Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
May 5, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 2009 at Safeco Field. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Seattle Mariners 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 6 0 2 0
Andrus ss 5 0 0 0
Young 3b 5 0 3 0
Jones lf 5 0 2 0
  Murphy pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Blalock dh 5 1 2 0
Byrd cf 5 1 2 1
Cruz rf 5 2 3 2
Davis 1b 4 1 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 4 1 2 4
Padilla p 0 0 0 0
  O'Day p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 16 7
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 2 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 0 0
Branyan 1b 3 1 1 0
Beltre 3b 4 0 1 1
Balentien lf 4 0 1 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez cf 3 1 0 0
Betancourt ss 4 0 0 0
Bedard p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Stark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 1
Texas 000 000 100 67161
Seattle 000 001 000 1230
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Padilla   8.0 1 1 0 3 4
  O'Day  W(1-0) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Francisco   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
3
2
1
4
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bedard   7.0 7 1 1 0 7
  Lowe   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Aardsma   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Kelley   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Stark  L(0-1) 1.0 5 6 6 1 0
Totals
10.0
16
7
7
2
9

  E–Kinsler (2).  DP–Texas 3. Young-Kinsler-Davis, Kinsler-Andrus-Davis, Young-Kinsler-Davis.  2B–Texas Byrd (9,off Bedard); Young (10,off Lowe), Seattle Branyan (6,off O'Day); Beltre (8,off O'Day).  HR–Texas Cruz (7,7th inning off Bedard 0 on 1 out); Saltalamacchia (3,10th inning off Stark 3 on 2 out).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Gutierrez (1,by Padilla).  Team–4.  CS–Young (1,2nd base by Bedard/Johnson).  U-HP–Paul Emmel, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Casey Moser, 3B–Rob Drake.  T–3:12.  A–19,810.
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