August 20, 2006 Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 3
SEA 2 TOR 9
@BAL 2 NYY 8
@BOS 5
(10) TEX 7
@DET 6 OAK 6
@KCR 4 MIN 7
CHW 3 CLE 9
@TBD 4 STL 5
@CHC 3 CIN 5
PIT 1 FLA 4
ATL 3 HOU 3
@MIL 1 NYM 2
COL 0 PHI 12
WSN 10 SDP 2
ARI 1
(10) LAD 5
@SFG 2

Standings at end of play this day

Comerica Park, Attendance: 39,071

Sunday, August 20, 2006, 1:06PM
Time of Game: 3:11

Rangers

65-60

Won 3

3rd, 5½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Rangers         0  0  2   1  3  1   0  0  0    7 13  0
Tigers          0  6  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    6 13  2

W: J Benoit (1-1), L: J Grilli (1-2), S: A Otsuka (26)

Tigers

79-45

Lost 3

1st

BATTING

Texas Rangers                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Matthews CF                 5   1   2   1    0   1  .313  .877   12    4   1   3B,2B
M Young SS                    5   0   1   1    0   1  .306  .807   16    1   2   
C Lee LF                      4   2   2   0    1   0  .295  .884   17    0   0   2B
  J Hairston LF               0   0   0   0    0   0  .204  .532         0   0   
M Teixeira 1B                 5   0   0   0    0   1  .282  .862   19    7   1   
H Blalock 3B                  5   0   1   2    0   1  .288  .776   23    0   2   
M DeRosa RF                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .325  .896   13    1   0   
M Stairs DH                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .265  .778   22    0   0   
I Kinsler 2B                  3   2   2   1    1   0  .306  .845   12    6   3   2B,SB
R Barajas C                   4   1   2   2    0   0  .258  .722   20    7   1   

J Koronka P                                                              0   0
  J Rupe P                                                               1   0
  J Benoit P                                                             0   0
  R Mahay P                                                              0   0
  A Otsuka P                                                             0   0
Totals                       40   7  13   7    2   6              154   27  10

BATTING

2B: C Lee (26, off J Grilli); G Matthews (39, off J Bonderman); I Kinsler (20, off J Bonderman).

3B: G Matthews (5, off J Bonderman).

TB: G Matthews 5; I Kinsler 3; C Lee 3; M DeRosa 2; R Barajas 2; H Blalock; M Stairs; M Young.

RBI: H Blalock 2 (76); R Barajas 2 (36); M Young (81); G Matthews (65); I Kinsler (42).

2-out RBI: G Matthews; R Barajas; I Kinsler.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 2. M Young-I Kinsler-M Teixeira; H Blalock-I Kinsler-M Teixeira.

BASERUNNING

SB: I Kinsler (9, 2nd base off J Bonderman/V Wilson).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
I Rodriguez 1B                3   1   2   0    2   1  .299  .756   26    8   3   2B
C Monroe DH                   5   1   2   2    0   0  .283  .829   13    0   0   2B
M Thames LF                   3   0   1   0    1   0  .264  .900   25    2   0   
  S Casey PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .287  .767    3    0   0   
M Ordonez RF                  5   0   2   1    0   1  .295  .806   15    4   0   GDP
C Guillen SS                  4   1   0   0    1   1  .306  .886   21    2   2   GDP
O Infante 2B                  4   1   3   0    0   1  .269  .689   18    2   1   
B Inge 3B                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .242  .755   13    1   2   
B Clevlen CF                  4   1   1   2    0   1  .364 1.417   21    1   1   3B
V Wilson C                    4   1   1   1    0   1  .273  .726   21    6   0   

J Bonderman P                                                            0   1
  J Grilli P                                                             0   0
  W Ledezma P                                                            0   0
  F Rodney P                                                             1   2
Totals                       37   6  13   6    4   7              176   27  12

BATTING

2B: I Rodriguez (21, off J Koronka); C Monroe (27, off J Koronka).

3B: B Clevlen (2, off J Koronka).

TB: I Rodriguez 3; C Monroe 3; O Infante 3; B Clevlen 3; M Ordonez 2; B Inge; M Thames; V Wilson.

GIDP: M Ordonez (9); C Guillen (16).

RBI: B Clevlen 2 (6); C Monroe 2 (67); V Wilson (16); M Ordonez (81).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 6 for 12.

FIELDING

E: V Wilson (1); I Rodriguez (2).

PITCHING

Texas Rangers                 IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Koronka                      1.1   6   6   6    3   0   0   5.69   12   49-30   21· 1· 8    3· 3· 3· 0     15    -     1.18  -0.33
J Rupe                         2.2   3   0   0    0   1   0   4.61   10   45-26   13· 5· 8    4· 3· 2· 0          2-1    0.45   0.05
J Benoit, W (1-1)              3     4   0   0    0   4   0   5.09   12   45-30   15· 3·12    1· 5· 2· 0          0-0    1.75   0.27
R Mahay, H (9)                 1     0   0   0    1   0   0   3.47    4   20-11    8· 2· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    2.05   0.15
A Otsuka, S (26)               1     0   0   0    0   2   0   2.08    3   13-10    4· 3· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    2.78   0.22
Totals                         9    13   6   6    4   7   0          41  172-107  61·14·32   10·13· 7· 0          2-1

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Bonderman                    4.2  11   6   5    2   4   0   3.86   28  103-73   47· 9·17    9· 5· 8· 0     22    -     0.96  -0.26
J Grilli, L (1-2)              0.2   1   1   1    0   0   0   3.80    3   14-8     6· 0· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          1-0    1.53   0.02
W Ledezma                      1.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   2.39    5   15-8     5· 0· 3    1· 3· 1· 0          1-1    0.94  -0.00
F Rodney                       2     0   0   0    0   2   0   3.31    6   20-13    7· 3· 3    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.66   0.10
Totals                         9    13   7   6    2   6   0          42  152-102  65·12·25   14·10·10· 0          2-1

Balks: None.

WP: J Rupe (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jerry Meals, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Jeff Kellogg.

Time of Game: 3:11.

Attendance: 39,071.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 79° F, Wind 12mph out to Centerfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Texas Rangers                 Detroit Tigers                       
1. G Matthews           CF    1. I Rodriguez          1B 
2. M Young              SS    2. C Monroe             DH 
3. C Lee                LF    3. M Thames             LF 
4. M Teixeira           1B    4. M Ordonez            RF 
5. H Blalock            3B    5. C Guillen            SS 
6. M DeRosa             RF    6. O Infante            2B 
7. M Stairs             DH    7. B Inge               3B 
8. I Kinsler            2B    8. B Clevlen            CF 
9. R Barajas            C     9. V Wilson             C  

   J Koronka            P        J Bonderman          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 2   1  0-0  12-  4  -18%  23% B Clevlen       J Koronka       Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Guillen Scores; Infante Scores
   t 5   2  6-5  1--  1   15%  48% G Matthews      J Bonderman     Double to RF (Ground Ball); Barajas Scores
   b 9   0  7-6  ---  3    9%  88% S Casey         A Otsuka        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   t 5   2  6-4  --3  2    9%  33% R Barajas       J Bonderman     Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Kinsler Scores
   t 5   2  6-3  1--  3    9%  24% I Kinsler       J Bonderman     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); DeRosa Scores; Kinsler to 3B/Adv on throw

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeremy Bonderman facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   48%  G Matthews      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   46%  M Young         Lineout: 2B
          ---  6   47%  C Lee           Walk
   O      1--  5   45%  M Teixeira      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, John Koronka facing 1-2-3
          ---  7   42%  I Rodriguez     Walk
   O      1--  2   45%  C Monroe        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          1-- 10   42%  M Thames        Walk; Rodriguez to 2B
   OO     12-  1   50%  M Ordonez       Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeremy Bonderman facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   48%  H Blalock       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   46%  M DeRosa        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   47%  M Stairs        Single to SS (Ground Ball)
          1--  6   49%  I Kinsler       Walk; Stairs to 2B
   O      12-  7   45%  R Barajas       Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, John Koronka facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   41%  C Guillen       Walk
          1--  1   36%  O Infante       Single to RF (Line Drive); Guillen to 2B
   O      12-  2   41%  B Inge          Popfly: 1B
   RR     12-  4   23%  B Clevlen       Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Guillen Scores; Infante Scores
   R      --3  3   19%  V Wilson        Single to RF (Fly Ball to RF Line); Clevlen Scores
          1--  6   14%  I Rodriguez     Double to LF (Ground Ball); Wilson to 3B
   RR     -23  2    8%  C Monroe        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Wilson Scores; Rodriguez Scores
          -2-  6    7%  M Thames        Single to LF (Ground Ball); Monroe to 3B
                  Josh Rupe replaces John Koronka pitching
   R      1-3  3    5%  M Ordonez       Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Monroe Scores; Thames to 2B
   OO     12-  5    7%  C Guillen       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  6 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 6.

Top of the 3rd, Rangers Batting, Behind 0-6, Jeremy Bonderman facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   10%  G Matthews      Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   RO     --3  1    9%  M Young         Groundout: SS-1B; Matthews Scores
          ---  3   10%  C Lee           Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  2   14%  M Teixeira      Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Lee to 3B
   RO     1-3  9   13%  H Blalock       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Lee Scores/unER
          1--  1   15%  M DeRosa        Single to LF (Line Drive); Blalock to 2B
   O      12-  8   11%  M Stairs        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-2, Josh Rupe facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   10%  O Infante       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   11%  B Inge          Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--      11%  B Clevlen       Wild Pitch; Inge to 2B
   O      -2-  7   12%  " "             Groundout: 1B-P; Inge to 3B
   O      --3  5   13%  V Wilson        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 6.

Top of the 4th, Rangers Batting, Behind 2-6, Jeremy Bonderman facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   16%  I Kinsler       Single to CF (Fly Ball)
          1--      19%  R Barajas       Kinsler Steals 2B; Kinsler to 3B/Adv on E2 (throw)
   R      --3  4   23%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Kinsler Scores
   O      1--  1   20%  G Matthews      Popfly: 2B (Short CF-RF)
          1--  2   24%  M Young         Single to LF (Line Drive); Barajas to 2B
   O      12-  3   19%  C Lee           Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
   O      12-  4   15%  M Teixeira      Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-3, Josh Rupe facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   16%  I Rodriguez     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   15%  C Monroe        Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   16%  M Thames        Popfly: SS (Short LF)
   O      1--  4   17%  M Ordonez       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 6.

Top of the 5th, Rangers Batting, Behind 3-6, Jeremy Bonderman facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   15%  H Blalock       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   18%  M DeRosa        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   15%  M Stairs        Popfly: 3B (LF Line)
   R      1--  3   24%  I Kinsler       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); DeRosa Scores; Kinsler to 3B/Adv on throw
   R      --3  2   33%  R Barajas       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Kinsler Scores
   R      1--  1   48%  G Matthews      Double to RF (Ground Ball); Barajas Scores
                  Jason Grilli replaces Jeremy Bonderman pitching
   O      -2-  6   43%  M Young         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Tied 6-6, Joaquin Benoit facing 5-6-7
                  Joaquin Benoit replaces Josh Rupe pitching
   O      ---  2   46%  C Guillen       Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
          ---  7   43%  O Infante       Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   47%  B Inge          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   50%  B Clevlen       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 6.

Top of the 6th, Rangers Batting, Tied 6-6, Jason Grilli facing 3-4-5
          ---  2   59%  C Lee           Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  6   53%  M Teixeira      Flyball: LF
                  Wilfredo Ledezma replaces Jason Grilli pitching
   RO     -2-  1   61%  H Blalock       Single to CF (Line Drive); Lee Scores; Blalock out at 2B/CF-1B-SS
   O      ---  2   59%  M DeRosa        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 6-7, Joaquin Benoit facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   63%  V Wilson        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   59%  I Rodriguez     Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   64%  C Monroe        Flyball: CF
   O      1--  3   68%  M Thames        Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, Tigers 6.

Top of the 7th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 7-6, Wilfredo Ledezma facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   66%  M Stairs        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  1   64%  I Kinsler       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   62%  R Barajas       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 6-7, Joaquin Benoit facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   55%  M Ordonez       Single to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
   O      1--  2   58%  C Guillen       Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Ordonez to 2B
   O      -2-  6   66%  O Infante       Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  5   73%  B Inge          Single to CF (Line Drive); Ordonez out at Hm/CF-C
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, Tigers 6.

Top of the 8th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 7-6, Fernando Rodney facing 1-2-3
                  Fernando Rodney replaces Wilfredo Ledezma pitching
   O      ---  4   71%  G Matthews      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   69%  M Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   68%  C Lee           Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 6-7, Ron Mahay facing 8-9-1
                  Ron Mahay replaces Joaquin Benoit pitching; Jerry Hairston replaces Carlos Lee playing LF batting 3rd
   O      ---  3   74%  B Clevlen       Popfly: 2B (RF Line)
   O      ---  9   79%  V Wilson        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   75%  I Rodriguez     Walk
   O      1--  4   83%  C Monroe        Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, Tigers 6.

Top of the 9th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 7-6, Fernando Rodney facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   81%  M Teixeira      Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  4   79%  H Blalock       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  2   78%  M DeRosa        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 6-7, Akinori Otsuka facing 3-4-5
                  Akinori Otsuka replaces Ron Mahay pitching; Sean Casey pinch hits for Marcus Thames batting 3rd
   O      ---  3   88%  S Casey         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3   95%  M Ordonez       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7  100%  C Guillen       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Tigers 6.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET200608200

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation