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Blue Jays
@ Rangers
Rangers Ballpark In Arlington
April 12, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on April 12, 2008 at Rangers Ballpark In Arlington.
Game Summary
Date | April 12, 2008 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
Texas Rangers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 12, 2008 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | Texas Rangers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roy Halladay |
Home Starting Pitcher | Luis Mendoza |
Ballpark | Rangers Ballpark In Arlington |
City | Arlington |
State | TX |
Attendance | 34,960 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Laz Diaz 1B: Paul Schrieber 2B: Rob Drake 3B: Mike Winters |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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David Eckstein | Shortstop |
Aaron Hill | Second Baseman |
Alex Rios | Right Fielder |
Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
Frank Thomas | DH |
Matt Stairs | Left Fielder |
Lyle Overbay | First Baseman |
Gregg Zaun | Catcher |
Joe Inglett | Third Baseman |
John Gibbons | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ian Kinsler | Second Baseman |
Michael Young | Shortstop |
Josh Hamilton | Right Fielder |
Hank Blalock | Third Baseman |
Marlon Byrd | Center Fielder |
David Murphy | Left Fielder |
Frank Catalanotto | DH |
Gerald Laird | Catcher |
Ben Broussard | First Baseman |
Ron Washington | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Rangers
Rangers Ballpark In Arlington
April 12, 2008
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Mendoza
Eckstein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Mendoza
Hill hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Byrd. Hill reaches second base with a double. Eckstein goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Rios vs. Mendoza
Rios takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Wells vs. Mendoza
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hill moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Mendoza
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Halladay
Kinsler hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Halladay
Young strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hamilton vs. Halladay
There goes Kinsler. The throw from Zaun and he is safe. Kinsler steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Hamilton vs. Halladay
Hamilton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Blalock vs. Halladay
Blalock hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Byrd vs. Halladay
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inglett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Mendoza
Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Mendoza
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mendoza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Mendoza
Zaun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murphy throws the ball in to Kinsler who tags Zaun, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Halladay
Murphy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stairs. Murphy reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Catalanotto vs. Halladay
Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops it up and throws to first, with Halladay covering, for the out. Murphy moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Laird vs. Halladay
Laird strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Broussard vs. Halladay
Broussard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halladay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Inglett vs. Mendoza
Inglett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Eckstein vs. Mendoza
There goes Inglett. The throw from Laird and he is out, Kinsler applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Mendoza
Eckstein strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Mendoza
Hill is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Mendoza
Rios hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hill moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Wells vs. Mendoza
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mendoza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Halladay
Kinsler is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Halladay
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Halladay
Hamilton hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Mendoza
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Mendoza
Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Overbay vs. Mendoza
Overbay hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Zaun vs. Mendoza
Zaun hits a line drive towards third. Blalock juggles the ball. That's an error on Blalock. Stairs moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Inglett vs. Mendoza
Inglett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stairs scores. Zaun moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Eckstein vs. Mendoza
Eckstein is hit by the pitch. Inglett moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hill vs. Mendoza
Hill hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Zaun scores. Inglett scores. Eckstein moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Rios vs. Mendoza
Rios hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blalock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Halladay
Blalock hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Halladay
Byrd strikes out. Zaun drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Byrd out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Halladay
Murphy strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Mendoza
Wells hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Mendoza
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Mendoza
Stairs hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Overbay vs. Mendoza
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards first. Broussard fields it and throws to second for the out. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Zaun vs. Mendoza
Zaun hits a line drive into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Halladay
Catalanotto hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Halladay
Laird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Broussard vs. Halladay
Broussard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halladay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Inglett vs. Rupe
Josh Rupe now pitching.
Inglett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Broussard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Inglett for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Rupe
Eckstein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Rupe
Hill hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Rupe
Rios strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Halladay
Kinsler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inglett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Halladay
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Halladay
Hamilton strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Rupe
Wells hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Rupe
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Rupe
Stairs hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Overbay vs. Rupe
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards first. Broussard fields it and throws to home to get Thomas. Stairs moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Zaun vs. Rupe
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Halladay
Blalock strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Halladay
Byrd hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Halladay
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out. Byrd moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Catalanotto vs. Halladay
Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Halladay scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Catalanotto for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Inglett vs. Rupe
Inglett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Eckstein vs. Rupe
Eckstein bunts towards the mound. Rupe fields it and throws to first for the out. Inglett moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Hill vs. Rupe
Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Inglett moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Rios vs. Rupe
Rios strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Halladay
Marco Scutaro now playing third base.
Laird hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Broussard vs. Halladay
Broussard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kinsler vs. Halladay
Kinsler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scutaro fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Halladay
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Wells vs. German
Franklyn German now pitching.
Wells hits a popup, foul, towards first. Broussard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. German
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. German
John McDonald pinch runs for Frank Thomas.
There goes McDonald. The throw from Laird and he is out, Kinsler applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. German
Stairs hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Halladay
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blalock vs. Halladay
Blalock hits a line drive into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Halladay
Byrd hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stairs. Byrd reaches second base with a double. Hamilton goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Halladay
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Byrd moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Catalanotto vs. Halladay
Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops it up and throws to first, with Halladay covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/12/2008 -- Toronto at Texas (N) Toronto AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI Eckstein D, ss 2 1 1 0 Kinsler I, 2b 3 0 1 0 Hill A, 2b 4 0 2 3 Young M, ss 4 0 0 0 Rios A, rf 4 0 1 0 Hamilton J, rf 3 1 1 0 Wells V, cf 5 0 0 0 Blalock H, 3b 4 0 0 0 Thomas F, dh 2 0 0 0 Byrd M, cf 4 0 2 1 McDonald J, pr 0 0 0 0 Murphy D, lf 4 0 1 0 Stairs M, lf 5 1 3 0 Catalanotto F, dh 4 0 0 0 Overbay L, 1b 4 0 0 0 Laird G, c 3 0 0 0 Zaun G, c 4 1 1 0 Broussard B, 1b 3 0 1 0 Inglett J, 3b 4 1 3 1 Scutaro M, 3b 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 11 4 32 1 6 1 Toronto 100 300 000 -- 4 Texas 000 000 001 -- 1 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Halladay R (W) 9.0 6 1 1 1 6 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Mendoza L (L) 5.0 8 4 1 3 1 Rupe J 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 German F 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 E -- Blalock H DP -- Toronto 1, Texas 1 LOB -- Toronto 11, Texas 6 2B -- Hill A, Murphy D, Byrd M SB -- Kinsler I CS -- Inglett J, McDonald J SH -- Eckstein D HBP -- by Mendoza L (Hill A), by Halladay R (Kinsler I), by Mendoza L (Eckstein D) T -- 2:45 A -- 34960
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