Rangers rally past Diamondbacks

04/02/2005
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Rangers and Diamondbacks played 7 1/2 innings of tight, well-pitched baseball Saturday before the Rangers broke open a one-run game in the seventh, scoring four runs on five hits and a walk to propel themselves to a 7-4 victory.
Both teams staged a game-long assault on center field, with the Diamondbacks leading the charge in the top of the first inning. Royce Clayton drove a single to center, and Luis Gonzalez got a two-base error on a low liner to center fielder Gary Matthews Jr. Troy Glaus wasted no time putting the D-Backs on the scoreboard, clearing the bases with his third home run in three days, a three-run shot deep into the left-field picnic area.
Matthews redeemed himself in the second, robbing Craig Counsell of a hit as he dove forward to catch a quickly sinking flare to center. It was one of two defensive gems in the game, with Arizona's Alex Cintron delivering the other on a leaping throw from deep in the hole at short to rob Michael Young of a single.
The Rangers created a run in the bottom of the second to get in the game when Kevin Mench reached base on a throwing error from Glaus, stole second, advanced to third on a Matthews grounder, and scored on another grounder from Sandy Alomar Jr.
Gonzalez launched a solo shot for the Diamondbacks in the third inning; the ball landed halfway up the grass seating area in right field. Mench countered with a two-run shot into left in the fourth inning to bring the Rangers within a run. The 4-3 score stood for the next 3 1/2 innings.
The Rangers finally broke ahead in the bottom of the eighth after pinch-hitter David Dellucci led off the inning with a walk. Cody Ransom kept the rally going with a single to center, and Chad Allen drove them both home with a double down the left-field line.
The Rangers scored twice more in the inning, once on a ground-rule RBI double from Laynce Nix that bounced over the fence after hitting the centerfield hill, and held the D-Backs scoreless in the ninth to secure the win.

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