Rangers Bullpen wins Game One
October 10th 2011 18:05
The Texas Rangers jumped out to a three run lead. Rangers starter C. Wilson gave up two runs in the fifth but the Rangers bullpen would shut down the Tigers for the rest of the game. After Wilson left the Tigers only managed one more hit the rest of the night.
Ramon Santiago of the Detroit Tigers was the only player to get more than one hit. Santiago had three hits but Detroit could only manage two runs and not push the Rangers bullpen.
The Rangers' bullpen made those runs stand up after the two rain delays derailed starter C.J. Wilson just when he was starting to take control of the game. But five relievers combined to allow one hit and one walk while striking out eight in 4 1/3 innings.
Alexi Ogando, with two scoreless innings, was given the victory although Michael Gonzalez may have delivered the biggest out, getting Alex Avila to ground out with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth when play resumed after the second delay of 69 minutes.
"The bullpen was awesome, but we expect those guy to do that," Napoli said. "We have a great back end of the bullpen and they came in and did their job."
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