Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros
June 25, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 2008 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 3, Houston Astros 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 0
Vazquez 3b 3 0 0 1
Young ss 4 0 1 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Byrd cf 4 0 0 0
Catalanotto 1b 4 1 2 0
Ramirez c 4 1 2 2
Boggs lf 4 0 1 0
Feldman p 1 0 0 0
  Duran ph 1 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 1 2 2
Loretta 2b 5 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 2 0
Lee lf 3 0 1 0
  Abercrombie pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 3 0 1 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 1 2 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 1 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Texas 100 200 000382
Houston 020 000 0002100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Feldman   4.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Mendoza  W(1-2) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Guardado   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wilson  SV(16) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  L(6-8) 7.0 7 3 3 0 5
  Sampson   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–Vazquez (8), Mendoza (1).  DP–Texas 2. Kinsler-Catalanotto, Catalanotto-Young, Houston 1. Ausmus-Loretta.  2B–Texas Boggs (10,off Oswalt), Houston Berkman 2 (26,off Feldman,off Mendoza); Lee (22,off Guardado); Wigginton (11,off Wilson).  3B–Texas Kinsler (3,off Oswalt).  HR–Texas M. Ramirez (1,4th inning off Oswalt 1 on 2 out), Houston Bourn (4,2nd inning off Feldman 1 on 2 out).  SH–Mendoza (1,off Oswalt).  SF–Vazquez (3,off Oswalt).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Lee (3,by Feldman).  Team–10.  CS–Catalanotto (1,2nd base by Sampson/Ausmus).  SB–Bourn (29,3rd base off Feldman/M. Ramirez); Tejada (6,2nd base off Feldman/M. Ramirez).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–James Hoye, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:53.  A–32,567.
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