October 8, 2006: Rangers 3 Tigers 1 (Rangers win series, 3-2)
Monday, November 19, 2007




The Texas Rangers are ALCS-bound after holding off the Tigers for the 3-1 win. The Rangers got 7 solid innings out of Vicente Padilla, while Tigers starter Nate Robertson was also solid but was pulled in the 6th after walking a batter with 2 out. That is when the Rangers struck, stringing together another walk and a double to plate 2 runs off Tiger reliever Jason Grilli.

The Tigers would get a double and a single with 2 outs in the 8th, but Brandon Inge would get thrown out at the plate for the 3rd out. The Rangers added an insurance run in the 9th and Akinora Otsuka put the Tigers down 1-2-3 in the 9th.

The road team won all 5 games in this series. The Rangers will now take on the Twins in the ALCS and will have home field advantage even though the wild card Twins had 15 more wins during the regular season.

The series MVP is Vicente Padilla, who pitched 14 innings total in 2 starts and allowed just one earned run. He won both game 1 (on short rest) and game 5.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2006 Texas Rangers At 2006 Detroit Tigers                 10/8/2006
 
  Rangers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Matthews Jr CF    5  0  0  0 .182     C.Granderson CF     4  0  1  0 .238  
  M.Young SS          3  0  1  0 .313     P.Polanco 2B        4  0  0  0 .368  
  M.Teixeira 1B       3  1  0  0 .300     S.Casey 1B          4  1  2  0 .294  
  C.Lee LF            3  1  2  0 .333     M.Ordonez RF        4  0  1  1 .250  
  M.Derosa 3B         2  0  1  2 .429     C.Guillen SS        3  0  0  0 .211  
  H.Blalock DH        3  1  1  0 .211     I.Rodriguez C       3  0  0  0 .188  
  I.Kinsler 2B        3  0  0  0 .105     C.Monroe LF         3  0  0  0 .211  
  G.Laird C           3  0  0  0 .200     M.Thames DH         3  0  0  0 .000  
  N.Cruz RF           3  0  0  1 .000     B.Inge 3B           3  0  1  0 .222  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  3  5  3                 Totals      31  1  5  1
 
 
Rangers......... 0 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 1  -  3  5  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  0
 
Rangers (3-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
V.Padilla WIN(2-0)        7       3   1   1   0   9   0 101   0.64
A.Otsuka SAVE(2nd)        2       2   0   0   0   1   0  29   0.00
Totals                    9       5   1   1   0  10   0
 
Tigers (2-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
N.Robertson               5 2/3   2   1   1   4   4   0  98   4.66
J.Grilli L(0-1) BS(1st)   2 1/3   3   2   2   2   4   0  46  14.73
J.Walker                  1       0   0   0   1   1   0  19   0.00
Totals                    9       5   3   3   7   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,348 DATE- Sunday, October 8th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Larry Young, Bill Hohn, Mike Everitt, Alfonso Marquez
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers: 7  Tigers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 0  Tigers: 2
DOUBLES- M.Derosa(3rd), B.Inge(1st)
TRIPLES- C.Lee(1st), S.Casey(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Laird
SACRIFICE FLIES- N.Cruz
WALKS- M.Young, M.Teixeira, C.Lee, M.Derosa-2, H.Blalock, I.Kinsler
STRIKE OUTS- G.Matthews Jr-3, M.Teixeira, M.Derosa, H.Blalock, I.Kinsler,
             G.Laird, N.Cruz, C.Granderson, P.Polanco-2, S.Casey, C.Guillen,
             I.Rodriguez, C.Monroe, M.Thames, B.Inge-2
GIDP- M.Teixeira, H.Blalock
WILD PITCHES- J.Grilli
 
Vicente Padilla came through with a solid 7 innings as the Texas Rangers
outscored the Detroit Tigers 3 to 1.
 
Texas scored 2 runs in the top of the 6th inning.  The key offensive moment
was provided by Mark Derosa who silenced the stadium when he doubled which
was good for two runs.  Detroit went down quietly in the bottom of the 9th.
 
The victory went to Padilla(2-0) who went 7 innings, allowing 1 run. Akinori
Otsuka earned his 2nd save.  Jason Grilli(0-1) suffered the loss in relief.








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