Devil Rays 8, Rangers 6
Sammy Sosa did not homer and remains at 597 for his career. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP)
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
Willie Eyre gave up a game-ending two-run home run to Delmon Young as the Rangers wound up losing all three games of their series with the Devil Rays. Kameron Loe went 5 1/3 innings and gave up five earned runs.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: May 17, 2007
Texas
(15-26)
Lost 4
Tampa Bay 8, Texas 6
Today's Boxes 5/17/07
CLE 2, MIN 0
BOS 2, DET 1
WSH 4, ATL 3
NYM 6, CHC 5
CWS 4, NYY 1
ARI 3, COL 1
MIL 3, PHI 2
KC 7, OAK 4
BOS 4, DET 2
PIT 7, FLA 2
SF 2, HOU 1
LAA 7, SEA 3
Tampa Bay
(18-22)
Won 4
May 17, 2007
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Standings thru 5/17/07  | Gameday  | Rangers Stats  | Devil Rays Stats
Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kata , 3B6 1 1 0 0 1 3 .260
Young , SS4 0 0 1 2 1 3 .228
Teixeira , 1B2 0 2 3 3 0 0 .301
Sosa , DH6 0 1 0 0 3 9 .268
Diaz , RF6 1 1 1 0 4 8 .250
Cruz , LF4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .202
Kinsler , 2B3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .223
Laird , C3 0 0 0 2 2 2 .209
Mahar , CF5 2 2 1 0 2 3 .222
Totals 39 6 8 6 9 14 28
BATTING 2B : Mahar (1, Kazmir), Teixeira (14, Stokes), Kata (2, Glover).HR : Diaz (3, 7th inning off Orvella, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Kata 2; Teixeira 3; Sosa; Diaz 4; Cruz; Mahar 3.RBI : Mahar (1), Young (24), Teixeira 3 (23), Diaz (6).2-out RBI : Teixeira 2.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Diaz 5; Sosa; Kata.S : Kinsler.SF : Teixeira.Team LOB : 14. FIELDING E : Kinsler (9, throw).DP : 2 (Loe-Young-Teixeira, Kinsler-Young-Teixeira).
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Dukes , CF5 0 0 0 0 4 6 .216
Upton , 2B4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .321
Crawford , LF5 1 2 1 0 1 0 .292
Wigginton , DH5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .250
Pena , 1B4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .298
Harris , SS4 2 2 0 1 0 2 .358
Young , RF5 2 2 5 0 0 1 .244
Paul , C4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .261
Wilson , 3B4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .172
Totals 40 8 14 7 3 9 16
BATTING 3B : Crawford (4, Loe).HR : Young 2 (6, 4th inning off Loe, 2 on, 0 out; 10th inning off Eyre, 1 on, 1 out).TB : Crawford 4; Wigginton; Pena 2; Harris 2; Young 8; Paul 2; Wilson 3.RBI : Crawford (23), Young 5 (22), Pena (22).2-out RBI : Crawford; Pena.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Wigginton; Upton 2; Dukes.GIDP : Harris; Pena.Team LOB : 7. BASERUNNING SB : Wilson 2 (2, 2nd base off Loe/Laird, 2nd base off Francisco/Laird). FIELDING E : Kazmir (2, throw), Wilson (6, fielding), Harris (5, fielding).PB : Paul (3).
Orvella pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.IBB : Teixeira (by Glover).Pitches-strikes : Loe 105-65, Francisco 9-6, Wilson 12-7, Benoit 25-15, Otsuka 15-9, Eyre 12-5, Kazmir 109-63, Orvella 42-30, Camp 14-9, Stokes 16-12, Reyes 25-16, Glover 25-14.Ground outs-fly outs : Loe 7-6, Francisco 0-0, Wilson 2-0, Benoit 1-0, Otsuka 1-1, Eyre 1-0, Kazmir 1-2, Orvella 4-1, Camp 1-1, Stokes 1-0, Reyes 0-2, Glover 2-1.Batters faced : Loe 27, Francisco 2, Wilson 3, Benoit 5, Otsuka 3, Eyre 3, Kazmir 22, Orvella 11, Camp 4, Stokes 4, Reyes 4, Glover 5.Inherited runners-scored : Francisco 2-0, Camp 1-0.Umpires : HP: Mark Wegner. 1B: Brian Runge. 2B: Jerry Layne. 3B: Bruce Froemming.Weather : 73 degrees, overcast.Wind : 6 mph, L to R.T : 4:13.Att : 9,635.
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