Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros
July 4, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 2004 at Minute Maid Park. The Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 18, Houston Astros 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young E. lf,ss 5 3 2 0
Young M. ss 4 1 2 1
  Dellucci ph 0 1 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Soriano 2b 5 3 2 2
Perry 3b 2 2 1 0
  Blalock ph,3b 2 2 1 4
Teixeira 1b 5 3 3 6
Mench rf,lf 6 2 4 4
Barajas c 5 0 0 0
Matthews cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Benoit p 3 0 0 0
  Mahay ph,p 1 0 0 0
  Conti ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 18 16 17
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio lf 5 1 2 0
Vizcaino 2b,ss 5 1 3 1
Beltran cf 2 0 0 0
Berkman rf 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 1
  Lane 1b 1 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 4 1 1 1
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
  Bullinger p 0 0 0 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb ph 1 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Pettitte p 1 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
  Redding p 0 0 0 0
  Burke 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Texas 012 306 02418161
Houston 000 011 100383
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Benoit  W (3-3) 6.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Mahay   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Cordero   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  L (4-2) 5.0 8 6 6 3 4
  Redding   1.0 3 6 6 3 2
  Bullinger   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Gallo   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Harville   1.0 2 4 4 2 1
Totals
9.0
16
18
18
8
9

  E–Perry (1), Lane (1), Ensberg (7), Pettitte (1).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Texas E Young (8,off Pettitte); Teixeira (16,off Pettitte), Houston Biggio (26,off Mahay).  HR–Texas Soriano (14,4th inning off Pettitte 1 on, 2 out); Blalock (22,6th inning off Redding 3 on, 2 out); Mench 2 (11,6th inning off Redding 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Gallo 0 on, 1 out); Teixeira 2 (15,8th inning off Gallo 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Harville 3, Houston Ensberg (3,5th inning off Benoit 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Matthews (1,by Pettitte); Soriano (3,by Redding).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–E Young (8,2nd base off Pettitte/Ausmus).  WP–Pettitte (3).  IBB–Pettitte (2,Matthews); Redding (1,Soriano).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–3:11.  A–41,147.
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