Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
September 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2009 at Progressive Field. The Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 11, Cleveland Indians 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Borbon lf 4 3 2 2
Andrus ss 4 1 1 1
Kinsler 2b 4 2 2 0
Byrd cf 4 2 4 3
Cruz rf 4 1 1 0
Murphy dh 4 2 1 2
Rodriguez c 5 0 2 3
Davis 1b 5 0 0 0
Vizquel 3b 4 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Feliz p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 13 11
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brantley cf 5 1 2 2
Cabrera ss 5 0 2 2
Choo rf 5 0 2 1
Peralta 3b 5 1 1 0
Hafner dh 4 2 3 1
Valbuena 2b 4 1 1 1
LaPorta lf 5 2 2 2
Marte 1b 5 1 2 0
Marson c 4 1 1 0
Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Gosling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 16 9
Texas 011 210 30311131
Cleveland 000 122 1129160
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   5.1 8 5 5 1 2
  Feliz  W(1-0) 1.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Wilson   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Francisco   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Carrasco   5.0 8 5 5 3 4
  Lewis  L(2-4) 1.1 0 1 1 1 1
  Perez   0.2 1 2 2 1 2
  Todd   1.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Gosling   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
11
11
6
8

  E–Andrus (18).  2B–Texas Kinsler (25,off Carrasco); Rodriguez 2 (7,off Carrasco,off Todd); Andrus (13,off Carrasco); Cruz (19,off Todd), Cleveland Peralta (32,off Hunter); Marson (1,off Hunter); Cabrera (36,off Hunter); LaPorta (9,off Hunter); Brantley (1,off Feliz).  HR–Texas Murphy (14,2nd inning off Carrasco 0 on 2 out); Borbon 2 (3,3rd inning off Carrasco 0 on 2 out,9th inning off Todd 0 on 0 out); Byrd (16,7th inning off C. Perez 2 on 1 out), Cleveland Hafner (15,7th inning off Feliz 0 on 2 out); LaPorta (4,9th inning off Francisco 1 on 1 out).  IBB–Byrd (2,by Carrasco); Murphy (1,by Todd).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Valbuena (2,off Hunter).  Team–9.  SB–Borbon (13,2nd base off Carrasco/Marson); Andrus 2 (26,2nd base off C. Perez/Marson,3rd base off C. Perez/Marson).  CS–Kinsler (5,2nd base by Carrasco/Marson); Byrd (4,2nd base by Carrasco/Marson).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Adrian Johnson, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Angel Hernandez.
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