RANGERS SNAP 13-GAME LOSING STREAK
Thomson Tosses 7 Scoreless in 'W' Over Mets
ARLINGTON, Tex., June 10 (AP) - John Thomson fired seven shutout innings and the
Texas Rangers scored just enough to end a 13-game losing streak with a 3-1
victory over the New York Mets at the Ballpark in Arlington.
The Rangers scored all of their runs against Mets starter Steve Trachsel in the
third and fourth innings. Einar Diaz broke a scoreless tie with a one-out
solo home run in the third, which was followed immediately by Doug Glanville's
single to center field. One out later, Hank Blalock lashed a double to the
right-center field gap, scoring Glanville all the way from first base without a
throw, giving Texas a 2-0 advantage.
Rafael Palmeiro led off the bottom of the fourth with his 13th home run of the
season which landed in the third row of the lower right field grandstand, just
inside the foul pole.
The Mets were held off the scoreboard until the eighth, when Francisco Cordero
replaced Thomson on the mound for the Rangers. Roberto Alomar led off the
inning with a base hit and Cliff Floyd followed with a base on balls, bringing
the potential tying run to the plate. But Jeromy Burnitz bounced into an
around the horn double play, leaving Alomar at third base with two outs.
Ty Wigginton came through with a run-scoring single to right field, breaking the
shutout and J.R. Phillips chased Wigginton to third with a single to right of
his own. Pinch hitter Tony Clark struck out to end the inning, however,
with New York still trailing, 3-1.
Ugeuth Urbina came on in the ninth for the Rangers and set down the Mets in
order to preserve the victory.
6/10/2003, NYM03-Tex03, The Ballpark in Arlington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 10 1 2003 Rangers 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 x 3 8 1 6 1 Mets AB R H BI AVG Rangers AB R H BI AVG Cedeno rf 4 0 0 0 .287 Everett,C rf 4 0 1 0 .277 Perez,Ti lf 5 0 0 0 .296 Blalock 3b 4 0 1 1 .381 Alomar,R 2b 3 0 2 0 .301 Rodriguez,A ss 4 0 0 0 .327 Floyd dh 2 0 1 0 .276 Palmeiro,R dh 4 1 3 1 .232 Burnitz cf 4 1 0 0 .286 Sadler,D pr 0 0 0 0 .296 Wigginton 3b 4 0 1 0 .259 Teixeira 1b 4 0 0 0 .250 Phillips,JL 1b 4 0 2 1 .298 Young,M 2b 4 0 0 0 .252 Wilson,V c 3 0 0 0 .228 Mench lf 2 0 0 0 .294 Clark,T ph 1 0 0 0 .204 Diaz,E c 2 1 1 1 .287 Reyes,J ss 4 0 1 0 .250 Glanville cf 3 1 2 0 .203 34 1 7 1 31 3 8 3 Mets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Trachsel L 4-8 7.0 7 3 3 2 3 99 56 6.88 Benitez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 12 7 2.60 8.0 8 3 3 2 3 111 63 Rangers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Thomson W 5-6 7.0 4 0 0 3 3 113 75 4.46 Cordero,F H 7 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 19 10 3.23 Urbina S 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 1.23 9.0 7 1 1 4 5 140 91 NYM: Clark,T batted for Wilson,V in the 8th Phillips,JL moved to c in the 8th Clark,T moved to 1b in the 8th Tex: Sadler,D ran for Palmeiro,R in the 8th E-Alomar,R, Young,M. 2B-Alomar,R(16), Blalock(19), Palmeiro,R(9). HR-Palmeiro,R(13), Diaz,E(4). RBI-Phillips,JL(7), Blalock(39), Palmeiro,R(39), Diaz,E(19). K-Cedeno 2, Floyd, Wilson,V, Clark,T, Rodriguez,A, Mench, Glanville. BB-Cedeno, Alomar,R, Floyd 2, Mench, Diaz,E. GWRBI: Diaz,E Temperature: 84, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 18 MPH. Attendance: 18,233 Game Time: 2:36