The Rangers have a good bullpen. They should. They put a lot of effort into collecting slider mavens and hard throwers from all over baseball. But the Tigers have a pretty danged good bullpen too, and their non-closer important stuff is usually handled by Joaquin Benoit.
Tigers vs. Rangers: Benoit Keeps Game Tied Into Bottom Of The Ninth
Benoit has played for three teams in his career. One team didn’t get an equitable share of his value.
| Year | G | GS | IP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX (8 yrs) | 4.79 | 273 | 55 | 591.1 | 100 |
| TBR (1 yr) | 1.34 | 63 | 0 | 60.1 | 292 |
| DET (1 yr) | 2.95 | 66 | 0 | 61.0 | 139 |
Texas developed him over the better part of the decade, and spit him out into the real world as an injured reliever. Now he’s handling huge innings in a bid to keep the Rangers from their second straight pennant. How ungrateful.
In the top of the ninth inning, Benoit walked Nelson Cruz with one out, but after a strikeout of David Murphy, Cruz was caught stealing to end the inning. It's still 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning.
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