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Dukes, Nationals to take on Rangers
Jun 21, 2008 - 1:45 PM WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Elijah Dukes and the Washington Nationals will look to make it two straight wins over the Texas Rangers on Saturday when the club's continue their three-game interleague series.Dukes clubbed a career-high five hits on Friday, including a single in the bottom of the 14th inning that lifted the Nationals to a 4-3 victory. The embattled slugger also hit a solo homer - his second blast of the season - in the eighth inning to tie the game and force extra innings.
He has raised his batting average from .038 to .270 since May 20 and added a pair of stolen bases Friday to bring his season total in that category to eight.
Dukes with have to contend with sinkerballer Kason Gabbard on Saturday. The 26-year-old lefthander will be trying to take the pressure off a Texas bullpen that tossed 5 2/3 innings on Friday.
Gabbard has not earned a win since April 4, which was also the last time he went past the sixth inning in a start. Gabbard is 0-3 with a 9.68 ERA over his past four starts and is allowing opponents a .351 batting average over that span.
Washington will counter with rookie Garrett Mock, who has made one major league start - he allowed four runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings to suffer a loss against San Francisco on June 8.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TEXAS 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 1 13 18 0
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: TEX - KASON GABBARD, FRANK FRANCISCO (6TH), LUIS MENDOZA (7TH) AND
JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA
WAS - GARRETT MOCK, CHARLIE MANNING (7TH), BRIAN
SANCHES (7TH), JESUS COLO
Jun 21 10:29 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CHRIS SHELTON SCORED RAMON VAZQUEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C SHELTON ON FIRST, I KINSLER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 13
WASHINGTON 3 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M YOUNG (.281, 3-FOR-5, 2 RBI)
Rangers 13, Nationals 3 Top 9, 0 OutsJun 21 10:20 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOSH HAMILTON SCORED CHRIS SHELTON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J HAMILTON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 12
WASHINGTON 3 TOP, 8TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M BYRD (.257, 1-FOR-4)
Rangers 12, Nationals 3 Top 8, 0 OutsJun 21 10:01 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY RAMON VAZQUEZ SCORED JOSH HAMILTON, DAVID MURPHY
AND JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA.
SITUATION: 7 RUNS IN, R VAZQUEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 11
WASHINGTON 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: G DURAN (.200, 1-FOR-1)
Rangers 11, Nationals 3 Top 7, 0 OutsJun 21 9:36 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DAVID MURPHY SCORED MICHAEL YOUNG.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, D MURPHY ON FIRST, J HAMILTON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 8
WASHINGTON 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J SALTALAMACCHIA (.222, 1-FOR-3)
Rangers 8, Nationals 3 Top 7, 0 OutsJun 21 9:29 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOSH HAMILTON SCORED CHRIS SHELTON.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J HAMILTON ON FIRST, M YOUNG ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 7
WASHINGTON 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M BYRD (.259, 1-FOR-3)
Rangers 7, Nationals 3 Top 7, 0 OutsJun 21 9:26 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MICHAEL YOUNG SCORED GERMAN DURAN AND IAN
KINSLER.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M YOUNG ON FIRST, C SHELTON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 6
WASHINGTON 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J HAMILTON (.311, 0-FOR-3)
Rangers 6, Nationals 3 Top 7, 0 OutsJun 21 9:25 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
ELIJAH DUKES HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING WILY MO PENA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G MOCK ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4
WASHINGTON 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: L MILLEDGE (.247, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)
Rangers 4, Nationals 3 Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 21 8:39 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED DMITRI YOUNG.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4
WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: P LO DUCA (.190, 0-FOR-1)
Rangers 4, Nationals 2 Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 21 8:21 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY LASTINGS MILLEDGE (6) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 4TH OFF KASON GABBARD.
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4, WASHINGTON 1
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: D YOUNG (.271, 1-FOR-1)
Rangers 4, Nationals 1 Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 21 8:18 PM - ML
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
KASON GABBARD HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING JARROD
SALTALAMACCHIA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4
WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: I KINSLER (.308, 1-FOR-1, BB, HR, RBI)
Rangers 4, Nationals 0 Top 4, 0 OutsJun 21 8:12 PM - ML
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TEXAS 3 3 4 0
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: TEX - KASON GABBARD
WAS - GARRETT MOCK
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: C GUZMAN (.312, 5 HR, 26 RBI)
E DUKES (.270, 2 HR, 14 RBI)
L MILLEDGE (.245, 5 HR, 27
Rangers 3, Nationals 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 21 7:22 PM
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