Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 26, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 2009 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Baltimore Orioles 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 5 0 0 0
Murphy lf 3 1 1 1
  Jones ph 1 0 1 0
Young 3b 5 1 1 0
Blalock dh 5 1 1 2
Byrd cf 5 1 2 0
Cruz rf 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 2
Saltalamacchia c 4 0 2 0
Andrus ss 3 0 1 0
  Hamilton ph 1 0 0 0
  Vizquel ss 0 0 0 0
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Jennings p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 11 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 3 4 1
Jones cf 4 2 3 3
Markakis rf 3 1 2 2
Huff 1b 5 1 1 0
Wigginton 3b 4 0 0 0
Scott dh 3 0 1 1
Moeller c 3 0 1 0
Pie lf 3 0 1 0
Izturis ss 3 1 1 0
Bergesen p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Sherrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 14 7
Texas 020 030 0005111
Baltimore 100 033 01x8142
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
McCarthy   5.0 9 4 4 3 1
  Jennings  L(0-1) 2.2 4 4 4 2 1
  Guardado   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
5
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bergesen   4.0 10 5 5 1 3
  Baez  W(1-1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sherrill  SV(4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
7

  E–Cruz (2), Wigginton (2), Izturis (3).  DP–Texas 2. Murphy-Young, Kinsler-Andrus-Davis.  2B–Texas Byrd (6,off Bergesen); Young (6,off Bergesen); Jones (5,off Sherrill), Baltimore Jones (7,off McCarthy); Scott (5,off McCarthy).  HR–Texas Davis (5,2nd inning off Bergesen 1 on 2 out); Murphy (1,5th inning off Bergesen 0 on 0 out); Blalock (5,5th inning off Bergesen 1 on 0 out), Baltimore Roberts (2,5th inning off McCarthy 0 on 0 out); Jones (3,6th inning off Jennings 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Markakis (2,off McCarthy).  HBP–Izturis (1,by Jennings).  Team–8.  SB–Jones (1,2nd base off Guardado/Saltalamacchia); Jones (1,2nd base off Guardado/Saltalamacchia).  CS–Roberts (3,2nd base by Jennings/Saltalamacchia); Roberts (3,2nd base by Jennings/Saltalamacchia).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:42.  A–22,896.
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