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Rangers
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
August 21, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers, played on August 21, 2009 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 21, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 21, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dustin Nippert |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Scott Kazmir |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 20,639 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tim McClelland 1B: Jerry Layne 2B: Andy Fletcher 3B: Greg Gibson |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ian Kinsler | Second Baseman |
| Michael Young | Third Baseman |
| Marlon Byrd | Left Fielder |
| Andruw Jones | DH |
| Josh Hamilton | Center Fielder |
| Nelson Cruz | Right Fielder |
| Hank Blalock | First Baseman |
| Taylor Teagarden | Catcher |
| Elvis Andrus | Shortstop |
| Ron Washington | Manager |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jason Bartlett | Shortstop |
| Carl Crawford | Left Fielder |
| Evan Longoria | Third Baseman |
| Ben Zobrist | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Pena | First Baseman |
| Pat Burrell | DH |
| Gregg Zaun | Catcher |
| Gabe Gross | Right Fielder |
| Melvin Upton | Center Fielder |
| Joe Maddon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
August 21, 2009
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Kazmir
Kinsler hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Kazmir
Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Kazmir
Byrd hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Kazmir
Jones hits a line drive towards short. Bartlett reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Nippert
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Nippert
There goes Bartlett. The throw from Teagarden and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Crawford vs. Nippert
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bartlett scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Nippert
Longoria hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Nippert
Zobrist hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Nippert
There goes Zobrist. The throw from Teagarden and he is safe. Zobrist steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Nippert
Pena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Burrell vs. Nippert
Burrell strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Kazmir
Hamilton hits a line drive into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Kazmir
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blalock vs. Kazmir
Blalock hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Teagarden vs. Kazmir
Teagarden hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Nippert
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Nippert
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Upton vs. Nippert
Nippert fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Nippert. Gross moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Upton vs. Nippert
Upton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Bartlett vs. Nippert
Bartlett bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Gross scores. Upton moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Crawford vs. Nippert
Nippert spins and fires to second, with Andrus covering, and has Upton trapped. There's the throw to Young who tags Upton for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Nippert
Crawford hits a popup towards third. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Kazmir
Andrus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Kazmir
Kinsler hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Kazmir
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kazmir fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Nippert
Longoria hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Young, and into shallow left field. Longoria reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Zobrist vs. Nippert
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Longoria moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Pena vs. Nippert
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Burrell vs. Nippert
Burrell strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Kazmir
Byrd hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Kazmir
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Kazmir
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Nippert
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards third. Young fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Nippert
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Nippert
Upton hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Kazmir
Cruz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Kazmir
Blalock strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Teagarden vs. Kazmir
Teagarden hits a line drive into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Nippert
Bartlett hits a line drive into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Nippert
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crawford for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Nippert
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Zobrist vs. Nippert
Zobrist hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Nippert
Pena hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Burrell vs. Nippert
Burrell hits a line drive into left field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Kazmir
Andrus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kinsler vs. Kazmir
Kinsler hits a popup towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Kazmir
Young hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Andrus moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Byrd vs. Kazmir
Byrd strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Jones vs. Kazmir
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Eyre
Willie Eyre now pitching.
Zaun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Eyre
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Upton vs. Eyre
There goes Zaun. The throw from Teagarden and he is out, Kinsler applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Eyre
Upton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Kazmir
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Kazmir
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Kazmir
Blalock hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Eyre
Bartlett hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Eyre
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Eyre
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Young fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Teagarden vs. Kazmir
Teagarden hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Kazmir
Andrus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Kazmir
Kinsler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Kazmir
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kazmir fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kinsler moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Byrd vs. Balfour
Grant Balfour now pitching.
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Byrd vs. Balfour
Byrd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kinsler scores. Young moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Jones vs. Balfour
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to second for the out. Young scores. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hamilton vs. Balfour
Julio Borbon pinch runs for Andruw Jones.
There goes Borbon. The throw from Zaun and he is out, Bartlett applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Wilson
C.J. Wilson now pitching.
Zobrist takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Wilson
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pena for the out. Zobrist moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Burrell vs. Wilson
Burrell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zaun vs. Wilson
Zaun hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blalock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kapler vs. Wilson
Gabe Kapler pinch hits for Gabe Gross.
There's a wild pitch. Zobrist moves to third. Burrell moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Kapler vs. Wilson
Kapler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Upton vs. O'Day
Darren O'Day now pitching.
Upton strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Howell
Gabe Kapler now playing right field. J.P. Howell now pitching.
Hamilton strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Howell
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Howell
Blalock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Teagarden vs. Howell
Teagarden strikes out. Zaun drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Teagarden out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/21/2009 -- Texas at Tampa Bay (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Kinsler I, 2b 3 1 0 0 Bartlett J, ss 3 1 1 1
Young M, 3b 4 1 3 0 Crawford C, lf 4 0 0 1
Byrd M, lf 4 0 1 1 Longoria E, 3b 4 1 2 0
Jones A, dh 4 0 0 1 Zobrist B, 2b 3 1 2 2
Borbon J, pr 0 0 0 0 Pena C, 1b 3 1 1 1
Hamilton J, cf 4 0 0 0 Burrell P, dh 3 0 0 0
Cruz N, rf 3 0 0 0 Zaun G, c 3 0 0 0
Blalock H, 1b 3 0 0 0 Gross G, rf 3 1 1 0
Teagarden T, c 4 1 1 1 Kapler G, ph-rf 0 0 0 0
Andrus E, ss 3 0 1 0 Upton M, cf 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 3 6 3 29 5 7 5
Texas 000 000 030 -- 3
Tampa Bay 110 030 00x -- 5
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Nippert D (L) 5.0 7 5 4 2 3
Eyre W 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Wilson C 0.2 0 0 0 3 0
O'Day D 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir S (W) 7.1 5 3 3 2 4
Balfour G 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Howell J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
E -- Teagarden T, Nippert D
LOB -- Texas 5, Tampa Bay 7
2B -- Longoria E, Young M
HR -- Zobrist B, Pena C, Teagarden T
SB -- Bartlett J, Zobrist B, Young M, Kinsler I
CS -- Upton M, Zaun G, Borbon J
SH -- Bartlett J
WP -- Wilson C
T -- 2:53
A -- 20639
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