May 2, 2006
It was quite a pitching battle in the AL's longest game so far this season. It took 15 innings before the Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Texas Rangers 2-1. The Ray's Carl Crawford belted 2 homeruns in the game, the last the game winner in the bottom of the 15th. A total of 10 pitchers were used in the game and only the homeruns by Crawford and the solo shot by the Ranger's Mark Derosa accounted for any runs.
Event Codes: E
BOXSCORE: 2006 Texas Rangers At 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5/2/2006
Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Devil Rays AB R H RBI AVG
A.Brown CF 7 0 0 0 .130 J.Gathright CF 7 0 1 0 .224
M.Young SS 6 0 1 0 .218 C.Crawford LF 6 2 4 2 .250
M.Teixeira 1B 6 0 1 0 .277 J.Gomes DH 6 0 1 0 .173
P.Nevin DH 5 0 0 0 .250 T.Wigginton 2B 6 0 1 0 .250
H.Blalock 3B 7 0 2 0 .242 T.Hall C 6 0 1 0 .215
K.Mench RF 6 0 1 0 .281 D.Hollins RF 3 0 0 0 .200
B.Wilkerson LF 6 0 1 0 .202 C-J.Paul PH 1 0 1 0 .222
M.Derosa 2B 6 1 2 1 .107 D-R.Branyan RF 0 0 0 0 .217
R.Barajas C 3 0 0 0 .343 T.Lee 1B 5 0 1 0 .238
S.Burroughs 3B 2 0 0 0 .133
A-G.Norton PH 1 0 0 0 .231
B-N.Green 3B 3 0 0 0 .100
T.Perez SS 6 0 0 0 .260
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Totals 52 1 8 1 Totals 52 2 10 2
A-Pinch Hit For Burroughs In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Norton In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hollins In 11th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Paul In 12th Inning
Rangers......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
Devil Rays...... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 10 0
Rangers (9-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Tejeda 6 1/3 5 1 1 1 5 1 81 1.42
R.Mahay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.77
J.Benoit 4 2 0 0 1 4 0 41 5.09
R.Bauer 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 5.40
F.Cordero 2 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 33 0.77
A.Alfonseca LOSS(0-1) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 24 3.00
Totals 14 10 2 2 4 13 2
Devil Rays (9-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Hendrickso 8 5 1 1 5 4 1 109 2.79
T.Walker 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 23 13.50
R.Lugo 4 2 0 0 1 5 0 56 4.84
S.Camp WIN(2-1) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 4.41
Totals 15 8 1 1 7 14 1
ATTENDANCE- 16,549 DATE- Tuesday, May 2nd 2006 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Jerry Meals, Andy Fletcher, Mike Reilly, Jeff Kellogg
T- 4:01
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:13 Devil Rays:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 1 Devil Rays: 1
ERRORS- R.Mahay
DOUBLES- M.Young(7th), M.Derosa(1st), T.Lee(5th)
HOME RUNS- M.Derosa(1st), C.Crawford-2(6th)
RBIs- M.Derosa(1st), C.Crawford-2(13th)
WALKS- M.Young, M.Teixeira, P.Nevin-2, R.Barajas-3, C.Crawford, D.Hollins,
R.Branyan, T.Lee
STRIKE OUTS- A.Brown, M.Young-2, M.Teixeira, P.Nevin, H.Blalock-3,
B.Wilkerson-3, R.Barajas-3, J.Gathright, J.Gomes-4, T.Lee-2,
S.Burroughs, N.Green-3, T.Perez-2
GIDP- M.Derosa, C.Crawford
WILD PITCHES- R.Lugo
2-out RBI- C.Crawford
RLISP 2-out- H.Blalock-3, T.Hall-2, M.Teixeira-2, J.Gathright, T.Lee-2, A.Brown,
T.Perez
TEAM RISP- Rangers: 0 for 5 Devil Rays: 0 for 10
Left fielder Carl Crawford launched 2 homeruns at Tropicana Field where the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Texas Rangers in 15 innings 2 to 1.
Both teams were tied at 1 runs apiece after nine innings. Tampa Bay came out
the victor in the 15th inning. Crawford smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly'
making Tampa Bay the victor and beginning a joyous home town celebration.
Tampa Bay banged out 10 hits on the night.
The victory went to Shawn Camp(2-1) who went 1 and 1/3 innings, allowing no
runs. Antonio Alfonseca(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. He gave up 1
run and 1 hit in 1 and 1/3 innings.
