Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros
June 25, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 2005 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 6, Houston Astros 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Dellucci lf 2 1 0 0
  Mench ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Young M. ss 5 2 3 3
Teixeira 1b 2 1 0 0
Blalock 3b 4 1 1 0
Soriano 2b 4 0 1 2
Matthews rf 4 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Barajas c 4 1 1 1
Nix cf 4 0 2 0
Young C. p 3 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Hidalgo rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 3 1 1 0
Biggio 2b 4 2 2 2
Berkman 1b 4 1 1 2
Ensberg 3b 3 1 1 1
Lane rf 3 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb ph 1 0 1 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Burke lf 4 0 0 0
Chavez c 3 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
Backe p 1 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
Texas 114 000 000680
Houston 000 003 020560
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (7-4) 7.0 3 3 3 1 4
  Wasdin   0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Cordero  SV (18) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  L (6-6) 6.0 5 6 6 2 7
  Burns   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Franco   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Qualls   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wheeler   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
12

  E–None.  PB–Barajas (4).  2B–Texas Soriano (21,off Backe).  HR–Texas M. Young 2 (10,1st inning off Backe 0 on 1 out,3rd inning off Backe 1 on 1 out); Barajas (7,2nd inning off Backe 0 on 2 out), Houston Berkman (5,6th inning off C. Young 1 on 2 out); Ensberg (18,6th inning off C. Young 0 on 2 out); Biggio (9,8th inning off Wasdin 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Taveras (3,by C. Young).  Team–4.  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Bill Miller.  T–2:47.  A–41,868.
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