Lineups: Geovany Soto catches Yu Darvish

August, 12, 2012

8/12/12

12:05

PM CT

ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's the first time that Texas Rangers catcher Geovany Soto will be behind the plate for a Yu Darvish start. Soto caught Derek Holland for the first time Saturday and that start certainly worked out for Holland and the Rangers. The lineups:

DETROIT TIGERS
CF Austin Jackson
LF Andy Dirks (L)
3B Miguel Cabrera
1B Prince Fielder (L)
RF Brennan Boesch (L)
DH Delmon Young
C Alex Avila (L)
SS Jhonny Peralta
2B Omar Infante

TEXAS RANGERS
2B Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
CF Josh Hamilton (L)
3B Adrian Beltre
RF Nelson Cruz
DH Michael Young
LF David Murphy (L)
C Geovany Soto
1B Mitch Moreland (L)

Richard Durrett joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He writes about colleges, the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers. Richard spent nine years at The Dallas Morning News covering the Rangers, Stars, colleges, motorsports and high schools.

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Lineup, Texas Rangers, Josh Hamilton, David Murphy, Ian Kinsler, Michael Young, Elvis Andrus, Nelson Cruz, Mitch Moreland, Detroit Tigers, Adrian Beltre, Geovany Soto

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TEX	28-15	13-5	15-10	W1

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OAK	23-22	13-10	10-12	W3
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TEAM LEADERS

BA LEADER

Ian Kinsler

BA	HR	RBI	R
.302	7	20	24

OTHER LEADERS

RBI

OPS

.921

ERA

2.93

MAY 2013

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 CHW L 2 - 5	2 CHW L 1 - 3	3 BOS W 7 - 0	4 BOS W 5 - 1
5 BOS W 4 - 3	6 @CHC L 2 - 9	7 @MIL L 3 - 6	8 @MIL W 4 - 1	9	10 @HOU W 4 - 2	11 @HOU W 8 - 7
12 @HOU W 12 - 7	13 @OAK L 1 - 5	14 @OAK W 6 - 5	15 @OAK W 6 - 2	16 DET W 10 - 4	17 DET L 1 - 2	18 DET W 7 - 2
19 DET 5 - 4	20 OAK 7:05 PM CT	21 OAK 7:05 PM CT	22 OAK 1:05 PM CT	23	24 @SEA 9:10 PM CT	25 @SEA 9:10 PM CT
26 @SEA 3:10 PM CT	27 @ARI 2:40 PM CT	28	29 ARI 7:05 PM CT	30 ARI 1:05 PM CT	31 KC 7:05 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 KC 3:05 PM CT
2 KC 2:05 PM CT	3	4 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	5 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	6 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	7 @TOR 6:07 PM CT	8 @TOR 12:07 PM CT
9 @TOR 12:07 PM CT	10 CLE 7:05 PM CT	11 CLE 7:05 PM CT	12 CLE 7:05 PM CT	13 TOR 7:05 PM CT	14 TOR 7:05 PM CT	15 TOR 3:05 PM CT
16 TOR 2:05 PM CT	17 OAK 7:05 PM CT	18 OAK 7:05 PM CT	19 OAK 7:05 PM CT	20 OAK 1:05 PM CT	21 @STL 7:15 PM CT	22 @STL 6:15 PM CT
23 @STL 1:15 PM CT	24	25 @NYY 6:05 PM CT	26 @NYY 6:05 PM CT	27 @NYY 12:05 PM CT	28 CIN 7:05 PM CT	29 CIN 6:15 PM CT
30 CIN 2:05 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2 SEA 7:05 PM CT	3 SEA 7:05 PM CT	4 SEA 7:05 PM CT	5 HOU 7:05 PM CT	6 HOU 6:15 PM CT
7 HOU 2:05 PM CT	8 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	9 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	10 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	11 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	12 @DET 6:08 PM CT	13 @DET 6:15 PM CT
14 @DET 12:08 PM CT	15	16	17	18	19 BAL 7:05 PM CT	20 BAL 7:05 PM CT
21 BAL 6:05 PM CT	22 NYY 7:05 PM CT	23 NYY 7:05 PM CT	24 NYY 7:05 PM CT	25 NYY 1:05 PM CT	26 @CLE 6:05 PM CT	27 @CLE 6:05 PM CT
28 @CLE 12:05 PM CT	29 LAA 7:05 PM CT	30 LAA 7:05 PM CT	31 LAA 7:05 PM CT

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Texas	28	15	0.0	201	150
Oakland	23	22	6.0	207	204
Seattle	20	24	8.5	160	180
LA Angels	17	27	11.5	189	227
Houston	12	32	16.5	173	261

MLB

Final R H E
Tigers 2 7 2
Rangers 7 13 0

Final	R	H	E
Tigers	2	7	2
Rangers	7	13	0

MLB

Top 6th R H E
Tigers 4 10 1
Rangers 5 9 0

Top 6th	R	H	E
Tigers	4	10	1
Rangers	5	9	0

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