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Mendoza, Rangers to oppose Ponson

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A month ago, Sidney Ponson seemed locked into the Rangers rotation, and Luis Mendoza seemed stuck in Triple-A trying to get healthy again. Now they'll face each other in a big league game, and Ponson is the one pitching for the other team.
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Rangers probable pitcher

Luis Mendoza

  • #46 RHP
  • (1-2) 5.40 ERA
Rangers: Since returning from the disabled list on June 20, Mendoza has done everything asked of him out of the bullpen and then some. In his last three appearances, he's thrown eight innings of shutout baseball. He earned a save in his first outing and a victory in the second. His last time out, he retired three of the four Phillies batters he faced. Since coming off the DL, Mendoza has six strikeouts compared to four hits allowed and no walks. Wednesday will mark Mendoza's first start against the Yankees and the Rangers' final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 2-2 3.86 32.2 11 17 .273
Season 1-2 5.40 16.2 7 10 .306

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/02/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Texas Rangers (AL West) 44 41 .518 6.5 21-18 23-23
New York Yankees (AL East) 44 40 .524 7.5 22-20 22-20
Stats - 07/02/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
TEX .279 461 102 442 49 625 4.81 764.0 835 345 487
NYY .270 388 83 377 50 474 4.16 744.0 755 264 567
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Ponson to face former club in Rangers

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Right-hander Sidney Ponson already faced a challenge as part of the Yankees' pitching staff. In his 2008 New York debut, Ponson took the mound in the second game of Friday's split-site doubleheader against the Mets, hours after a 15-6 Yankees' loss.
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Yankees probable pitcher

Sidney Ponson

  • #47 RHP
  • (5-1) 3.50 ERA
Yankees: How's this for symmetry? Ponson's next probable turn would come against the Rangers, the same club that unceremoniously released him after off-the-field incidents made the organization question his desire. The Yankees would have little reason to not keep Ponson in the rotation after the right-hander hurled six innings of scoreless, five-hit ball against the Mets on Friday at Shea Stadium. Ponson walked four and struck out four in the outing.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 87-102 4.88 1627.2 556 970 .286
Season 5-1 3.50 61.2 20 29 .302

Rangers hitters vs Sidney Ponson

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Andrus, Elvis - - - - - - - -
Arias, Joaquin - - - - - - - -
Boggs, Brandon - - - - .333 3 0 0
Borbon, Julio - - - - - - - -
Cruz, Nelson - - - - .000 2 0 0
Davis, Chris - - - - .400 5 1 4
Gentry, Craig - - - - - - - -
German, Esteban - - - - .333 6 0 1
Golson, Greg - - - - - - - -
Hamilton, Josh - - - - .500 4 0 2
Kinsler, Ian - - - - .600 5 0 0
Murphy, David - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Ramirez, Max - - - - .000 2 0 0
Saltalamacchia, Jarrod - - - - - - - -
Teagarden, Taylor - - - - - - - -
Young, Michael - - - - .300 20 1 4

Yankees hitters vs Luis Mendoza

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky - - - - - - - -
Cano, Robinson - - - - .500 2 0 1
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett - - - - .400 5 0 0
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek - - - - .000 2 0 0
Miranda, Juan - - - - - - - -
Nunez, Eduardo - - - - - - - -
Pena, Ramiro - - - - .200 5 0 0
Posada, Jorge - - - - .000 2 0 0
Rodriguez, Alex - - - - .500 2 0 0
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick - - - - .500 4 1 3
Teixeira, Mark - - - - .000 1 0 0

Yanks use nine-spot to rout Rangers (44-42) (45-40)

Yankees 18, Rangers 7

Bullpen roughed up

T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
Milton Bradley and Chris Davis each belted two-run homers in the sixth inning to erase an early three-run deficit, but the Rangers bullpen allowed nine runs in the seventh inning, and Texas was unable to complete the sweep in New York.

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Yanks pour it on

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Jason Giambi clubbed a grand slam and drove in six runs, Alex Rodriguez hit his 535th career homer to pass Jimmie Foxx into 14th place all-time and the Yankees used a nine-run seventh to post a season-high 18 runs in the finale victory.
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Yankees 18, Rangers 7

TexasABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Kinsler, 2B4110100.323
Young, SS2111000.288
  Vazquez, R, SS3000002.314
Hamilton, CF3112200.308
Bradley, RF4112012.320
Catalanotto, DH3130100.291
Davis, C, 1B4112003.316
Ramirez, M, C4000022.150
Boggs, LF2110200.257
Duran, 3B4000024.188
Totals337976513 

BATTING
2B: Catalanotto (15, Ponson), Young (23, Ponson).
HR: Bradley (17, 6th inning off Ponson, 1 on, 0 out), Davis, C (3, 6th inning off Ponson, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Kinsler; Young 2; Hamilton; Bradley 4; Catalanotto 4; Davis, C 4; Boggs.
RBI: Young (45), Hamilton 2 (82), Bradley 2 (51), Davis, C 2 (7).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ramirez, M; Duran.
GIDP: Bradley; Davis, C.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Kinsler (16, fielding), Duran (5, fielding).
DP: (Kinsler-Vazquez, R-Davis, C).
 
NY YankeesABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Damon, LF6332002.320
Jeter, SS5110103.279
  Moeller, 1B0000000.254
Abreu, RF5322103.284
Rodriguez, A, 3B3423200.321
  Gonzalez, A, 3B-SS1000002.173
Giambi, DH4226001.268
Posada, C3112101.293
  Molina, J, C1110000.233
Cano, 2B5121004.248
Betemit, 1B-3B4011102.267
Gardner, CF4211102.100
Totals411816187020 

BATTING
2B: Cano (18, Mendoza), Abreu (19, Madrigal), Giambi (13, Madrigal), Posada (12, Madrigal).
HR: Giambi (18, 3rd inning off Mendoza, 3 on, 2 out), Rodriguez, A (17, 7th inning off Wright, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Damon 3; Jeter; Abreu 3; Rodriguez, A 5; Giambi 6; Posada 2; Molina, J; Cano 3; Betemit; Gardner.
RBI: Cano (35), Giambi 6 (52), Posada 2 (22), Betemit (14), Gardner (1), Damon 2 (37), Rodriguez, A 3 (47), Abreu 2 (55).
2-out RBI: Cano; Giambi 4; Posada; Rodriguez, A 3; Damon; Abreu 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Betemit; Cano 2; Gonzalez, A.
GIDP: Jeter.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gardner (2, 2nd base off Wright/Ramirez, M).

FIELDING
DP: 3 (Cano-Betemit 2, Cano-Jeter-Betemit).
 
TexasIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Mendoza 4.24612014.64
Benoit 1.10003005.60
Madrigal (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)0.1566100162.00
Wright 1.27661014.63
 
NY YankeesIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Ponson 5.09773124.18
Ramirez, E (W, 2-0)2.00001303.10
Farnsworth 1.00002103.89
Hawkins 1.00000005.86

Ponson pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.

WP: Madrigal.
HBP: Giambi (by Mendoza).
Pitches-strikes: Mendoza 88-49, Benoit 31-14, Madrigal 26-15, Wright 42-24, Ponson 83-50, Ramirez, E 30-20, Farnsworth 24-13, Hawkins 9-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Mendoza 10-4, Benoit 3-1, Madrigal 1-0, Wright 3-2, Ponson 6-7, Ramirez, E 3-0, Farnsworth 1-1, Hawkins 1-2.
Batters faced: Mendoza 23, Benoit 6, Madrigal 7, Wright 13, Ponson 24, Ramirez, E 7, Farnsworth 5, Hawkins 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Benoit 3-1, Wright 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Dale Scott. 1B: Ron Kulpa. 2B: Dan Iassogna. 3B: Bill Hohn.
Weather: 81 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:37.
Att: 52,659.
July 2, 2008

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