Sosa hits No. 597 in loss
Devil Rays 11, Rangers 8
Sammy Sosa hits career home run No. 597 on Wednesday night. (John Raoux/AP)
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
Sammy Sosa moved one step closer to the 600-homer milestone in the fourth inning with a two-run shot. Mark Teixeira and Victor Diaz also went deep, but the Rangers still fell for the seventh time in the last nine games.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: May 16, 2007
Tampa Bay 11, Texas 8
Today's Boxes 5/16/07
CWS 5, NYY 3
WSH 6, ATL 4
FLA 4, PIT 3
PHI 6, MIL 2
CLE 7, MIN 1
TOR 2, BAL 1
NYM 8, CHC 1
HOU 2, SF 1
NYY 8, CWS 1
COL 5, ARI 3
LAA 5, SEA 0
SD 3, CIN 2
KC 4, OAK 3
LAD 5, STL 4
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Standings thru 5/16/07 | Gameday | Rangers Stats | Devil Rays Stats
Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Hairston , 2B3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .234
Kata , 2B 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .273
Young , SS4 2 1 1 1 1 2 .233
Teixeira , 1B4 2 3 2 1 1 0 .291
Sosa , DH5 1 2 3 0 0 1 .273
Blalock , 3B5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .285
Diaz , RF3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .269
1-Stewart , PR-C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Cruz , LF-RF4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .200
Laird , C-LF3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .214
Mahar , CF4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Totals 36 8 11 7 4 7 9
BATTING 2B : Cruz (5, Fossum).HR : Sosa (9, 4th inning off Fossum, 1 on, 1 out), Diaz (2, 4th inning off Fossum, 0 on, 2 out), Teixeira (6, 5th inning off Fossum, 1 on, 1 out).TB : Hairston; Young; Teixeira 6; Sosa 5; Diaz 5; Cruz 3.RBI : Sosa 3 (30), Diaz (5), Young (23), Teixeira 2 (20).2-out RBI : Diaz; Sosa.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Laird; Blalock; Young.GIDP : Cruz; Mahar.Team LOB : 6.BASERUNNING SB : Hairston (1, 3rd base off Fossum/Navarro).
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Dukes , CF4 1 1 1 2 0 6 .225
Upton , 2B4 2 1 2 1 2 3 .331
Crawford , LF5 0 1 3 0 1 4 .288
Wigginton , 3B5 1 3 1 0 2 2 .252
Pena , 1B4 2 3 0 1 0 0 .289
Harris , SS5 2 3 1 0 0 4 .352
Young , RF4 2 2 3 1 0 2 .238
Navarro , C5 0 0 0 0 0 5 .190
Gomes , DH3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .158
Totals 39 11 15 11 6 6 26
BATTING 3B : Crawford (3, Murray).HR : Dukes (7, 1st inning off Padilla, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Dukes 4; Upton; Crawford 3; Wigginton 3; Pena 3; Harris 3; Young 2; Gomes.RBI : Dukes (12), Young 3 (17), Upton 2 (25), Harris (11), Crawford 3 (22), Wigginton (21).2-out RBI : Upton; Crawford 3.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Harris; Crawford; Wigginton; Dukes 2; Young.Team LOB : 12.BASERUNNING SB : Upton (7, 2nd base off Feldman/Laird).FIELDING E : Upton (10, throw).DP : 2 (Wigginton-Upton-Pena 2).
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Fossum (W, 3-3)5.0 9 6 6 0 4 3 7.80
Ryu 1.2 0 1 1 2 2 0 4.91
Camp (H, 7)1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.23
Stokes (H, 7)0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.38
Reyes (S, 12)1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.45
HBP : Gomes (by Feldman), Upton (by Feldman), Diaz (by Camp).Pitches-strikes : Padilla 77-51, Murray 42-22, Feldman 39-22, Gagne 19-10, Fossum 84-53, Ryu 31-17, Camp 26-13, Stokes 8-3, Reyes 11-8.Ground outs-fly outs : Padilla 5-4, Murray 1-2, Feldman 1-4, Gagne 0-1, Fossum 5-6, Ryu 0-3, Camp 2-1, Stokes 1-0, Reyes 0-2.Batters faced : Padilla 25, Murray 9, Feldman 9, Gagne 4, Fossum 23, Ryu 7, Camp 6, Stokes 2, Reyes 3.Inherited runners-scored : Murray 2-2, Feldman 2-0, Camp 2-1, Stokes 1-0.Umpires : HP: Bruce Froemming. 1B: Mark Wegner. 2B: Brian Runge. 3B: Jerry Layne.Weather : 81 degrees, cloudy.Wind : 7 mph, In from CF.T : 3:20.Att : 8,839.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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