With 3B Michael Young being given the day off to rest his stiff lower back, here is your lineup for tonight’s homer pool against Chicago LHP John Danks:
2B Ian Kinsler, 3B Omar Vizquel, CF Marlon Byrd, DH Andruw Jones, 1B Hank Blalock, RF Nelson Cruz, LF David Murphy, C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, SS Elvis Andrus and pitching for the Rangers … RHP Kevin Millwood.
Just in case you were wondering (or thinking about taking no homers), last night was the first time the Rangers had won on the road without a home run all year and the first time since Sept. 8, 2008.
Jones in the first
1 on, 3-1 pitch
412 feet
Andruw Jones
3rd inning
1 on
1-1
402 ft
Cruz
2nd inning
none on, one out
2-1 pitch
412 feet
Salty
6th inning
2 on
3-1
402 ft.
Hank in 5th, 3on, 0-0, 386ft
Salty
5th
1 on
2-1
378ft
vizquel
5th inning
1 on
2-2 count
390 ft
Hank Blalock
4th inning
zero on
one out
2-2 count
396ft.
kinsler
0 on
1st inning
2-0 count
405 ft.
@JB, Chris: Ba, er, gutsy calls on Blalock.
Andrus
1 on
3 inning
2-2 count
396ft
Murphy
4th Inning
1 on
2-2 count
391ft
Marlon Byrd
0 on
2-1 count
5th inning
376 feet
No HR
5 runs