Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers
June 17, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 2009 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. 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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Houston Astros 4, Texas Rangers 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 1 1 0
Keppinger 3b 5 0 2 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 1
Lee dh 4 1 2 1
Berkman 1b 5 0 0 0
Pence rf 5 2 4 1
Rodriguez c 5 0 1 0
Matsui 2b 3 0 2 1
Michaels lf 4 0 1 0
Ortiz p 0 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
  Fulchino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 4 2 2 1
Young 3b 5 0 2 0
Blalock dh 4 0 1 0
Cruz rf 5 1 2 1
Murphy lf 5 0 1 1
Byrd cf 3 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 1
Vizquel ss 3 1 1 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Andrus ss 0 0 0 0
Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  O'Day p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 4
Houston 100 200 010 04133
Texas 101 110 000 15110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz   6.0 7 4 3 1 5
  Sampson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Valverde   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Fulchino  L(2-2) 0.1 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.1
11
5
3
2
9
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Harrison   5.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Grilli   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  O'Day   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Guardado   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Wilson  W(4-3) 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
13
4
4
3
7

  E–Keppinger (2), I. Rodriguez 2 (2).  DP–Houston 1. Keppinger-Matsui-Berkman, Texas 2. Harrison-Vizquel-Davis, Young-Kinsler-Davis.  2B–Houston Matsui (7,off Harrison); Pence 2 (11,off Harrison,off Wilson), Texas Kinsler (14,off Ortiz); Byrd (20,off Valverde).  HR–Houston Lee (12,4th inning off Harrison 0 on 0 out); Pence (9,8th inning off Guardado 0 on 1 out), Texas Saltalamacchia (6,3rd inning off Ortiz 0 on 0 out); Cruz (18,4th inning off Ortiz 0 on 1 out).  SH–Matsui (4,off Grilli).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Kinsler (3,off Ortiz).  IBB–Blalock (2,by Fulchino).  Team–8.  SB–Bourn (23,2nd base off Harrison/Saltalamacchia); Kinsler 2 (13,3rd base off Ortiz/I. Rodriguez,2nd base off Fulchino/I. Rodriguez); Vizquel (4,2nd base off Ortiz/I. Rodriguez).  CS–Bourn (6,2nd base by Wilson/Saltalamacchia).  U-HP–Mark Carlson, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:06.  A–32,425.
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