los angeles angels at texas rangers

may 3, 2006

top of the first

danny haren takes the mound for the rangers.
mark loretta grounded to second. <--->
coco crisp singled to center field. <--1>
the angels put on the hit and run.
michael young singled to left-center, advancing the runner to third. <3-1>
jose guillen singled through the right side, scoring a run. <3-1>
mike piazza walked. <321>
kendry morales struck out. <321>
phil nevin grounded to short. <321>
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, and 3 left on base.
in the middle of the first, los angeles leads 1 to 0.

bottom of the first

mark prior takes the mound for the angels.
brad wilkerson walked. <--1>
brian roberts struck out. <--1>
mark derosa walked. <-21>
richie sexson flied out to center. <-21>
chris shelton struck out. <-21>
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base.
at the end of the first, texas trails 1 to 0.

top of the second

xavier nady homered to left-center. <--->
brandon inge struck out. <--->
mark loretta grounded to second. <--->
coco crisp singled to left field. <--1>
michael young singled back through the middle. <-21>
jose guillen singled to center, scoring a run. <3-1>
mike piazza struck out. <3-1>
2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base.
in the middle of the second, los angeles leads 3 to 0.

bottom of the second

matt murton singled up the middle. <--1>
matt murton went for an extra base and was thrown out at second. <--->
casey kotchman singled to right field. <--1>
conor jackson lined out to third. <--1>
ian kinsler flied out to center field. <--1>
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
at the end of the second, texas trails 3 to 0.

top of the third

kendry morales struck out. <--->
phil nevin flied out to center. <--->
xavier nady grounded to second. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
in the middle of the third, los angeles leads 3 to 0.

bottom of the third

brad wilkerson struck out. <--->
brian roberts lined out to center field. <--->
mark derosa struck out. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the third, texas trails 3 to 0.

top of the fourth

brandon inge lined out to center. <--->
mark loretta flied out to center. <--->
coco crisp grounded to first. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
in the middle of the fourth, los angeles leads 3 to 0.

bottom of the fourth

richie sexson struck out. <--->
chris shelton struck out. <--->
matt murton popped up behind home plate. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the fourth, texas trails 3 to 0.

top of the fifth

michael young flied out to right field. <--->
jose guillen struck out. <--->
mike piazza walked. <--1>
kendry morales struck out. <--1>
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
in the middle of the fifth, los angeles leads 3 to 0.

bottom of the fifth

casey kotchman grounded to third. <--->
conor jackson singled to left. <--1>
conor jackson went for an extra base and was thrown out at second. <--->
ian kinsler grounded to second. <--->
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the fifth, texas trails 3 to 0.

top of the sixth

travis harper came in to pitch for the rangers. <--->
phil nevin struck out. <--->
xavier nady struck out. <--->
brandon inge walked. <--1>
mark loretta struck out. <--1>
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
in the middle of the sixth, los angeles leads 3 to 0.

bottom of the sixth

brad wilkerson grounded to the shortstop. <--->
brian roberts singled through the hole. <--1>
mark derosa struck out. <--1>
richie sexson struck out. <--1>
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
at the end of the sixth, texas trails 3 to 0.

top of the seventh

roberto novoa came in to pitch for the rangers. <--->
coco crisp grounded to the second baseman. <--->
michael young grounded to third. <--->
jose guillen grounded to short. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
in the middle of the seventh, los angeles leads 3 to 0.

bottom of the seventh

chris shelton popped up behind home plate. <--->
matt murton struck out. <--->
casey kotchman grounded to third. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the seventh, texas trails 3 to 0.

top of the eighth

mike piazza doubled into the right field corner. <-2->
kendry morales singled through the hole. <3-1>
phil nevin lined out to first. <3-1>
xavier nady walked. <321>
brandon inge flied out to right. <321>
mike piazza tagged up and reached home, scoring a run. <-21>
joaquin benoit came in to pitch for the rangers. <-21>
mark loretta singled through the hole. <321>
coco crisp flied out to right. <321>
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, and 3 left on base.
in the middle of the eighth, los angeles leads 4 to 0.

bottom of the eighth

conor jackson struck out. <--->
ian kinsler struck out. <--->
brad wilkerson grounded to third. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the eighth, texas trails 4 to 0.

top of the ninth

michael young walked. <--1>
jose guillen grounded to second for a double play (4-6-3). <--->
mike piazza singled back through the middle. <--1>
kendry morales was hit by a pitch. <-21>
phil nevin struck out. <-21>
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 2 left on base.
in the middle of the ninth, los angeles leads 4 to 0.

bottom of the ninth

brian roberts grounded to the pitcher. <--->
mark derosa popped up to the second baseman. <--->
richie sexson walked. <--1>
chris shelton grounded to short. <--1>

angels win: 4-0