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Rangers look to avoid franchise-worst May

May 31, 2007 - 2:40 PM Texas (19-34) at Seattle (25-24) 10:05 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) - The Texas Rangers have played poorly for most of the season. With with one more loss to end May, they will set a franchise record for poor play.

The reeling Rangers face the Mariners on Thursday in the first of four games at Safeco Field.

After going 10-15 in April, Texas has posted a 9-19 mark in May, tying the 1990 and 2001 squads for the worst May in club history. Another loss Thursday will mark the 10th time in franchise history it has lost 20 games in a month.

Vicente Padilla (2-7, 5.77 ERA), who leads the American League in losses, gets the start. He is coming off a loss to Boston on Saturday night in which he allowed six runs in 5 1/3 innings.

The righthander is winless on the road this season and 1-4 with a 5.79 ERA in seven lifetime appearances - including five starts - against the Mariners.

Cha Seung Baek (2-2, 4.60), who has pitched at least 6 1/3 innings in five of his seven starts, takes the mound for Seattle. In Saturday's start against Kansas City, he struck out a career-high seven, yielding just one unearned run and five hits over seven innings.

The South Korean righthander is 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four career starts against the Rangers.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TEXAS 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 1
    SEATTLE 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 x 9 14 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA, WILLIE EYRE (4TH), FRANK FRANCISCO (6TH),
    JOAQUIN BENOIT (7TH), AKINORI OTSUKA (8TH) AND GERALD LAIRD
    SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK, BRANDON MORROW (7

    Jun 1 1:06 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY BEN BROUSSARD SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J VIDRO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 5
    SEATTLE 9 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.284, 1-FOR-3, BB)

    Rangers vs. MarinersJun 1 12:57 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ICHIRO SUZUKI SCORED YUNIESKY BETANCOURT.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I SUZUKI ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 5
    SEATTLE 8 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.295, 0-FOR-4, RBI)

    Rangers vs. MarinersJun 1 12:52 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY GERALD LAIRD (3) TO LEFT CENTER WITH
    1 OUT IN THE 4TH OFF CHA SEUNG BAEK SCORED FRANK CATALANOTTO AND IAN
    KINSLER.
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 5, SEATTLE 7
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: R VAZQUEZ (.364, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. MarinersMay 31 11:26 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY FRANK CATALANOTTO SCORED MARK TEIXEIRA AND SAMMY
    SOSA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F CATALANOTTO ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
    SEATTLE 7 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M BYRD (.300, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. MarinersMay 31 11:22 PM


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    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JOSE VIDRO SCORED YUNIESKY BETANCOURT.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, I SUZUKI ON SECOND, J LOPEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    SEATTLE 7 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J GUILLEN (.263, 1-FOR-2)

    Rangers vs. MarinersMay 31 11:14 PM


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    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ICHIRO SUZUKI SCORED ADRIAN BELTRE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, I SUZUKI ON FIRST, J LOPEZ ON SECOND, Y
    BETANCOURT ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    SEATTLE 6 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.298, 0-FOR-2)

    Rangers vs. MarinersMay 31 11:13 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT SCORED KENJI JOHJIMA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, Y BETANCOURT ON FIRST, A BELTRE ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    SEATTLE 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J LOPEZ (.272, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. MarinersMay 31 11:11 PM


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    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADRIAN BELTRE SCORED RAUL IBANEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A BELTRE ON FIRST, K JOHJIMA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    SEATTLE 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: Y BETANCOURT (.286, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. MarinersMay 31 11:09 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KENJI JOHJIMA SCORED RAUL IBANEZ.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, K JOHJIMA ON FIRST, R SEXSON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    SEATTLE 3 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.275, 9 HR, 26 RBI)

    Rangers vs. MarinersMay 31 10:41 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RICHIE SEXSON SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI AND JOSE
    GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R SEXSON ON FIRST, R IBANEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 0
    SEATTLE 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: K JOHJIMA (.309, 7 HR, 22 RBI)

    Rangers vs. MarinersMay 31 10:39 PM

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