Sunday, March 19, 2006

Barajas leads Rangers over Royals

03/04/2006
Royals at the plate: Doug Mientkiewicz went 2-for-3 with a two-run triple in the first and an RBI single in the fifth. Shane Costa was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Rangers at the plate:. Rod Barajas hit his first home run of the spring and had a two-run double in the fourth. Travis Metcalf had a two-run double to tie the game in the top of the eighth, then scored the go-ahead run on Joaquin Arias' RBI single. Jason Botts smashed a three-run home run in the ninth.
Royals on the mound: Runelvys Hernandez started and retired six of eight hitters, including two on strikeouts. He gave up the home run to Barajas. Joe Mays, trying to crack the Royals rotation, allowed two runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings.
Rangers on the mound: Adam Eaton allowed two runs on four hits in 2 1/3 innings but saved himself further trouble by picking off Esteban German at third base on an attempted double steal in the second inning. R.A. Dickey allowed two runs on four hits and three walks in two innings.
Cactus League records: Royals 1-1; Rangers 1-1

Source: http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/

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