AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE (1ST GAME) SINGLE BY SEAN CASEY SCORED TIMO PEREZ. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S CASEY ON FIRST, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 13 DETROIT 6 BOTTOM, 9TH DUE UP FOR DETROIT: B CLEVLEN (.000, 0-FOR-2)</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 1 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 2 13 14 0 DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 11 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA, MIKE WOOD (7TH), A.J. MURRAY (8TH) AND JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA, GUILLERMO QUIROZ (8TH) DET - CHAD DURBIN, TIM BYRDAK (3RD), JOSE CAPELLAN (4TH), YORMAN BAZARDO (6TH), CLAYTON RAPADA (9TH) AND MIKE RABELO HOME RUNS: TEX - DAVID MURPHY (2) OFF CHAD DURBIN IN THE 2ND, 0 ON MARLON BYRD (8) OFF CHAD DURBIN IN THE 3RD, 1 ON MARLON BYRD (9) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 0 ON JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA (7) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 1 ON RAMON VAZQUEZ (8) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 0 ON HANK BLALOCK (8) OFF YORMAN BAZARDO IN THE 7TH, 0 ON FREDDY GUZMAN (1) OFF CLAYTON RAPADA IN THE 9TH, 0 ON DET - MIKE HESSMAN (3) OFF MIKE WOOD IN THE 8TH, 2 ON</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 1 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 2 13 14 0 DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 11 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA, MIKE WOOD (7TH), A.J. MURRAY (8TH) AND JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA, GUILLERMO QUIROZ (8TH) DET - CHAD DURBIN, TIM BYRDAK (3RD), JOSE CAPELLAN (4TH), YORMAN BAZARDO (6TH), CLAYTON RAPADA (9TH) AND MIKE RABELO WP - VICENTE PADILLA (6-9) LP - CHAD DURBIN (8-7) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: TEX - DAVID MURPHY (2) OFF CHAD DURBIN IN THE 2ND, 0 ON MARLON BYRD (8) OFF CHAD DURBIN IN THE 3RD, 1 ON MARLON BYRD (9) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 0 ON JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA (7) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 1 ON RAMON VAZQUEZ (8) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 0 ON HANK BLALOCK (8) OFF YORMAN BAZARDO IN THE 7TH, 0 ON FREDDY GUZMAN (1) OFF CLAYTON RAPADA IN THE 9TH, 0 ON DET - MIKE HESSMAN (3) OFF MIKE WOOD IN THE 8TH, 2 ON TIME: 2:59 ATT: 32,719 PROBABLES: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA (6-9, 5.70) & TEX - BRANDON MCCARTHY (5-8, 4.79) DET - CHAD DURBIN (8-7, 4.76) & DET - JAIR JURRJENS (1-1, 3.60)</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">TEXAS (13) VS DETROIT (6) - FINAL (1ST GAME) TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg F Catalanotto 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 B Wilkerson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .238 I Kinsler 2b 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 .273 M Young ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .309 a-J Hairston Jr ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .192 M Byrd cf 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 .312 F Guzman cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 J Botts lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .234 N Cruz rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 H Blalock dh 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 .300 D Murphy rf-lf 5 2 3 2 0 1 2 .386 J Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .242 G Quiroz c 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 R Vazquez 3b-ss 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 .242 Totals 41 13 14 12 4 7 13 a-struck out looking for M Young in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - H Blalock (13, C Durbin); D Murphy (8, Y Bazardo); G Quiroz (1, C Rapada). 3B - D Murphy (2, J Capellan). HR - D Murphy (2, 2nd inning off C Durbin 0 on, 0 Out), M Byrd 2 (9, 3rd inning off C Durbin 1 on, 1 Out, 5th inning off J Capellan 0 on, 1 Out), J Saltalamacchia (7, 5th inning off J Capellan 1 on, 2 Out), R Vazquez (8, 5th inning off J Capellan 0 on, 2 Out), H Blalock (8, 7th inning off Y Bazardo 0 on, 1 Out), F Guzman (1, 9th inning off C Rapada 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - J Botts (12), D Murphy 2 (9), M Byrd 3 (61), J Saltalamacchia 2 (18), R Vazquez (27), H Blalock (26), F Guzman (1), G Quiroz (1). 2-out RBI - J Botts, D Murphy, J Saltalamacchia 2, R Vazquez, G Quiroz. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Wilkerson 1, R Vazquez 1, H Blalock 1, J Saltalamacchia 1. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: CS - F Catalanotto (1, 2nd base by J Capellan/M Rabelo). FIELDING: DP: 1 (R Vazquez-I Kinsler-B Wilkerson). DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Granderson cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .304 a-C Maybin ph-cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 T Perez rf 4 2 3 0 1 0 2 .423 S Casey 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 .288 M Ordonez dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .359 c-B Clevlen ph-dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 C Guillen ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .295 R Santiago ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .263 M Thames lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .245 M Rabelo c 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 .253 B Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 b-M Hessman ph-3b 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 .220 O Infante 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .270 Totals 36 6 11 6 3 7 17 a-reached on infield single to second for C Granderson in the 5th; b-popped out to shortstop for B Inge in the 5th; c-struck out swinging for M Ordonez in the 6th. BATTING: 2B - R Santiago (3, M Wood); M Thames (13, M Wood). 3B - T Perez (2, A Murray). HR - M Hessman (3, 8th inning off M Wood 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Santiago (3), M Thames (47), M Hessman 3 (10), S Casey (49). 2-out RBI - R Santiago, M Thames, M Hessman 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Rabelo 1. GIDP - B Clevlen. Team LOB - 8. FIELDING: E - B Inge (17, ground ball). DP: 1 (M Rabelo-O Infante). ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 113 050 102 -- 13 DETROIT - 000 000 051 -- 6 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era V Padilla (W, 6-9) 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 5.70 M Wood 1 2/3 6 5 5 0 1 1 4.91 A Murray 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.40 DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era C Durbin (L, 8-7) 2 2/3 6 5 4 0 0 2 4.76 T Byrdak 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.62 J Capellan 1 2/3 4 5 5 1 2 3 6.92 Y Bazardo 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 3.00 C Rapada 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 27.00 WP - T Byrdak, J Capellan, C Rapada 2. HBP - I Kinsler (by C Durbin); B Inge (by V Padilla); M Rabelo (by M Wood). Pitches-strikes: V Padilla 99-58; M Wood 32-20; A Murray 13-9; C Durbin 56-34; T Byrdak 20-8; J Capellan 41-21; Y Bazardo 38-21; C Rapada 30-16. Ground balls-fly balls: V Padilla 4-7; M Wood 4-0; A Murray 1-3; C Durbin 2-6; T Byrdak 0-0; J Capellan 1-1; Y Bazardo 3-5; C Rapada 1-0. Batters faced: V Padilla 24; M Wood 11; A Murray 6; C Durbin 15; T Byrdak 4; J Capellan 9; Y Bazardo 11; C Rapada 7. UMPIRES: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Adam Dowdy. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin Hudson. T--2:59. Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, out to left.</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXAS (13) AT DETROIT (6) - HOW THEY SCORED (1ST GAME) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXAS 1ST: F Catalanotto flied out to left. I Kinsler singled to right center. M Young singled to deep left, I Kinsler to second. M Byrd fouled out to first, I Kinsler to third. J Botts singled to center, I Kinsler scored, M Young to third. H Blalock grounded out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 2ND: D Murphy homered to left. J Saltalamacchia popped out to shortstop. R Vazquez bunt grounded out to catcher. F Catalanotto lined out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 2, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 3RD: I Kinsler hit by pitch. M Young fouled out to first. M Byrd homered to right, I Kinsler scored. J Botts flied out to left. H Blalock doubled to left. T Byrdak relieved C Durbin. D Murphy safe at first on error by third baseman B Inge, H Blalock to third. H Blalock scored, D Murphy to second on wild pitch by T Byrdak. J Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TEXAS 5, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 5TH: M Young grounded out to second. M Byrd homered to left center. J Botts walked. J Botts to second on wild pitch by J Capellan. H Blalock struck out swinging. D Murphy tripled to right, J Botts scored. J Saltalamacchia homered to right, D Murphy scored. R Vazquez homered to right. F Catalanotto flied out to center. (5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 10, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 7TH: J Botts grounded out to shortstop. H Blalock homered to center. D Murphy doubled to deep right. J Saltalamacchia grounded out to second, D Murphy to third. R Vazquez grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 11, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 8TH: B Wilkerson at first base. J Hairston Jr at third base. F Guzman in center field. G Quiroz catching. R Vazquez at shortstop. T Perez singled to right. S Casey singled to center, T Perez to second. B Clevlen grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, S Casey out at second, T Perez to third. R Santiago doubled to deep center, T Perez scored. M Thames doubled to deep left, R Santiago scored. M Rabelo hit by pitch. M Hessman homered to left, M Thames and M Rabelo scored. A Murray relieved M Wood. O Infante flied out to center. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 11, DETROIT 5. TEXAS 9TH: C Rapada relieved Y Bazardo. F Guzman homered to left. N Cruz grounded out to second. H Blalock walked. H Blalock to second on wild pitch by C Rapada. H Blalock to third on wild pitch by C Rapada. D Murphy struck out swinging. G Quiroz doubled to right center, H Blalock scored. R Vazquez walked. B Wilkerson struck out looking. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 13, DETROIT 5. DETROIT 9TH: C Maybin flied out to center. T Perez tripled to deep center. S Casey singled to left, T Perez scored. B Clevlen flied out to center. R Santiago grounded into fielder's choice to third, S Casey out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 13, DETROIT 6.</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 1 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 2 13 14 0 DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 11 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - VICENTE PADILLA, MIKE WOOD (7TH), A.J. MURRAY (8TH) AND JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA, GUILLERMO QUIROZ (8TH) DET - CHAD DURBIN, TIM BYRDAK (3RD), JOSE CAPELLAN (4TH), YORMAN BAZARDO (6TH), CLAYTON RAPADA (9TH) AND MIKE RABELO WP - VICENTE PADILLA (6-9) LP - CHAD DURBIN (8-7) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: TEX - DAVID MURPHY (2) OFF CHAD DURBIN IN THE 2ND, 0 ON MARLON BYRD (8) OFF CHAD DURBIN IN THE 3RD, 1 ON MARLON BYRD (9) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 0 ON JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA (7) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 1 ON RAMON VAZQUEZ (8) OFF JOSE CAPELLAN IN THE 5TH, 0 ON HANK BLALOCK (8) OFF YORMAN BAZARDO IN THE 7TH, 0 ON FREDDY GUZMAN (1) OFF CLAYTON RAPADA IN THE 9TH, 0 ON DET - MIKE HESSMAN (3) OFF MIKE WOOD IN THE 8TH, 2 ON TIME: 2:59 ATT: 32,719 PROBABLES: TEX - BRANDON MCCARTHY (5-8, 4.79) DET - JAIR JURRJENS (1-1, 3.60)</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXAS (13) AT DETROIT (6) - EVENT LOG (1ST GAME) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas Starting Lineups -- F Catalanotto 1B, I Kinsler 2B, M Young SS, M Byrd CF, J Botts LF, H Blalock DH, D Murphy RF, J Saltalamacchia C, R Vazquez 3B, V Padilla RHP. Detroit Starting Lineups -- C Granderson CF, T Perez RF, S Casey 1B, M Ordonez DH, C Guillen SS, M Thames LF, M Rabelo C, B Inge 3B, O Infante 2B, C Durbin RHP. Umpires -- Ed Montague (HP), Adam Dowdy (1B), Bill Miller (2B), Marvin Hudson (3B). Gametime Weather: 70 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to left at 10 mph. TEXAS 1ST: F Catalanotto flied out to left. I Kinsler singled to right center. M Young singled to deep left, I Kinsler to second. M Byrd fouled out to first, I Kinsler to third. J Botts singled to center, I Kinsler scored, M Young to third. H Blalock grounded out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson flied out to left. T Perez walked. S Casey popped out to second. M Ordonez grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 1, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 2ND: D Murphy homered to left. J Saltalamacchia popped out to shortstop. R Vazquez bunt grounded out to catcher. F Catalanotto lined out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 2, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 2ND: C Guillen grounded out to second. M Thames grounded out to second. M Rabelo struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 2, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 3RD: I Kinsler hit by pitch. M Young fouled out to first. M Byrd homered to right, I Kinsler scored. J Botts flied out to left. H Blalock doubled to left. T Byrdak relieved C Durbin. D Murphy safe at first on error by third baseman B Inge, H Blalock to third. H Blalock scored, D Murphy to second on wild pitch by T Byrdak. J Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TEXAS 5, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 3RD: B Inge hit by pitch. O Infante grounded into fielder's choice to second, B Inge out at second. C Granderson struck out looking. T Perez reached on infield single to second, O Infante hit by batted ball out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 5, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 4TH: R Vazquez struck out swinging. F Catalanotto walked. J Capellan relieved T Byrdak. I Kinsler struck out swinging, F Catalanotto caught stealing second, catcher to second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 5, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 4TH: S Casey flied out to left. M Ordonez walked. C Guillen struck out looking. M Thames reached on infield single to shortstop, M Ordonez to second. M Rabelo struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 5, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 5TH: M Young grounded out to second. M Byrd homered to left center. J Botts walked. J Botts to second on wild pitch by J Capellan. H Blalock struck out swinging. D Murphy tripled to right, J Botts scored. J Saltalamacchia homered to right, D Murphy scored. R Vazquez homered to right. F Catalanotto flied out to center. (5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 10, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 5TH: M Hessman hit for B Inge. M Hessman popped out to shortstop. O Infante struck out swinging. C Maybin hit for C Granderson. C Maybin reached on infield single to second. T Perez flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 10, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 6TH: C Maybin in center field. R Santiago at shortstop. M Hessman at third base. Y Bazardo relieved J Capellan. I Kinsler popped out to third. M Young flied out to right. M Byrd flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 10, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 6TH: S Casey walked. B Clevlen hit for M Ordonez. B Clevlen struck out swinging. R Santiago flied out to center. M Thames popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 10, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 7TH: J Botts grounded out to shortstop. H Blalock homered to center. D Murphy doubled to deep right. J Saltalamacchia grounded out to second, D Murphy to third. R Vazquez grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 11, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 7TH: N Cruz in right field. D Murphy in left field. M Wood relieved V Padilla. M Rabelo grounded out to first. M Hessman singled to center. O Infante struck out swinging. C Maybin grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Hessman out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 11, DETROIT 0. TEXAS 8TH: F Catalanotto flied out to right. I Kinsler popped out to first. J Hairston Jr hit for M Young. J Hairston Jr struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 11, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 8TH: B Wilkerson at first base. J Hairston Jr at third base. F Guzman in center field. G Quiroz catching. R Vazquez at shortstop. T Perez singled to right. S Casey singled to center, T Perez to second. B Clevlen grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, S Casey out at second, T Perez to third. R Santiago doubled to deep center, T Perez scored. M Thames doubled to deep left, R Santiago scored. M Rabelo hit by pitch. M Hessman homered to left, M Thames and M Rabelo scored. A Murray relieved M Wood. O Infante flied out to center. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 11, DETROIT 5. TEXAS 9TH: C Rapada relieved Y Bazardo. F Guzman homered to left. N Cruz grounded out to second. H Blalock walked. H Blalock to second on wild pitch by C Rapada. H Blalock to third on wild pitch by C Rapada. D Murphy struck out swinging. G Quiroz doubled to right center, H Blalock scored. R Vazquez walked. B Wilkerson struck out looking. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 13, DETROIT 5. DETROIT 9TH: C Maybin flied out to center. T Perez tripled to deep center. S Casey singled to left, T Perez scored. B Clevlen flied out to center. R Santiago grounded into fielder's choice to third, S Casey out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 13, DETROIT 6.</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL TEXAS AT DETROIT (1ST GAME) NOTE: THE HOME RUN BY TEXAS' CENTER FIELDER FREDDY GUZMAN OFF CLAYTON RAPADA IN THE NINTH INNING WAS THE FIRST OF HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER.</div>
AL: TEXAS at DETROIT <div class="pre">TEXAS (13) VS DETROIT (6) - FINAL (1ST GAME) TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg F Catalanotto 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 B Wilkerson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .238 I Kinsler 2b 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 .273 M Young ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .309 a-J Hairston Jr ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .192 M Byrd cf 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 .312 F Guzman cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 J Botts lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .234 N Cruz rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 H Blalock dh 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 .300 D Murphy rf-lf 5 2 3 2 0 1 2 .386 J Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .242 G Quiroz c 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 R Vazquez 3b-ss 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 .242 Totals 41 13 14 12 4 7 13 a-struck out looking for M Young in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - H Blalock (13, C Durbin); D Murphy (8, Y Bazardo); G Quiroz (1, C Rapada). 3B - D Murphy (2, J Capellan). HR - D Murphy (2, 2nd inning off C Durbin 0 on, 0 Out), M Byrd 2 (9, 3rd inning off C Durbin 1 on, 1 Out, 5th inning off J Capellan 0 on, 1 Out), J Saltalamacchia (7, 5th inning off J Capellan 1 on, 2 Out), R Vazquez (8, 5th inning off J Capellan 0 on, 2 Out), H Blalock (8, 7th inning off Y Bazardo 0 on, 1 Out), F Guzman (1, 9th inning off C Rapada 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - J Botts (12), D Murphy 2 (9), M Byrd 3 (61), J Saltalamacchia 2 (18), R Vazquez (27), H Blalock (26), F Guzman (1), G Quiroz (1). 2-out RBI - J Botts, D Murphy, J Saltalamacchia 2, R Vazquez, G Quiroz. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Wilkerson 1, R Vazquez 1, H Blalock 1, J Saltalamacchia 1. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: CS - F Catalanotto (1, 2nd base by J Capellan/M Rabelo). FIELDING: DP: 1 (R Vazquez-I Kinsler-B Wilkerson). DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Granderson cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .304 a-C Maybin ph-cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 T Perez rf 4 2 3 0 1 0 2 .423 S Casey 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 .288 M Ordonez dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .359 c-B Clevlen ph-dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 C Guillen ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .295 R Santiago ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .263 M Thames lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .245 M Rabelo c 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 .253 B Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 b-M Hessman ph-3b 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 .220 O Infante 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .270 Totals 36 6 11 6 3 7 17 a-reached on infield single to second for C Granderson in the 5th; b-popped out to shortstop for B Inge in the 5th; c-struck out swinging for M Ordonez in the 6th. BATTING: 2B - R Santiago (3, M Wood); M Thames (13, M Wood). 3B - T Perez (2, A Murray). HR - M Hessman (3, 8th inning off M Wood 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Santiago (3), M Thames (47), M Hessman 3 (10), S Casey (49). 2-out RBI - R Santiago, M Thames, M Hessman 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Rabelo 1. GIDP - B Clevlen. Team LOB - 8. FIELDING: E - B Inge (17, ground ball). DP: 1 (M Rabelo-O Infante). ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 113 050 102 -- 13 DETROIT - 000 000 051 -- 6 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era V Padilla (W, 6-9) 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 5.70 M Wood 1 2/3 6 5 5 0 1 1 4.91 A Murray 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.40 DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era C Durbin (L, 8-7) 2 2/3 6 5 4 0 0 2 4.76 T Byrdak 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.62 J Capellan 1 2/3 4 5 5 1 2 3 6.92 Y Bazardo 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 3.00 C Rapada 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 27.00 WP - T Byrdak, J Capellan, C Rapada 2. HBP - I Kinsler (by C Durbin); B Inge (by V Padilla); M Rabelo (by M Wood). Pitches-strikes: V Padilla 99-58; M Wood 32-20; A Murray 13-9; C Durbin 56-34; T Byrdak 20-8; J Capellan 41-21; Y Bazardo 38-21; C Rapada 30-16. Ground balls-fly balls: V Padilla 4-7; M Wood 4-0; A Murray 1-3; C Durbin 2-6; T Byrdak 0-0; J Capellan 1-1; Y Bazardo 3-5; C Rapada 1-0. Batters faced: V Padilla 24; M Wood 11; A Murray 6; C Durbin 15; T Byrdak 4; J Capellan 9; Y Bazardo 11; C Rapada 7. UMPIRES: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Adam Dowdy. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin Hudson. T--2:59. Att--32,719. Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, out to left.</div>
Byrd homers twice as Rangers rout Tigers <h3>TEXAS 13, DETROIT 6 (1ST GAME)</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers are playing for theirplayoff lives, but one would think it's the Texas Rangers whoare in a pennant race. Marlon Byrd hit two home runs and Vicente Padilla pitched sixscoreless innings as the Rangers blasted the Tigers, 13-6, inthe first game of a day-night doubleheader Tuesday. Winners of six straight and 13 of 15, Texas' playoff hopes endedlong ago. But that didn't stop the Rangers from belting seven home runsagainst the defending American League champions. With the loss, Detroit (78-67) fell four games behind the wildcard-leading New York Yankees (81-62) and 6 1/2 back of thefirst-place Cleveland (84-60) in the AL Central. All three teamsplay later Tuesday. In improving to 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four career startsagainst Detroit, Padilla (6-9) allowed three hits and threewalks while striking out six in the 99-pitch effort. The righthander received plenty of run support, as the Texaslineup got to starter Chad Durbin (8-7) right away. Jason Botts' two-out RBI single in the first and David Murphy'ssecond home run of the season in the second gave set the tonefor Texas. Things got no better for Durbin in the third, when he hit IanKinsler with a pitch to start the frame and, after recording oneout, allowed Byrd's eighth home run of the year - a career bestfor the center fielder. A two-out double by Hank Blalock later in the inning spelled theend for Durbin. Detroit reliever Tim Byrdak eventually endedthe frame, but not before throwing a wild pitch that platedTexas' fifth run of the game. Durbin, who has split time between the starting rotation andbullpen this season, allowed five runs - four earned - and sixhits in 2 2/3 innings. The Texas lineup went back to work in the fifth, when Byrdbelted a one-out solo shot to record the first multi-homer gameof his career. Murphy, who finished a single short of the cycle, delivered anRBI triple later in the inning and came into score on JarrodSaltalamacchia's 11th longball of the year. Ramon Vazquez followed with a solo blast to give the Rangers acommanding 11-0 lead. The home run barrage was capped by Blalock's eight home run ofthe year in the seventh and Freddy Guzman's first career blastin the ninth. Mike Hessman hit a three-run home run as the Tigers tallied sixruns over the final two innings, but it was not nearly enough toovercome the sizeable deficit. Detroit's All-Star catcher Ivan Rodriguez did not play afterleaving Monday's win against Toronto due to dizziness. Hisstatus for the second game of the doubleheader is uncertain.
Byrd homers twice as Rangers rout Tigers <h3>TEXAS 13, DETROIT 6 (1ST GAME)</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers are playing fortheir playoff lives, but one would think it's the Texas Rangerswho are in a pennant race. Marlon Byrd hit two home runs and Vicente Padilla pitched sixscoreless innings as the Rangers blasted the Tigers, 13-6, inthe first game of a day-night doubleheader Tuesday. Winners of six straight and 13 of 15, Texas' playoff hopes endedlong ago. But that didn't stop the Rangers from belting seven home runsagainst the defending American League champions. "It's a fact of life," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "Ifyou don't pitch, you don't win. We got bombed, we gaveourselves no chance to win." With the loss, Detroit (78-67) fell four games behind the wildcard-leading New York Yankees (81-62) and 6 1/2 back of thefirst-place Cleveland (84-60) in the AL Central. All three teamsplay later Tuesday. In improving to 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four career startsagainst Detroit, Padilla (6-9) allowed three hits and threewalks while striking out six in the 99-pitch effort. "We don't like doubleheaders," said Texas manager RonWashington, referring to the fact that two games in one day cantax a bullpen. "Padilla did a great job. Once again he workedoff his fastball and it made everything else look good." The righthander received plenty of run support, as the Texaslineup got to starter Chad Durbin (8-7) right away. Jason Botts' two-out RBI single in the first and David Murphy'ssecond home run of the season in the second gave set the tonefor Texas. Things got no better for Durbin in the third, when he hit IanKinsler with a pitch to start the frame and, after recording oneout, allowed Byrd's eighth home run of the year - a career bestfor the center fielder. A two-out double by Hank Blalock later in the inning spelled theend for Durbin. Detroit reliever Tim Byrdak eventually endedthe frame, but not before throwing a wild pitch that platedTexas' fifth run of the game. Durbin, who has split time between the starting rotation andbullpen this season, allowed five runs - four earned - and sixhits in 2 2/3 innings. "I had a good game plan, but just didn't execute," Durbin said."I was up in the zone all day and couldn't get the big out whenI needed it. They were very aggressive and hit my everything Itried to throw. I just couldn't get ahead of guys." The Texas lineup went back to work in the fifth, when Byrdbelted a one-out solo shot to record the first multi-homer gameof his career. "I'm happy about the win," Byrd said. "We're going in the rightdirection. We've got to keep pounding, keep playing the waywe're playing. It's been a long year for us but we're nowfinally playing Ranger baseball. "Pitching and defense and timely hitting. When you get pitchingand defense, you always have timely hitting. That's just theway it works, the game flows in your favor." Murphy, who finished a single short of the cycle, delivered anRBI triple later in the inning and came into score on JarrodSaltalamacchia's 11th home run of the year. "I knew (a single was needed for the cycle)," said Murphy, whostruck out in his final at-bat during the ninth inning. "I'mnot going to lie. It would have been fun but at the same time,if I can't be happy with the day that I had, there's somethingwrong." Ramon Vazquez followed with a solo blast to give the Rangers acommanding 11-0 lead. The home run barrage was capped by Blalock's eight home run ofthe year in the seventh and Freddy Guzman's first career blastin the ninth. Mike Hessman hit a three-run home run as the Tigers tallied sixruns over the final two innings, but it was not nearly enough toovercome the sizeable deficit. Detroit's All-Star catcher Ivan Rodriguez did not play afterleaving Monday's win against Toronto due to dizziness. Tigersmanager Jim Leyland said that Rodriguez is "over the dizziness"and will start the second game.
