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Hank Blalock’s second homer of the game, a two-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning, gave Texas a 9-7 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night and moved the Rangers within one-half game of the Angels in the AL West.
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Via Baseball Musings
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July 01, 2009
Hank Blalock’s average remains low, his OBA stand below .300, but he continues to hit for power. He launched two home runs tonight, the second saving Texas after they blew a 7-1 lead. His shot in the bottom of the ninth with two out and a man on second landed just over the [...]
Via CBSSports.com
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July 01, 2009
Hank Blalock's second homer of the game, a two-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning, gave Texas a 9-7 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night and moved the Rangers within one-half game of the Angels in the AL West.
Via CBSSports.com
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July 01, 2009
Hank Blalock's second homer of the game, a two-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning, gave Texas a 9-7 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night and moved the Rangers within one-half game of the Angels in the AL West.
Via Sign on San Diego
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July 01, 2009
Hank Blalock's second homer of the game, a two-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning, gave Texas a 9-7 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night and moved the Rangers within one-half game of the Angels in the AL West.
Via Los Angeles Times
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July 01, 2009
Rivera's three-run home run ties game in top of ninth, but Rangers walk off with win in bottom of inning
Hank Blalock's second homer of the game, a two-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning, gave Texas a 9-7 victory over the Angels on Wednesday night and moved the Rangers...
Via dallasnews.com
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July 02, 2009
As you can imagine, lots of talk about the decision to not walk Hank Blalock with the score tied and a runner on second with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Here's the Orange County Register story by Bill Plunkett and here's a clip from the Los Angeles Times article:
"We gave [an intentional walk to Blalock] a lot of consideration, and of course we thought about who was on...
Via Arizona Diamondbacks
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July 02, 2009
ARLINGTON, Texas — Hank Blalock didn't put any extra significance on Wednesday night's game-winning homer — or his team's success thus far against the Los Angeles Angels.
Via TampaBay.com
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July 03, 2009
Hank Blalock hit a two-run homer and four Rangers pitchers allowed a combined three hits as the Rays fell 3-1 on Friday.
Via Star Telegram
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July 01, 2009
Hank Blalock’s ninth-inning homer lifts the Rangers to within a half-game of LA in the AL West.
Via Miami Herald
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July 03, 2009
Hank Blalock belted a two-run homer and Tommy Hunter pitched 5 1/3 strong innings to collect his first win in the majors on his 23rd birthday, as the Texas Rangers downed the Tampa Bay Rays, 3-1, in the opener of a three-game series at Rangers Ballpark.
Via dallasnews.com
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July 01, 2009
The Rangers win the series against the Angels and are now 1/2 game back. LAA plays Baltimore on Thursday, so that half-game will be erased one way or the other. That was one of the craziest games I've ever seen.
Discuss:
• Ninth inning. The Angels get three runs off Frank Francisco on a 3-run homer with two outs. Then the Rangers somehow hung in and won the game in the 9th on...
Via 6-4-2: Double Play Blog
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July 01, 2009
Partly as a consequence of not one but two power outages at the office, I wasn't able to pay close attention to this game, and I'm glad I didn't; Weaver was uncharacteristically bad, although you could argue that a flyball pitcher in Texas is like an armadillo on an Arlington highway: roadkill waiting to happen. The Angels' inspiring-but-not-quite-enough comeback in the ninth was...
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