Vladimir Guerrero went 4-for-4, smoking the ball like it were batting practice.
The Rangers' biggest nemesis had a solo shot and two RBI singles to lead the Angels to an 8-4 victory Tuesday night. In 56 career games against the Rangers, Vlad is hitting .442, with 21 homers, 49 RBIs and 49 runs scored.
Texas starter Vicente Padilla (0-1), who gave up all of Guerrero's run-scoring hits in the loss, pitched only 4.2 innings, giving up 6 earned runs on 9 hits, walking three and striking out one.
Kelvim Escobar (1-0) went 5.1 innings, allowing three runs and three hits. One of them came on an Ian Kinsler home run, his second in as many games. The Angels' righty struggled with precision, walking five batters and striking out four.
Justin Speier, signed by the Angels as a free agent during the offseason, threw 1.1 scoreless innings, and Scot Shields closed with two perfect innings.
After a one-year hiatus, Sammy Sosa went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts - including a huge whiff on a chest-high, 3-2 slider for the final out of the fifth inning as Escobar pitched out of a bases-loaded jam.
Gary Matthews Jr. went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored twice against his former team.
[MLB]
3 comments:
When does Vlad NOT dominate?
That's right. Never.
You got that right.
he's a monster.
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