National League Triple Crown candidate Lance Berkman (pictured above) and the Houston Astros visit American League RBI leader Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers in Friday night's I-45 Classic series opener at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. - sarowen/Flickr.com
Rangers Gameday: 5/16 Vs. HOU
Friday, May 16th Game Preview
Houston Astros (24-18) vs. Texas Rangers (20-22)
Shawn Chacon (0-0, 3.53 ERA) vs. Sidney Ponson (2-0, 3.16 ERA)
7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington)
TV: FSN-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 179
| Astros |
Rangers |
||
| Pos. | Player | Pos. | Player |
| RF | Hunter Pence |
2B | Ian Kinsler |
| 2B | Kazuo Matsui |
SS | Michael Young |
| SS | Miguel Tejada |
CF | Josh Hamilton |
| DH | Lance Berkman |
DH | Milton Bradley |
| LF | Carlos Lee | RF | David Murphy |
| 1B | Darin Erstad |
LF | Brandon Boggs |
| 3B | Ty Wigginton | 1B | Frank Catalanotto |
| CF | Michael Bourn |
C | Jarrod Saltalamacchia |
| C | J.R. Towles |
3B | Ramon Vazquez |
Notes: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that designated hitter Milton Bradley (sore right shoulder) will return to the Texas Rangers lineup for tonight’s interleague opener against the Houston Astros.
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23 Responses to “Rangers Gameday: 5/16 Vs. HOU”
May 16th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Rangers lead 1-0 on Murphy’s two-out RBI single in the first inning…Chacon isn’t looking real hot…
May 16th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
And Boggs follows with a laser to the right-center field gap…two-run triple, 3-0 Rangers…
May 16th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Ponson has surrendered a couple runs here in the second…3-2 going into the bottom of the second…
May 16th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Josh Hamilton goes boom to the bullpen…4-2 Texas…
May 16th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Jarrod Saltalamacchia just launched one into the upper deck…wow…
May 16th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Goood god, Salty absolutely destroyed that ball… I’ve been waiting to see that all damn year.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Speaking of destroyed, Hamilton just blasted one off the facade of the upper deck…8-2 Rangers…
This game is damn fun…
May 16th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Well, it’s not so fun anymore…Ponson’s made it 8-5, and appears to be a bit dinged up after that last liner…
May 16th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
8-7 Rangers, with the final out of the inning being made at the plate…
Good grief…
May 16th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Why the hell did Ron leave Ponson in there so long? Rediculous.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Towles just missed a go-ahead shot to left…still 8-7 Rangers…
May 16th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Good question, Jon.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Tie game…freakin’ wow…
May 16th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
If we had some good pitching, this team would be playoff bound. Oh wait, that’s been the case here for last 10 years. Sigh.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Pence makes a wonderful catch to rob Shelton of a three-run double…wow…
May 16th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Rangers get a fine catch of their own from Murphy, and Wright picks Berkman off first…still tied at 8-8 going to the bottom of the seventh…
May 16th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Kinsler scores on a MY RBI single to right, and Hamilton smashes one down the right field line…10-8 Texas…
May 16th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Long drive from Murphy into the Rangers bullpen makes it 11-8…
May 16th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
And now Shelton goes yard over the right-field fence…12-8…
May 16th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
16-8 by the time that inning ends… this has been one helluva game… two awesome innings, interspersed by a realyl shitty one… yep, this is Rangers baseball!
AND I LOVE IT!
May 16th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
What a fun finish.
May 17th, 2008 at 3:35 am
This wasn’t baseball-I hated it! Give me that game Ponson played vs. KC-THAT was baseball! But my man Sid may be done, so this really, really, REALLY bites for me. I knew all you guys were is football fans!
May 17th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Sorry you feel that way, Lou.
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