05/13/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Five days after their bench-clearing brawl in Seattle, two of the major figures in the fracas square off this evening when the Mariners and Texas Rangers play the second test of their three-game series at Rangers Ballpark.
Texas' Kason Gabbard, who is 1-0 with a 1.85 earned run average on the season, threw high to Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson, who promptly charged the mound and threw his helmet at the left-hander. Gabbard did not give up a run in his 3 2/3 innings of work, but had to leave the game shortly after the incident with a leg injury.
Replays showed that Sexson, who was suspended for five games for his actions, seemed to overreact after two Texas players were hit by Seattle starter Felix Hernandez.
Hernandez had to be restrained during the incident, but was not ejected. He was charged with the loss that night, as he allowed four runs and six hits in five innings of the 5-0 setback. He is 2-3 on the year with a 3.42 ERA.
The 22-year-old right-hander has faced the Rangers 12 times in his career and is 4-5 against them with a 4.32 ERA.
Gabbard, meanwhile, is 0-1 lifetime against the M's with a 4.05 ERA in four games, three of which have been starts.
In the opener of this set on Monday, Ramon Vazquez's solo home run in the 10th inning lifted Texas to a 13-12 win. The Rangers blew a four-run lead in the ninth, but came back to post their sixth win in seven contests.
With one out in the 10th, Vazquez jumped on Brandon Morrow's 1-0 fastball for his second home run of the season, a shot to right field. Morrow (0-1) threw the final 1 1/3 innings to get the loss.
Vicente Padilla, who had allowed just one earned run over his last three starts, gave up six runs -- three earned -- on seven hits in five-plus innings for Texas. C.J. Wilson allowed four runs on four hits in the ninth. Doug Mathis (1-0), brought up from Triple-A Oklahoma to replace starter Kevin Millwood, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday, tossed a scoreless inning to pick up the win in his major league debut.
Josh Hamilton went 2-for-4 with four RBI for the Rangers, and Ian Kinsler was 3-for-5 and scored twice. Michael Young knocked in a pair runs. Gerald Laird and Chris Shelton each had two hits, with Laird scoring three times.
Kenji Johjima's three-run homer in the ninth forced extra innings for the Mariners, who have dropped 11 of their last 13 games. Raul Ibanez and Wladimir Balentien also homered, while Jose Lopez finished 3-for-5 and scored two runs.
Texas has won five of its eight meetings with the Mariners this year, but lost six of nine at home to them last season.
<< Royals try to down Tigers again
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Detroit has underachieved so far in 2008, a campaign that
got off to a bad start thanks to Kansas City. The Royals will try to stifle
the Tigers once again tonight in the opener of a three-game series at Kauffman
Stadium
<< Athletics head to Cleveland to take on Indians
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Athletics hope to continue their early-season
success against the Cleveland Indians when the teams square off again tonight
at Progressive Field in the opener of a three-game series.
The Athletics and Indians m
<< O's, Red Sox renew rivalry at Camden Yards
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of American League East rivals will get together for
the first time this season tonight at Baltimore's Camden Yards, where the
Orioles start up a brief two-game series with the mildly-slumping Boston Red
Sox.
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<< Nationals, Mets continue four-game set at Shea
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-hander John Maine tries for a second win over
Washington this season when the New York Mets host the Nationals tonight in
the second of a four-game series at Shea Stadium.
Maine, a surprise 15-game winner for the Met
Tigers continue to be victimized by poor starting pitching >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having completed the first quarter of the season, there is
no question what has been the culprit for the Detroit Tigers' horrendous
start.
The starting pitching, by and large, has just been awful. Entering play
Tuesday, D
Red-hot Berkman, Astros square off against Giants >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Both Lance Berkman and his Houston Astro teammates aim to
keep up their recent hot streaks when the surging club plays the second of
four consecutive clashes with the San Francisco Giants tonight at AT&T Park.
Houston
D'Backs try to stop slide vs. Rockies >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Suddenly, the Diamondbacks are a team that can be beat.
Arizona will try to halt its season-long losing streak tonight in the opener
of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies at Chase Field.
Arizona was sw
Davydenko, Ferrer ease into third round in Hamburg >>
Hamburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth-seeded Russian star Nikolay
Davydenko and fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer were easy second-round
winners Tuesday at the $2.955 million Masters Series Hamburg, a clay-court
French Open tuneup.
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