Final
Texas leads 1-0 (as of 5/18)
| Game 1: Friday, May 18 | ||
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| Texas | 7 | Final |
| Houston | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, May 19 | ||
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| Texas | 1 | Final |
| Houston | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, May 20 | ||
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| Texas | 14 | Final |
| Houston | 1 | |
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8:05 PM ET, May 18, 2007
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| K Lofton CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .246 | ||
| M Young SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .234 | ||
| M Teixeira 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .293 | ||
| S Sosa RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .266 | ||
| E Gagne P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| N Cruz LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 | ||
| R Vazquez 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | ||
| C Stewart C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .240 | ||
| I Kinsler 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 | ||
| R Tejeda P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | ||
| S Feldman P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| F Francisco P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-V Diaz PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | ||
| K Mahar RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |||
| a-flied out to center for F Francisco in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: S Sosa (8, M Albers); M Young (13, R White) HR: N Cruz (2, 3rd inning off M Albers 1 on, 1 Out); R Vazquez (1, 3rd inning off M Albers 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: S Sosa 2 (32), N Cruz 2 (10), R Vazquez (1), M Young (25), K Lofton (10) S: R Tejeda 2-out RBI: K Lofton GIDP: M Teixeira, C Stewart Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Young 1, S Sosa 2, R Tejeda 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: K Lofton (13, 2nd base off M Albers/B Ausmus) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (S Feldman-C Stewart-M Teixeira, R Vazquez-M Teixeira). | ||||||||||
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| R Tejeda (W, 5-9) | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 95-53 | 4.53 | |
| S Feldman | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15-10 | 6.61 | |
| F Francisco | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19-12 | 2.02 | |
| E Gagne (S, 16) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18-8 | 0.00 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 147-83 | ||
| PITCHING WP: R Tejeda 2 HBP: L Berkman (By R Tejeda) Balk: S Feldman Batters faced: R Tejeda 21; S Feldman 5; F Francisco 6; E Gagne 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Tejeda 4-4; S Feldman 3-0; F Francisco 2-3; E Gagne 0-1 Game Scores: R Tejeda 61 | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Biggio 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | ||
| M Lamb 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .345 | ||
| L Berkman 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .279 | ||
| C Lee LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .317 | ||
| L Scott RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .236 | ||
| H Pence CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .348 | ||
| A Everett SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .191 | ||
| B Ausmus C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .272 | ||
| M Albers P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | ||
| a-W Williams PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | ||
| D Borkowski P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-M Loretta PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .343 | ||
| R White P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| c-O Palmeiro PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for M Albers in the 3rd b-lined out to third for D Borkowski in the 7th c-flied out to right for R White in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: H Pence (5, S Feldman); C Biggio (13, F Francisco); M Lamb (2, F Francisco) RBI: B Ausmus (5), M Lamb (5), C Lee (39) GIDP: C Lee Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: H Pence 1, C Lee 1, L Scott 1 Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: L Berkman (3, 2nd base off R Tejeda/C Stewart) CS: H Pence (2, 2nd base by R Tejeda/C Stewart) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: H Pence (2, fly ball) DP: 2 (A Everett-L Berkman, C Biggio-A Everett-L Berkman). | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| M Albers (L, 4-11) | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 80-44 | 6.51 | |
| D Borkowski | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50-36 | 3.31 | |
| R White | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27-15 | 1.50 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 157-95 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: M Teixeira (By R White) Batters faced: M Albers 17; D Borkowski 15; R White 8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Albers 3-2; D Borkowski 6-2; R White 3-3 Game Scores: M Albers 29 | ||||||||||
| TEX | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | S Sosa doubled to left, K Lofton and M Young scored. | 2 | 0 | |
| 3rd | N Cruz homered to right, S Sosa scored. | 4 | 0 | |
| 3rd | R Vazquez homered to right. | 5 | 0 | |
| 4th | M Young singled to shallow right, K Lofton scored. | 6 | 0 | |
| 6th | K Lofton singled to left, I Kinsler scored, K Lofton to second advancing on throw. | 7 | 0 | |
| 6th | M Lamb scored, L Berkman to third on balk by S Feldman. | 7 | 1 | |
| 7th | B Ausmus singled to center, H Pence scored. | 7 | 2 | |
| 8th | M Lamb doubled to deep center, C Biggio scored. | 7 | 3 | |
| 8th | C Lee grounded out to shortstop, M Lamb scored. | 7 | 4 | |
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| Stadium | Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX |
| Attendance | 37,634 (89.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:02 |
| Weather | 79 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Rick Reed, Second Base - Chuck Meriwether, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez |
