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Game Report: White Sox 8, Rangers 4

Posted on March 14th, 2009 7:36pm by Evan Grant
Filed under Game Recap, Texas Rangers

Chicago’s Brian Anderson capped off a five-run ninth inning with a walk-off grand slam Saturday afternoon in Glendale, Ariz.. Anderson hit his grand slam, which landed beyond the bullpens in left field, off minor league RHP Brennan Garr. Garr had followed fellow minor leaguer LHP Zach Phillips into the game. Phillips started the ninth because the Rangers were a pitcher short after LHP C.J. Wilson tore a blister Saturday morning. Phillips got the first out of the inning, then allowed two hits and two walks as the White Sox tied the score. Garr replaced Phillips to face Anderson.

The good: INF Joaquin Arias had three hits in four at-bats. He has six hits in his last eight at-bats to raise his spring batting average to .526. Arias would likely win a spot on the major league roster due to his offensive abilities alone, but his throwing remains a concern. Arias played both second and shortstop in the game and made a solid play from short to complete a double-play.

The bad: RHP Josh Rupe may be losing ground in the bullpen battle. He entered the game with a 4-1 lead and proceeded to give up a one-out homer to Wilson Betemit on a sloppy high fastball. He also walked two hitters. He has allowed four walks in five innings this spring.

The ominous: The Rangers suffered a walkoff loss at brand new Camelback Ranch Stadium for the second straight day. On Friday, a split-squad Rangers team fell 4-3 to Los Angeles. The Rangers have one more game at Camelback this spring, March 22 against Los Angeles.

On deck: Opening Day starter Kevin Millwood will make his fourth appearance of the spring in a 3:05 CDT game against San Diego. The game can be heard on KRLD-1080 AM.

3 Comments to “Game Report: White Sox 8, Rangers 4”

Ryin A @ March 14th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

My new name should be cutter-boy

So, how many cutters did Harry throw? Seemed to me he threw quite a few with the majority registering a positive result.

Can you confirm this?

Thanks man
rooster @ March 14th, 2009 at 9:43 pm

Who was more impressive today: Danks or Harrison?
Evan Grant @ March 14th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

@Ryin A: According to my friends the broadcast crew (Eric Nadel and Steve Busby) Harrison did throw a lot of cutters and effective cutters, at that. I’m sorry I don’t have a percentage, but it appeared to be an effective pitch for him and he seems to be expanding his usage of it.

@rooster: I’d have to take Danks only because he went five full innings. Love the way the guy works. Quick and with a purpose. Think he picked that up from the Doctor of Cutters, Mark Buehrle.

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