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Pinch-Hitting For E.Grant In The Home Run Pool

Posted on May 3rd, 2009 5:28pm by Jeff Miller
Filed under Baseball, Texas Rangers

When I last saw Evan late Saturday night, he muttered something about catching a 9 a.m. Sunday flight to Sea-Tac. (Excuse me, the players haven’t left yet!) So he’s off in another time zone.

The lineup for tonight’s game (7:09 first pitch on ESPN) against John Danks: 1. Kinsler 2B, 2. Andrus SS, 3. Young 3B, 4. Jones LF, 5. Blalock DH, 6. Byrd CF, 7. Cruz RF, 8. Davis 1B, 9. Teagarden C. With Matt Harrison on the mound.

Ron Washington on Elvis Andrus hitting second while Michael Young has dropped to third in the absence of Josh Hamilton: “I thought about it maybe a week or so ago. Because I’m not able to do much without having a solid second hitter. The guy can bunt, hit-and-run, just like I used Vizquel last night. This’ll be good for him. Now we can use his talents a little more. Instead of going 0-for-3 facing a tough pitcher, he may go 1-for-2, 0-for-2 ’cause a sac bunt puts us in position to score some runs.”

Andrus said it actually is more of an adjustment to bat ninth instead of high in the order, where he hit through most of his minor league career: “It feels good when I hit second. I can do all my game. Wherever they put me, I’m going to go 100 percent.”

Also, Kris Benson took the loss making a rehab start at Frisco today against Corpus Christi in a 5-0 game won by Brandon Backe. Benson allowed three earned runs on five hits, with four strikeouts, one walk, one HBP and one home run, Threw 62 pitches (44 strikes). He is scheduled to start again for the RoughRiders on Friday at home against San Antonio.

18 Comments to “Pinch-Hitting For E.Grant In The Home Run Pool”

Ryan @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:00 pm

A. Jones
4th Inning
3-1 count
1 on
404 feet
Dave S @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:09 pm

Chris Davis
5th inning
2-1 count
1 on
414 feet
Andrew in Boston @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:09 pm

jones
3rd inning
one on
one out
410 ft
Andrew in Boston @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:10 pm

oops, 0-0 count
Dr Pepper presents Batface McGee, live from Cabo @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:12 pm

Jones
1st inning
1 on
0-1 count
6,613 ft
Stephen R @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:15 pm

No HRs for the Rangers tonight.
GhettoBear04 @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:17 pm

Jones
1st Inning
1 on
1-0 count
424 ft
Doug Fu @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:27 pm

Hank Blalock
4th inning
1 on
2-1 count
414 ft.
Ali C @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:38 pm

Blalock
1st Inning
1 on
2-1 count
412 ft
b.money @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm

Jones
1st Inning
2 on
2-0 count
408 ft.
Hart2Hart @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Elvis 3rd
0 on
2-0 count
405 ft
Oz @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:50 pm

Jones
1st
1 on
2-0 count
413 ft
big bob @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:53 pm

MY 1st
2 out
0 on
1-1 count
417 ft
JWH @ May 3rd, 2009 at 6:53 pm

Byrd
2nd Inning
2-1 Count
1 on
378ft
Ram1 @ May 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Kinsler, 4th, 3-0, 1on, 416ft
cameron @ May 3rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm

Young
8th inning
0-1 count
1 on
395 ft
Jeff Miller @ May 3rd, 2009 at 7:25 pm

That was quick. No one raised their hand to say Kinsler would hit his third leadoff HR of the year, eighth of his career.
b.money @ May 4th, 2009 at 10:44 am

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it, I freaking knew it. I didn’t post it because it seemed too improbably. I was actually going to put “Kinsler for another leadoff”. Oh well, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. . . and I failed on it.

I might as well call it every game from now on as long as our best 3-hole hitter is still in the leadoff spot.

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