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Texas Rangers @ Anaheim Angels

2002-04-17 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 15632 · 67°F, sunny · Wind 3 mph L to R · 2:42

Texas Rangers defeated Anaheim Angels 4–1. Texas Rangers put up 3 in the 5th. Ismael Valdez earned the win and Hideki Irabu picked up the save. Carl Everett went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	12
ANA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Ismael Valdez L: Scott Schoeneweis SV: Hideki Irabu

Umpires — HP: Alfonso Marquez · 1B: Tim Welke · 2B: Gary Cederstrom · 3B: Brian O'Nora · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jason Romano	4	1	0	0	1	2
Rusty Greer	5	1	2	0	0	0
Alex Rodriguez	4	1	2	1	1	1
Rafael Palmeiro	5	0	3	1	0	0
Herbert Perry	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carl Everett	4	1	1	1	0	1
Kevin Mench	4	0	1	0	0	2
Bill Haselman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Young	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hank Blalock	1	0	0	0	0	1

Anaheim Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Eckstein	3	0	0	0	0	0
Darin Erstad	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brad Fullmer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Garret Anderson	4	1	2	0	0	0
Scott Spiezio	3	0	1	0	1	0
Tim Salmon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Palmeiro	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bengie Molina	4	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Kennedy	3	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ismael Valdez	7.1	3	2	2
Chris Michalak	0.2	1	0	0
Hideki Irabu	1.0	1	0	1

Anaheim Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Schoeneweis	7.0	10	2	4
Ben Weber	2.0	2	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jason Romano: 7/F7M
Rusty Greer: S7/L7S
Alex Rodriguez: W.1-2
Rafael Palmeiro: 8/F8LXD
Herbert Perry: 9/F89D

Bot 1

David Eckstein: 53/G5S
Darin Erstad: K
Brad Fullmer: 3/P34S

Top 2

Carl Everett: 43/G4M
Kevin Mench: S5/G5S
Bill Haselman: 64(1)/FO/G6
Michael Young: 7/F7D

Bot 2

Garret Anderson: D8/F78XD
Scott Spiezio: 9/L89S
Tim Salmon: 8/F8RXD.2-3
Orlando Palmeiro: S6/P7S.3-H
Bengie Molina: 9/F89M

Top 3

Jason Romano: 53/G5
Rusty Greer: 7/L7S
Alex Rodriguez: S8/G6M
Rafael Palmeiro: S9/L9S.1-2
Herbert Perry: K

Bot 3

Adam Kennedy: 7/L7LS
David Eckstein: 2/FL/P2LF
Darin Erstad: W
Brad Fullmer: 8/F8LS

Top 4

Carl Everett: HR/F78XD
Kevin Mench: 2/FL/P2RF
Bill Haselman: 9/F9S
Michael Young: 53/G5

Bot 4

Garret Anderson: S9/G34
Scott Spiezio: W.1-2
Tim Salmon: 4/P4D
Orlando Palmeiro: 7/P7LS
Bengie Molina: 9/F89D

Top 5

Jason Romano: W
Rusty Greer: S9/G4.1-3
Alex Rodriguez: D7/G5.3-H;1-3
Rafael Palmeiro: S9/G34.3-H;2-3
Herbert Perry: FC5/G5S.3-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2(E5/TH)
Carl Everett: K/C
Kevin Mench: K
Bill Haselman: 53/G5

Bot 5

Adam Kennedy: 4/P4D
David Eckstein: 3/L34S
Darin Erstad: K

Top 6

Michael Young: S8/L6D
Jason Romano: K
Rusty Greer: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 6

Brad Fullmer: 43/G4
Garret Anderson: 2/FL/P25F
Scott Spiezio: 43/G4

Top 7

Alex Rodriguez: 53/G56
Rafael Palmeiro: 2/FL/P2LF
Herbert Perry: D7/G5
Carl Everett: 8/P8RS

Bot 7

Tim Salmon: 9/P89S
Orlando Palmeiro: 7/L7LM
Bengie Molina: 8/F8RD

Top 8

Kevin Mench: K
Bill Haselman: 63/G6S
Michael Young: S8/G6M
Jason Romano: K

Bot 8

Adam Kennedy: 8/P89S
David Eckstein: HP
Darin Erstad: 54(1)/FO/G56
Brad Fullmer: S8/L8LS.1-3
Garret Anderson: 13/G25

Top 9

Rusty Greer: 43/G4
Alex Rodriguez: K
Rafael Palmeiro: S9/L89S
Hank Blalock: K

Bot 9

Scott Spiezio: D7/L78D
Tim Salmon: 23/G2L
Orlando Palmeiro: 43/G4.2-3
Bengie Molina: K

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Jason Romano
Rangers coach Acosta ejected by HP umpire Marquez for arguing balls and strikes while making mound visit with Salmon at bat

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