Posts by: Jacob Martella
Opening Day: A day when anything is possible
Written By Jacob Martella
You know what we get to do today, Brooks? We get to play baseball. — Jim Morris, The Rookie (2002) Opening Day. Two words that every baseball fan loves to…
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Time for Josh Hamilton to move from on-field to off-field role with Rangers
Written By Jacob Martella
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Josh Hamilton is hurt again. After playing in just 50 games after starting the season injured with the Los Angeles Angels and…
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Rangers need to do something with Prince Fielder
Written By Jacob Martella
By all accounts, the Texas Rangers are in a better spot now than they were just a year ago. Currently, the Rangers sit in second place in the division by…
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Kansas City 1 — Texas 2
Moreland’s shots lift Rangers to a win over Royals
Written By Jacob Martella
Mitch Moreland had himself a night. The first baseman drilled a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the Texas Rangers a 3–2…
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Minnesota at Oakland
10:05 pm, May 21
Oakland hosts Minnesota in critical showdown
Written By Jacob Martella
Date: May 30 Time: 10:05 ET Venue: O.co Coliseum
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Minnesota 3 — Kansas City 4
Late rally lifts Royals over Twins
Written By Jacob Martella
Omar Perez doesn’t have the greatest speed in the world, but he found just enough against the Minnesota Twins. Perez legged out an RBI triple to tie the game on…
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Week 3
 | Kansas City | 1 |
 | Texas | 2 |
| FINAL | ||
PREVIEWRECAP | ||
 | San Francisco | 4 |
 | St. Louis | 4 |
| Bottom 5 | ||
LIVE | ||
| San Francisco Giants | 4 | Bottom 5 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
Game Events
SF | STL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Top 1 | 1 | 0 | Panik doubled to deep right, Span scored, Panik thrown out at third attempting to advance on play. |
Top 2 | 2 | 0 | Samardzija singled to right, Crawford scored, Parker to third. |
Top 4 | 3 | 0 | Blanco hit sacrifice fly to left, Crawford scored. |
Top 5 | 4 | 0 | Span scored, Panik to third on wild pitch by Wacha. |
Bottom 5 | 4 | 1 | Moss homered to right (376 feet). |
Bottom 5 | 4 | 4 | Díaz homered to left (412 feet), Hazelbaker and Carpenter scored. |
 | Chicago Cubs | 7 | Top 5 | 0 | Colorado Rockies |  |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Game Events
CHC | COL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Top 4 | 1 | 0 | Bryant singled to right, Fowler scored. |
Top 4 | 2 | 0 | Zobrist doubled to deep right center, Bryant scored, Rizzo to third. |
Top 4 | 4 | 0 | Montero singled to right center, Rizzo and Zobrist scored. |
Top 4 | 7 | 0 | Bryant homered to center (471 feet), Montgomery and Fowler scored. |
Batting Average
| Batting Average | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adam Wainwright | 1.000 |
| Raimel Tapia | 1.000 |
| Mark Reynolds | 0.750 |
| Daniel Descalso | 0.750 |
| Ryan Rua | 0.667 |
 | Cheslor Cuthbert | 0.667 |
| Raul Mondesi | 0.667 |
| Matt Szczur | 0.600 |
| Hunter Pence | 0.571 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 0.500 |