Final
Injury-riddled Rangers turn to Ballard
Jul 9, 2008 - 12:29 PM LA Angels (54-36) at Texas (47-44) 8:05 pm EDTARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- The Texas Rangers likely knew coming into the season their pitching would be a question. Never could they have expected to be in a situation like this, however.
Michael Ballard will become the second Rangers' pitcher to make his major league debut in as many days when the club continues its four-game series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Texas, which is last in the American League with a staff ERA of 5.00, will turn to its 12th different starting pitcher this season on Wednesday. No other team has sent that many starters to the mound this year.
Some of that turnover has been created because the team was forced to place Vicente Padilla (neck, thumb), Kason Gabbard (elbow) and Eric Hurley (hamstring) on the disabled list.
Ballard has spent all season with Class AA Frisco, where he was 8-3 with a 3.97 ERA in 15 starts. No team has seen a pair of starters make their debut in back-to-back starts since the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002.
Texas would be quite happy if Ballard could repeat the effort of Matt Harrison, who allowed two runs and five hits over seven innings in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Angels.
He'll have his hands full against Jered Weaver (8-8, 4.17 ERA), who has been particularly sharp over his last three outings - allowing two runs or less in each start. In Friday's 8-2 victory over Toronto, the righthander collected a win after yielding two runs and six hits with six strikeouts over 7.1 innings.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA ANGELS 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 2
TEXAS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 10 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: LAA - JERED WEAVER, JOSE ARREDONDO (7TH), SCOT SHIELDS (8TH),
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ (9TH) AND JEFF MATHIS
TEX - WARNER MADRIGAL, JOSH RUPE (4TH), FRANK FRANCISCO
(7T
Jul 9 11:05 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JOSH HAMILTON (20) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 9TH OFF FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ SCORED MICHAEL YOUNG.
FINAL SCORE: TEXAS 5, LA ANGELS 4
Angels 4, Rangers 5 Bot 9, 0 OutsJul 9 11:05 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MICHAEL YOUNG SCORED RAMON VAZQUEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M YOUNG ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 4
TEXAS 3 BOTTOM, 9TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J HAMILTON (.305, 0-FOR-4)
Angels 4, Rangers 3 Bot 9, 0 OutsJul 9 11:02 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JUAN RIVERA (3) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2
OUT IN THE 7TH OFF FRANK FRANCISCO SCORED TORII HUNTER.
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 4, TEXAS 2
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: H KENDRICK (.316, 0-FOR-2)
Angels 4, Rangers 2 Top 7, 0 OutsJul 9 10:18 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA SCORED MARLON BYRD.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J SALTALAMACCHIA ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 2
TEXAS 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: G DURAN (.227, 1-FOR-2)
Angels 2, Rangers 2 Bot 6, 0 OutsJul 9 9:59 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA SCORED DAVID MURPHY.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J SALTALAMACCHIA ON FIRST, M BYRD ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 2
TEXAS 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: G DURAN (.229, 1-FOR-1)
Angels 2, Rangers 1 Bot 4, 0 OutsJul 9 9:22 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
TORII HUNTER HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING MAICER IZTURIS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 2
TEXAS 0 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: G ANDERSON (.269, 1-FOR-1)
Angels 2, Rangers 0 Top 4, 0 OutsJul 9 9:09 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY JUAN RIVERA SCORED TORII HUNTER.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G ANDERSON ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 1
TEXAS 0 TOP, 2ND
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: H KENDRICK (.320, 0 HR, 19 RBI)
Angels 1, Rangers 0 Top 2, 0 OutsJul 9 8:34 PM
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