Rangers 7, 
Devil Rays 5
| W: | R. Tejeda (1-0) |
| L: | M. Hendrickson (1-2) |
| SV: | A. Otsuka (3) |
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| A Brown CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .240 |
| M Young SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .345 |
| M Teixeira 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .292 |
| P Nevin DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .260 |
| H Blalock 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
| K Mench RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .322 |
| B Wilkerson LF | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| M DeRosa 2B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| R Barajas C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .205 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| BATTING 2B: M DeRosa (3, M Hendrickson); M Young 2 (13, D Miceli, M Hendrickson); R Barajas (1, M Hendrickson) HR: M Derosa (1, 5th inning off M Hendrickson 1 on, 0 Out); K Mench (8, 6th inning off M Hendrickson 0 on, 1 Out); B Wilkerson (4, 6th inning off M Hendrickson 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: R Barajas (7), M Young 2 (17), M DeRosa 2 (4), K Mench (23), B Wilkerson (10) S: R Barajas 2-out RBI: M Young 2 GIDP: P Nevin Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Teixeira 2, P Nevin 2 Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: B Wilkerson (2, 2nd base by D Miceli/T Hall) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: H Blalock (4, throw) DP: 1 (M DeRosa-M Young-M Teixeira). | ||||||||
| Texas Rangers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| R Tejeda (W, 5-5) | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 86-46 | 3.60 |
| R Mahay | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22-15 | 0.00 |
| J Benoit | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18-11 | 3.46 |
| C Wilson (H, 8) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15-8 | 7.71 |
| A Alfonseca (H, 8) | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19-12 | 4.26 |
| F Cordero (H, 15) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-7 | 9.95 |
| A Otsuka (S, 32) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-10 | 2.08 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 185-109 | |
| PITCHING HBP: J Gomes (By J Benoit) Batters faced: R Tejeda 24; R Mahay 5; J Benoit 4; C Wilson 2; A Alfonseca 3; F Cordero 3; A Otsuka 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Tejeda 6-9; R Mahay 0-0; J Benoit 1-1; C Wilson 0-0; A Alfonseca 1-0; F Cordero 1-0; A Otsuka 2-0 Game Scores: R Tejeda 47 | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| J Gathright CF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .211 |
| C Crawford LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| J Gomes DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .292 |
| T Wigginton 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| T Hall C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .342 |
| D Hollins RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .284 |
| T Lee 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .198 |
| a-G Norton PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .182 |
| S Burroughs 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .176 |
| T Perez SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .187 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 | |
| a-walked for T Lee in the 7th | ||||||||
| BATTING HR: D Hollins (4, 2nd inning off R Tejeda 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: T Wigginton 2 (26), D Hollins (5), T Hall 2 (11) SF: T Wigginton 2-out RBI: T Wigginton GIDP: S Burroughs Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Gathright 1, T Hall 1, C Crawford 1, D Hollins 2, S Burroughs 1 Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Crawford (7, 2nd base off R Tejeda/R Barajas) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: T Hall (3, catch) DP: 1 (T Perez-T Wigginton-T Lee). | ||||||||
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| M Hendrickson (L, 4-8) | 5.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 91-56 | 2.66 |
| T Harper | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18-9 | 3.09 |
| D Miceli | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24-18 | 5.11 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 133-83 | |
| PITCHING WP: M Hendrickson Batters faced: M Hendrickson 25; T Harper 6; D Miceli 8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Hendrickson 6-6; T Harper 4-0; D Miceli 3-2 Game Scores: M Hendrickson 32 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| TEX | TAM | |||
 | 1st | T Wigginton hit sacrifice fly to center, J Gathright scored. | 0 | 1 |
| 2nd | D Hollins homered to center. | 0 | 2 |
 | 3rd | R Barajas grounded out to shortstop, B Wilkerson scored. | 1 | 2 |
| 3rd | M Young doubled to right, M DeRosa scored. | 2 | 2 |
| 5th | M DeRosa homered to right center, B Wilkerson scored. | 4 | 2 |
| 6th | K Mench homered to left center. | 5 | 2 |
| 6th | B Wilkerson homered to right. | 6 | 2 |
| 7th | T Hall singled to right center, J Gomes and T Wigginton scored. | 6 | 4 |
| 8th | T Wigginton singled to left, J Gathright scored, C Crawford to third. | 6 | 5 |
| 9th | M Young doubled to deep left center, M DeRosa scored. | 7 | 5 |
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| Game Notes |
| TEXAS PITCHER ANTONIO ALFONSECA LEFT THE GAME IN THE EIGHTH INNING DUE TO AN UNDISCLOSED INJURY. |
| THE HOME RUNS BY TEXAS' KEVIN MENCH AND BRAD WILKERSON IN THE SIXTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 7,147 (19.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:13 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Carlson, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - John Hirschbeck, Third Base - Wally Bell |
MLB Scores
Tuesday, May 2nd 2006
| Chi White Sox | 1 | Final |
| Cleveland | 7 |
| St. Louis | 2 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 3 |
| Pittsburgh | 8 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 0 |
| Oakland | 10 | Final |
| LA Angels | 3 |
| San Diego | 5 | Final |
| San Francisco | 3 |
| Toronto | 2 | Final |
| Baltimore | 9 |
| NY Yankees | Postponed | |
| Boston |
| Kansas City | 1 | Final |
| Detroit | 4 |
| Philadelphia | 7 | Final |
| Florida | 5 |
| Washington | 6 | Final |
| NY Mets | 2 |
| Texas | 7 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 5 |
| Colorado | 4 | Final |
| Atlanta | 5 |
| Houston | 8 | Final |
| Milwaukee | 5 |
| Seattle | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota | 5 |
| LA Dodgers | 8 | Final |
| Arizona | 10 |