Palms Can’t Hold On in Arlington Opener

 By Vin Castillo

ARLINGTON — The Miami Palms had it all lined up: a strong start from Dylan Bundy, a two-run lead in the late innings, and the bullpen arms lined up to close out another win. But baseball has a way of breaking hearts, and on Monday night at Globe Life Field, it was the Rangers who got the last word. Tim Fedorowicz’s RBI triple in the 11th sealed a 5–4 Texas win, bringing their losing streak to 4.

Bundy was sharp through five-plus innings, striking out ten Rangers and keeping the game in Miami’s hands. “I felt good, like I had them guessing,” Bundy said. “But against lineups like this, you can’t let up.” His only blemish came in the 4th, when Matt Duffy blasted a 2 run home run.

The Palms had spread the wealth at the plate, with 13 hits from eight different players. Pat Grant’s ringing triple in the 3rd plated a run, and Nick Markakis kept his hot bat alive with three more knocks, including an RBI single. Rookie Ian Pfaff added three hits of his own, continuing to make the most of his early-season opportunities.

Miami carried a 4–2 lead into the 9th, but Chris Martin couldn’t slam the door. Texas strung together three hits, with a two run Danny Santana single tying it up. “That one stings,” manager Scott Hatteberg admitted. “We ask a lot from our bullpen, and tonight it just got away.”

Tim Federowicz’s run-scoring triple in the 11th proved decisive.

“It’s baseball. You get kicked around some nights,” said Matt Wieters, who drove in a run. “The key is how you come back tomorrow.”

The Palms (23–20) will try to even the four-game set on Tuesday, with Erick Fedde slated to face Kyle Gibson.

 Texas Rangers 5, Miami Palms 4

 Monday, May 11, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (23-20)                                      Texas Rangers (1-0)                                     

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Markakis lf     5  0  3  1  1  0  3  0  0  1   .305      Andrus ss       5  0  2  0  0  0  2  0  0  0   .400

 Holt 3b         6  1  1  0  0  2  0  1  0  2   .247      Solak lf        4  0  0  0  1  3  5  0  0  0   .000

 Grant rf        5  1  1  1  0  1  1  0  0  2   .253      Santana cf      4  0  1  2  1  2  1  0  0  0   .250

 Encarnacion dh  5  0  1  0  0  2  0  0  0  0   .275      Gallo rf        4  0  0  0  1  2  4  0  0  5   .000

 Wieters c       5  0  1  1  0  1  12 0  0  2   .258      Odor 2b         5  0  0  0  0  3  2  4  0  2   .000

 Pfaff 1b        5  1  3  0  0  0  8  2  0  0   .444      Calhoun dh      5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   .000

 Koch ss         5  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  1   .228      Guzman 1b       3  1  0  0  2  1  7  3  0  0   .000

 Roeder cf       5  1  2  0  0  0  1  0  0  2   .182      Duffy 3b        4  3  3  2  1  1  0  1  0  0   .750

 Garcia 2b       5  0  1  1  0  2  3  3  0  0   .324      Federowicz c    5  1  3  1  0  0  9  0  0  2   .600

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          46 4  13 4  1  9  30 8  0  10            Totals          39 5  9  5  6  12 33 9  0  9  

 

 

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11     R  H  E

                       -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Miami Palms           0  1  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0      4  13 0  

 Texas Rangers         0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  2  0  1      5  9  0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 10, Texas Rangers 9; 2B- Encarnacion(8), Pfaff(1), Roeder(1), Duffy(1);

 3B- Grant(3), Federowicz(1); HR- Duffy(1); RBI- Garcia(7), Wieters(16), Markakis(14),

 Grant(19), Santana 2(2), Duffy 2(2), Federowicz(1); RLSP- Wieters 2, Holt, Grant,

 Roeder, Gallo, Odor, Federowicz;  

 

  

  

 

 

 Miami Palms              IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Bundy                    5.2  4  2  2  3  10   5.47  

 Matusz(H,2)              0.1  0  0  0  2  0    5.50  

 Peralta(H,4)             2.0  0  0  0  1  1    3.00  

 Martin(BS,1)             1.0  3  2  2  0  1    2.40  

 Morin(L 1-1)             1.0  2  1  1  0  0    4.05  

 

 Texas Rangers            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Lynn                     4.0  9  3  3  0  4    6.75  

 Montero                  2.0  3  1  1  0  1    4.50  

 Goody                    2.0  0  0  0  0  2    0.00  

 LeClerc                  2.0  0  0  0  0  1    0.00  

 Martin(W 1-0)            1.0  1  0  0  1  1    0.00  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Bundy 92-60, Matusz 16-7, Peralta 18-11, Martin 16-12, Morin 15-9,

 Lynn 63-46, Montero 26-17, Goody 18-13, LeClerc 18-12, Martin 19-9; Batters faced- Bundy 24,

 Matusz 3, Peralta 7, Martin 6, Morin 5, Lynn 21, Montero 9, Goody 6, LeClerc 6,

 Martin 5; 


 Temp - 79, Sky - Mostly Clear, Wind - SE 9mph 

 

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