Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros
May 18, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2007 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 7, Houston Astros 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 2 2 1
Young ss 4 1 2 1
Teixeira 1b 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 5 1 1 2
  Gagne p 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 2
Vazquez 3b 4 1 3 1
Stewart c 4 0 1 0
Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 0
Tejeda p 2 0 0 0
  Feldman p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahar rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 2 0
Lamb 3b 2 2 1 1
Berkman 1b 3 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 1
Scott rf 3 0 0 0
Pence cf 3 1 1 0
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 1
Albers p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 1 0 0 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 3
Texas 005 101 0007110
Houston 000 001 120461
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Tejeda  W (4-3) 5.0 2 1 1 4 6
  Feldman   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Francisco   1.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Gagne  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Albers  L (1-3) 3.0 6 5 5 2 4
  Borkowski   4.0 3 2 1 0 4
  White   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
3
8

  E–Pence (2).  DP–Texas 2. Feldman-Stewart-Teixeira, Vazquez-Teixeira, Houston 2. Everett-Berkman, Biggio-Everett-Berkman.  2B–Texas Sosa (8,off Albers); Young (13,off White), Houston Pence (5,off Feldman); Biggio (13,off Francisco); Lamb (2,off Francisco).  HR–Texas Cruz (2,3rd inning off Albers 1 on 1 out); Vazquez (1,3rd inning off Albers 0 on 1 out).  SH–Tejeda (1,off Borkowski).  IBB–Teixeira (5,by White).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Berkman (2,by Tejeda).  Team–5.  SB–Lofton (13,2nd base off Albers/Ausmus); Berkman (3,2nd base off Tejeda/Stewart).  CS–Pence (2,2nd base by Tejeda/Stewart).  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–3:02.  A–37,634.
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