Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros
May 18, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2012 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 4, Houston Astros 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 5 1 3 0
Andrus ss 4 0 1 0
Hamilton lf 5 1 1 0
Beltre 3b 3 2 2 2
Young 1b 3 0 2 1
Cruz rf 4 0 1 1
Napoli c 4 0 0 0
Gentry cf 3 0 1 0
Feliz p 2 0 0 0
  Ross p 1 0 0 0
  Uehara p 0 0 0 0
  Moreland ph 1 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Schafer cf 4 0 1 0
Altuve 2b 2 1 0 0
Martinez lf 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowrie ss 3 0 1 1
Bogusevic rf 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0
Castro c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez W. p 1 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez F. p 0 0 0 0
  Abad p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Buck ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Texas 002 010 1004110
Houston 001 000 000140
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Feliz   4.2 3 1 1 5 6
  Ross  W(5-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Uehara   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Nathan  SV(9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez W.  L(3-4) 6.0 10 3 3 2 4
  Rodriguez F.   2.0 1 1 1 0 4
  Abad   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cruz   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1. Andrus-Kinsler-Young, Houston 1. Lowrie-Altuve-Lee.  2B–Texas Kinsler (12,off W. Rodriguez); Beltre (9,off W. Rodriguez); Young (8,off W. Rodriguez).  HR–Texas Beltre (8,7th inning off F. Rodriguez 0 on 2 out).  SF–Beltre (3,off W. Rodriguez).  HBP–Andrus (1,by Cruz); Johnson (2,by Feliz).  IBB–Gentry (1,by W. Rodriguez).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Hamilton (3,2nd base off W. Rodriguez/Castro); Andrus (8,2nd base off Cruz/Castro); Schafer (13,3rd base off Feliz/Napoli); Altuve (9,2nd base off Feliz/Napoli).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–3:07.  A–34,715.
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