August 23, 2007

Historic Night in Baltimore

The Texas Rangers ended up scoring nine runs in game two of their double header with the Orioles to win the night cap 9-7. At one point it looked like they might score 36 runs on the day and come away with a split. But the Rangers came through, scoring three times in the eighth to shatter the modern record for runs in a double header with 39. Here’s a composite offensive listing for the two games. Brad Wilkerson was the only one of the thirteen players used not to get a hit, and even he managed to drive in a run with a sacrifice fly.
Evan Grant details the interesting stats from the game at the end of this article, and notes:

It was quite a turnaround for Washington, who only hours earlier had lamented the difficulty he’s having in putting together a lineup on a nightly basis. With the Rangers in full evaluation mode, Washington is playing three or four rookies per night and scrambling to find run producers.
The Rangers’ offense has been, at best, sporadic. And since the trade of Mark Teixeira on July 31 combined with a reduced role for Sammy Sosa, it’s become one of the least effective in the AL. The Rangers entered the doubleheader ranked 11th in the AL in August runs scored (72) and 12th in batting average (.250). They had managed to score just 28 runs – total – in their previous nine games.

After yesterday, they rank 8th in the majors in runs per game for August with a mark of 5.55.

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