Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros
May 22, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 2009 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
Kinsler 2b 5 0 0 0
Young 3b 4 1 3 1
Hamilton cf 5 0 1 0
Jones 1b 4 0 1 1
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  O'Day p 0 0 0 0
  Blalock ph 1 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
Cruz rf 3 1 1 1
Murphy lf 5 1 1 0
Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 2
Andrus ss 5 2 4 1
Holland p 2 0 0 0
  Jennings p 0 0 0 0
  Davis 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 12 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 5 1 3 1
Matsui 2b 4 1 1 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 5 1 2 3
Lee lf 4 0 2 0
  Michaels pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Keppinger 3b,2b 3 1 0 0
Quintero c 2 0 0 0
  Blum ph,3b 2 0 1 1
Paulino p 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Maysonet ph 1 0 0 0
  Ortiz p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 11 5
Texas 002 102 000 16120
Houston 000 003 200 05110
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Holland   5.2 5 3 3 0 4
  Jennings   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Wilson   0.2 3 0 0 0 1
  O'Day  W(2-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Francisco  SV(10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
1
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Paulino   5.1 7 4 4 2 3
  Wright   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Ortiz   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Sampson   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hawkins  L(1-3) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
10.0
12
6
6
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2. Kinsler-Andrus-Jones, Andrus-Kinsler-Davis, Houston 1. Tejada-Matsui-Berkman.  2B–Houston Tejada (14,off Jennings).  HR–Texas Andrus (3,4th inning off Paulino 0 on 1 out); Saltalamacchia (4,6th inning off Wright 1 on 1 out); Cruz (9,10th inning off Hawkins 0 on 1 out), Houston Berkman (9,6th inning off Holland 2 on 2 out).  SH–Holland (1,off Paulino).  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  SB–Andrus (6,2nd base off Wright/Quintero); Bourn (14,2nd base off Holland/Saltalamacchia).  U-HP–Jim Wolf, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–3:17.  A–36,017.
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