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Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners

2008-05-08 · Night game · Safeco Field · Att: 22922 · 54°F · Wind 2 mph from LF · 3:03

Texas Rangers defeated Seattle Mariners 5–0. Texas Rangers put up 2 in the 1st. Franklyn German earned the win. Ian Kinsler went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	10
SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

W: Franklyn German L: Felix Hernandez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: Rick Reed · 2B: Jeff Kellogg · 3B: Mark Wegner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Kinsler	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ramon Vazquez	5	1	4	1	0	1
Josh Hamilton	4	1	0	0	1	3
Milton Bradley	3	0	0	0	1	1
David Murphy	3	0	0	1	0	2
Brandon Boggs	3	0	2	1	1	0
Frank Catalanotto	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gerald Laird	3	2	1	0	0	1
German Duran	4	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Shelton	1	0	1	0	0	0

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Ichiro Suzuki	4	1	0	2
Jose Lopez	4	1	0	0
Raul Ibanez	4	0	0	2
Adrian Beltre	4	0	0	0
Richie Sexson	0	0	1	0
Yuniesky Betancourt	4	1	0	0
Wladimir Balentien	2	0	1	0
Kenji Johjima	3	0	0	1
Willie Bloomquist	2	0	1	1
Miguel Cairo	2	1	1	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kason Gabbard	3.2	2	4	1
Franklyn German	1.2	1	0	3
Jamey Wright	2.0	0	0	1
Eddie Guardado	0.2	0	0	0
Frank Francisco	1.0	1	0	1

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Felix Hernandez	5.0	6	3	5
Ryan Rowland-Smith	3.0	3	0	3
Mark Lowe	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ian Kinsler: 53/G56S
Ramon Vazquez: S9/L34D
Josh Hamilton: W.1-2
Milton Bradley: W.2-3;1-2
David Murphy: 7/SF/F7S.3-H
Brandon Boggs: S9/G34+.2-H;1-3
Frank Catalanotto: 7/F78D

Bot 1

Ichiro Suzuki: S6/G6M
Jose Lopez: 16(1)3/GDP/G15
Raul Ibanez: 63/G56

Top 2

Gerald Laird: HP
German Duran: 5
Ian Kinsler: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Ramon Vazquez: S9/G34
Josh Hamilton: K
Milton Bradley: K

Bot 2

Adrian Beltre: 63/G6
Richie Sexson: W
Yuniesky Betancourt: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Top 3

David Murphy: K
Brandon Boggs: W
Frank Catalanotto: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 3

Wladimir Balentien: W
Kenji Johjima: 9/F9LM
Willie Bloomquist: W.1-2
Ichiro Suzuki: K
Jose Lopez: 4/L4-

Top 4

Gerald Laird: K
German Duran: 53/G56S
Ian Kinsler: HP
Ramon Vazquez: D9/F89D+.1-3
Josh Hamilton: 7/F78XD

Bot 4

Raul Ibanez: 3/G3
Adrian Beltre: 9/F89M
Miguel Cairo: W
Yuniesky Betancourt: S6/G6+.1-3(E6/TH);B-2
Wladimir Balentien: 53/G5S-

Top 5

Milton Bradley: 13/BG15-
David Murphy: 8/F8LXD+
Brandon Boggs: S9/L9S-
Frank Catalanotto: K

Bot 5

Kenji Johjima: 7/F78D
Willie Bloomquist: K
Ichiro Suzuki: K

Top 6

Gerald Laird: D7/F7LM+
German Duran: K
Ian Kinsler: 7/F78S
Ramon Vazquez: S7/L7LS-.2-H;BX2(74)

Bot 6

Jose Lopez: D7/L7LS+
Raul Ibanez: K
Adrian Beltre: 63/G6S-.2-3
Miguel Cairo: 53/G56

Top 7

Josh Hamilton: K
Milton Bradley: 3/P3F
David Murphy: K

Bot 7

Yuniesky Betancourt: 8/F8RM-
Wladimir Balentien: 53/G56
Kenji Johjima: K

Top 8

Brandon Boggs: 4/P4D
Chris Shelton: S9/L34D+
Gerald Laird: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 8

Willie Bloomquist: 63/G6
Ichiro Suzuki: 63/G6S-
Jose Lopez: 43/G34+

Top 9

German Duran: K
Ian Kinsler: D9/F9LD+
Ramon Vazquez: K
Josh Hamilton: K

Bot 9

Raul Ibanez: K
Adrian Beltre: 8/F8LD
Miguel Cairo: S4/G4S-
Yuniesky Betancourt: 5/L5S+

Notes & reviews

the second pitch to Richie Sexson was high; he charged the mound, throwing his helmet at Kason Gabbard; both benches and bullpens emptied and there was a lot of pushing and shoving; former Mariner Eddie Guardado held Felix Hernandez (who had hit two batters earlier) back from the scrum; Milton Bradley picked up Gerald Laird and carried him away from trouble; Bradley had been injured in 2007 when his manager tried to do the same; Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson ejected by HP umpire Chad Fairchild
Rangers pitcher Kason Gabbard left the game due to an injured leg

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