubrey Huff, but saw a 7-3 lead evaporate in a seven-run sixth inning. The Orioles, who split the four-game series, counter with Jeremy Guthrie (4-7, 3.50)
Guthrie has just two wins in his last nine starts despite a 2.86 ERA in that span.
From the Bleachers
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TEXAS: 4
BALTIMORE: 10
Final
Jul 4 7:31 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY FREDDIE BYNUM SCORED KEVIN MILLAR.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F BYNUM ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4
BALTIMORE 10 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: N MARKAKIS (.291, 2-FOR-4, RBI)
Jul 4 7:20 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ADAM JONES SCORED MELVIN MORA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A JONES ON FIRST, K MILLAR ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4
BALTIMORE 9 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: B FAHEY (.244, 2-FOR-3, 2 RBI)
Jul 4 7:17 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MILTON BRADLEY SCORED RAMON VAZQUEZ AND IAN
KINSLER.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M BRADLEY ON FIRST, J HAMILTON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4
BALTIMORE 8 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: D MURPHY (.267, 1-FOR-3)
Jul 4 6:51 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY IAN KINSLER SCORED JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I KINSLER ON FIRST, R VAZQUEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
BALTIMORE 8 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M YOUNG (.289, 1-FOR-3)
Jul 4 6:42 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY FREDDIE BYNUM SCORED ADAM JONES AND BRANDON
FAHEY.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, F BYNUM ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
BALTIMORE 8 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: N MARKAKIS (.293, 2-FOR-2, RBI)
Jul 4 5:45 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY ADAM JONES SCORED MELVIN MORA.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A JONES ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
BALTIMORE 6 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: B FAHEY (.231, 1-FOR-1, 2 RBI)
Jul 4 5:41 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY KEVIN MILLAR SCORED LUKE SCOTT.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K MILLAR ON FIRST, M MORA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
BALTIMORE 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: A JONES (.279, 1-FOR-1)
Jul 4 5:38 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY NICK MARKAKIS SCORED BRANDON FAHEY.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, N MARKAKIS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
BALTIMORE 4 BOTTOM, 2ND
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: A HUFF (.285, 1-FOR-1, RBI)
Jul 4 5:16 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY BRANDON FAHEY SCORED KEVIN MILLAR AND ADAM JONES.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B FAHEY ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
BALTIMORE 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: F BYNUM (.190, 0-FOR-1)
Jul 4 5:12 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY AUBREY HUFF SCORED NICK MARKAKIS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A HUFF ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
BALTIMORE 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: R HERNANDEZ (.252, 7 HR, 32 RBI)
Jul 4 4:53 PM -
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TEXAS 1 1 2 0
BALTIMORE 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA
BAL - JEREMY GUTHRIE
DUE UP FOR BALTIMOR
Jul 4 4:47 PM
