Texas Rangers 6, Houston Astros 3
Regular Season Game 42
Played on Saturday, May 23, 2009 (D) at Minute Maid Park
TEX A 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 - 6 11 1 HOU N 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 6 1
Texas Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Vizquel 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 Murphy lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Hamilton cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 Cruz rf 4 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 Blalock 3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 Davis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 Saltalamacchia c 4 0 1 0 0 2 6 1 Andrus ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 Feldman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 O'Day p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guardado p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byrd ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 6 11 5 0 9 27 10 FIELDING - E: Feldman (1). BATTING - 2B: Hamilton (2,off Moehler); Blalock (9,off Moehler); Murphy (5,off Moehler). HR: Cruz 2 (11,4th inning off Moehler 2 on 1 out,6th inning off Moehler 0 on 0 out); Blalock (11,6th inning off Moehler 0 on 0 out). SH: Feldman (1,off Moehler). Team LOB: 4.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bourn cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Tejada ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Lee lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Pence rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 Blum 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 I. Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 Matsui 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 Moehler p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maysonet ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erstad ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 6 3 3 6 27 10 FIELDING - E: Lee (1). BATTING - HR: Tejada (5,1st inning off Feldman 0 on 1 out); Blum (1,7th inning off Feldman 1 on 1 out). Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING - CS: Pence (3,2nd base by Feldman/Saltalamacchia).
PITCHING
Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Feldman W(3-0) 6.2 5 3 3 2 5 2 26 O'Day 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Guardado 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Wilson SV(3) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 9 6 3 3 3 6 2 35 Inherited Runners - Scored: O'Day 1-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Moehler L(1-3) 5 9 6 6 0 4 3 23 Byrdak 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Wright 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Fulchino 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 Totals 9 11 6 6 0 9 3 37 Moehler faced 2 batters in the 6th inning Umpires: HP - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Jim Wolf Official Scorer: Greg Porzucek Replay: home run (1st inning, Miguel Tejada at bat, call upheld) Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 36019 Starting Lineups: Texas Rangers Houston Astros 1. Vizquel 2b Bourn cf 2. Murphy lf Tejada ss 3. Hamilton cf Berkman 1b 4. Cruz rf Lee lf 5. Blalock 3b Pence rf 6. Davis 1b Blum 3b 7. Saltalamacchia c I. Rodriguez c 8. Andrus ss Matsui 2b 9. Feldman p Moehler p RANGERS 1ST: Vizquel popped to second; Murphy was called out on strikes; Hamilton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Bourn grounded out (second to first); Tejada homered; Texas manager Ron Washington argued that a fan interfered with the ball and it should not be a home run; crew chief Gary Cederstrom watched the replay and upheld the call; Berkman grounded out (first to pitcher); Lee popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Astros 1. RANGERS 2ND: Cruz flied to left; Blalock grounded out (second to first); Davis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Pence walked; Pence was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Blum popped to first; I. Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Astros 1. RANGERS 3RD: Saltalamacchia popped to shortstop; Andrus grounded out (shortstop to first); Feldman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Matsui flied to center; Moehler grounded out (first unassisted); Bourn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Astros 1. RANGERS 4TH: Vizquel singled to center; Murphy lined to right; Hamilton doubled to left [Vizquel to third]; Cruz homered [Vizquel scored, Hamilton scored]; Blalock doubled to right; Davis was called out on strikes; Saltalamacchia struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Tejada popped to second; Berkman struck out; Lee singled to left; Pence flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Astros 1. RANGERS 5TH: Andrus singled to shortstop; Feldman out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Andrus to second]; Vizquel singled to left [Andrus scored (error by Lee) (no RBI)]; Murphy doubled to right [Vizquel out at home (right to second to catcher), Murphy to third (on throw)]; Hamilton grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Blum popped to second; I. Rodriguez struck out; Matsui struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Astros 1. RANGERS 6TH: Cruz homered; Blalock homered; BYRDAK REPLACED MOEHLER (PITCHING); Davis lined to third; Saltalamacchia struck out; Andrus grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: MAYSONET BATTED FOR BYRDAK; Maysonet grounded out (shortstop to first); Bourn struck out; Tejada singled to left; Berkman lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 1. RANGERS 7TH: WRIGHT REPLACED MAYSONET (PITCHING); Feldman struck out; Vizquel flied to right; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Pence singled to pitcher [Pence to second (error by Feldman)]; Blum homered [Pence scored]; I. Rodriguez struck out; Matsui walked; O'DAY REPLACED FELDMAN (PITCHING); ERSTAD BATTED FOR WRIGHT; Erstad walked [Matsui to second]; Bourn struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 3. RANGERS 8TH: FULCHINO REPLACED ERSTAD (PITCHING); Hamilton grounded out (second to first); Cruz struck out; Blalock singled to left; Davis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: GUARDADO REPLACED O'DAY (PITCHING); Tejada flied to center; Berkman grounded out (second to first); Lee flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 3. RANGERS 9TH: Saltalamacchia singled to center; Andrus forced Saltalamacchia (first to shortstop); BYRD BATTED FOR GUARDADO; Byrd grounded out (shortstop to first) [Andrus to second]; Vizquel flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 3. ASTROS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED BYRD (PITCHING); Pence singled to shortstop; Blum forced Pence (third to second); I. Rodriguez flied to center; Matsui forced Blum (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Rangers 6 11 1 4 Astros 3 6 1 5
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