Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 7,
Tampa Bay 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Saturday, April 28, 2012
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Bob Davidson
Attendance: 49197
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Bob Davidson
Attendance: 49197
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .183 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .263 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .329 |
| Luke Scott | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .323 |
| Brandon Allen | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .083 |
| Elliot Johnson | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .158 |
| Jose Molina | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Evan Longoria (7) | |||||||||
| HR - Matt Joyce (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Desmond Jennings, Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria 3, Matt Joyce 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Evan Longoria (19), Matt Joyce (9) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist (6), Luke Scott 2 (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Evan Longoria (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Desmond Jennings 2 (6, 2nd off Lewis/Torrealba, 2nd off Adams/Torrealba) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Elliot Johnson (1), Jose Molina (1) | |||||||||
| PB - Jose Molina (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann (L 1-3) | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Jake McGee | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 |
| Burke Badenhop | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.20 |
| J.P. Howell | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 |
| WP - Jeff Niemann | ||||||||
| HBP - Yorvit Torrealba (by Howell) | ||||||||
| IBB - Josh Hamilton (by Badenhop) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 100-63, Jake McGee 6-4, Burke Badenhop 25-14, J.P. Howell 20-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 7-3, Jake McGee 0-0, Burke Badenhop 0-1, J.P. Howell 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 24, Jake McGee 1, Burke Badenhop 7, J.P. Howell 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jake McGee 1-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .314 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .266 |
| Josh Hamilton | CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .388 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .319 |
| Michael Young | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 |
| Nelson Cruz | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| David Murphy | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .302 |
| Yorvit Torrealba | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .225 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .213 |
| Totals | 31 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Elvis Andrus (3), Mitch Moreland (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Adrian Beltre (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Ian Kinsler, Elvis Andrus 2, Josh Hamilton 2, Adrian Beltre 5, Mitch Moreland 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Josh Hamilton 2 (24), Adrian Beltre 3 (13) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Adrian Beltre 3 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nelson Cruz (10), Yorvit Torrealba (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Young (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Elvis Andrus (1, 2nd by Niemann/Molina) | |||||||||
| SB - Josh Hamilton (2, 2nd off Niemann/Molina), Michael Young (2, 2nd off Niemann/Molina) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Colby Lewis (W 3-0) | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1.93 |
| Alexi Ogando (H 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.84 |
| Mike Adams | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Koji Uehara | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 |
| HBP - Luke Scott (by Lewis) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Colby Lewis 96-56, Alexi Ogando 13-9, Mike Adams 14-10, Koji Uehara 7-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Colby Lewis 6-3, Alexi Ogando 0-1, Mike Adams 0-1, Koji Uehara 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Colby Lewis 24, Alexi Ogando 3, Mike Adams 5, Koji Uehara 3 | ||||||||