Rangers 9, Palms 8

It was a see-saw battle that ended as a heart breaker for the Palms. The Rangers jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, but Coco Crisp and the Palms charged back to tie it, including a three run blast from Crisp. The game remained tied until the 9th, when Miami scored three, with Billy Dupont driving in two with a single. Buddy Carlyle came in to close things out, but his first pitch got away from him and hit Andruw Jones in the leg. The pitch was a breaking ball and clearly not intentional, however with last night's festivities, he was immediately tossed. Art McLoughlin came in to get the save instead, but struggled mightily. Having already allowed a run, he faced Ian Kinsler with two outs and the bases loaded. Kinsler lined one to the gap, emptying the bases and winning the game for Texas in crushing fashion.

3b Prado 1-5 K
CF Crisp 2-5 HR (8) 3bi (41) 2R
DH Winn 0-2 3bb R
C Black 1-5 1bi (64)
1b Dupont 1-5 2bi (70)
LF Sadan 1-5 R K
3b Smythe 3-4 2b (5) 3b (3) 1bi (18) R
2b Henning 0-4 R K
RF Tiropez 3-4 2b (2) 1bi (13) 2R

Pitcher W-L S IP H R ER BB SO HR
Parra 4 2/3 9 5 5 4 5 1
Gonsales 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarfate 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Carlyle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
McLoughlin
BS 3 L 2-3 2/3 3 4 4 1 0 0

Player of the Game: Ian Kinsler

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