Quantcast

Jump to: site navigation, content.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Texas Rangers 7, Atlanta Braves 5

Email Print Tell us your story Comments (2)

— The Texas Rangers beat their former trading partners on a rain-logged Tuesday evening, defeating the Atlanta Braves 7-5 at Rangers Ballpark. The win improved the Rangers to 36-36 on the season.

Pictured: Teixeira celebrates his awesome .440 slugging percentage

Photo not provided by the Atlanta Braves

Pictured: Teixeira celebrates his awesome .440 slugging percentage

The long-awaited return of former Rangers All-Star Mark Teixeira was somewhat disappointing, as the fading slugger managed to go just 0-for-2 with a walk and an RBI sacrifice fly, and is hitting a meagre .269 with ten home runs in his first full season away from Texas. Teixeira was traded from Texas last year after declining a massive multi-year, $120 million deal with the Rangers.

Rangers starter Vicente Padilla kept the Braves hitters off balance all night, even Ted Williams clone Chipper Jones, who also finished just 0-for-2 to drop his season batting average to .400. Padilla lasted six innings and gave up just two runs --only one of them earned-- while improving his record to 9-3 with a 3.73 ERA. Padilla allowed just two hits and two walks while striking out four.

After Eddie Guardado gave up three runs to the Braves in the eighth, C.J. Wilson pitched a scoreless ninth for his 14th save of the season.

The Teixeira-less Rangers hitters performed pretty well against Atlanta's Tim Hudson, as only two Rangers starters finished without a hit --Michael Young and David Murphy-- and both of those two managed to drive in runs. Josh Hamilton went 1-for-2 with two walks and a towering solo home run in the first inning that set the tone for the rest of the game.

Milton Bradley had a two-run single in the bottom of the third, but appeared to injure himself on the play.

Posted by Todd M.


Related stories


See more stories in:

Comments

bobdon000 Anonymous

Exciting stuff. Hamilton's 1st inning homer set the tone for the Rangers - these guys know they can win!

5 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

SonyaBlade Anonymous

Glad they didn't trade Yashin with him.

5 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Post a comment

(Requires free PegasusNews.com account.)


Password: (Forgotten your password?)


Today

The Trains at NorthPark Oh, no! Godzilla got into the Northpark train exhibit! But don't worry, the engineers will have it back up and running in time for your mall visit. And now, BEFORE the big holiday rush, is the best time to see them, before hundreds of drooling children take over the enclosure after Thanksgiving. More info

Latest comments

See more recent comments

Latest reviews

See more recent reviews