2:05 PM ET, May 20, 2007
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
W: B. McCarthy (4-4)
L: W. Williams (1-6)
Final
Texas won 2-1
| Game 1: Friday, May 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7 | Final |
| Houston | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, May 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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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2:05 PM ET, May 20, 2007
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
W: B. McCarthy (4-4)
L: W. Williams (1-6)
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| K Lofton CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .246 | ||
| M Young SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .228 | ||
| M Teixeira 1B | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .299 | ||
| V Diaz RF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 | ||
| W Littleton P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||
| N Cruz LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .207 | ||
| I Kinsler 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .239 | ||
| G Laird C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .230 | ||
| R Vazquez 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .750 | ||
| B McCarthy P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | ||
| J Benoit P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-T Metcalf PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| K Mahar RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| a-walked for J Benoit in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: N Cruz (6, W Williams); G Laird (4, W Williams); R Vazquez (1, B Moehler) HR: M Teixeira 2 (8, 1st inning off W Williams 0 on, 2 Out; 9th inning off B Moehler 0 on, 2 Out); R Vazquez (2, 2nd inning off W Williams 1 on, 1 Out); V Diaz 2 (5, 5th inning off W Williams 0 on, 0 Out; 7th inning off R White 0 on, 0 Out); K Lofton (4, 9th inning off B Moehler 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: M Teixeira 3 (26), G Laird (9), R Vazquez 5 (6), V Diaz 3 (9), K Lofton 2 (12) S: B McCarthy, I Kinsler 2-out RBI: M Teixeira 3, V Diaz Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Teixeira 2, B McCarthy 1, N Cruz 1, I Kinsler 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: K Lofton (14, 2nd base off W Williams/H Quintero) CS: K Lofton 2 (3, 2nd base by W Williams/H Quintero, 3rd base by W Williams/H Quintero) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: I Kinsler (10, catch) | ||||||||||
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| B McCarthy (W, 5-10) | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100-63 | 5.82 | |
| J Benoit | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14-9 | 3.74 | |
| W Littleton | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36-22 | 0.00 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 150-94 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: B McCarthy 24; J Benoit 3; W Littleton 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B McCarthy 6-10; J Benoit 0-0; W Littleton 5-1 Game Scores: B McCarthy 60 | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Biggio 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 | ||
| A Everett SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | ||
| M Loretta SS-2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .338 | ||
| L Berkman 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .272 | ||
| C Lee LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .311 | ||
| M Lamb 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .339 | ||
| H Pence CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .364 | ||
| L Scott RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .237 | ||
| H Quintero C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 | ||
| W Williams P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .136 | ||
| R White P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | ||
| a-J Lane PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | ||
| T Miller P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Moehler P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| b-O Palmeiro PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .148 | ||
| Totals | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for R White in the 7th b-flied out to left for B Moehler in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Loretta (4, B McCarthy); H Pence (6, B McCarthy) 3B: H Pence (3, B McCarthy) RBI: L Scott (24) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: L Berkman 1, O Palmeiro 2, L Scott 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Lamb (4, line drive) | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| W Williams (L, 8-15) | 4.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 82-49 | 5.52 | |
| R White | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39-25 | 2.14 | |
| T Miller | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23-11 | 5.54 | |
| B Moehler | 1.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27-21 | 6.43 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 171-106 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: W Williams 22; R White 12; T Miller 5; B Moehler 10 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Williams 2-3; R White 4-3; T Miller 1-0; B Moehler 1-2 Game Scores: W Williams 28 | ||||||||||
| TEX | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | M Teixeira homered to right center. | 1 | 0 | |
| 2nd | G Laird doubled to left, N Cruz scored. | 2 | 0 | |
| 2nd | R Vazquez homered to right, G Laird scored. | 4 | 0 | |
| 2nd | L Scott grounded out to second, H Pence scored. | 4 | 1 | |
| 5th | V Diaz homered to right. | 5 | 1 | |
| 5th | R Vazquez singled to left center, I Kinsler scored, G Laird to third. | 6 | 1 | |
| 7th | V Diaz homered to right. | 7 | 1 | |
| 8th | M Teixeira singled to left, R Vazquez scored, K Lofton to second. | 8 | 1 | |
| 8th | V Diaz singled to center, K Lofton scored, M Teixeira to second. | 9 | 1 | |
| 9th | R Vazquez doubled to deep center, I Kinsler and G Laird scored. | 11 | 1 | |
| 9th | K Lofton homered to right, R Vazquez scored. | 13 | 1 | |
| 9th | M Teixeira homered to right. | 14 | 1 | |
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| Stadium | Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX |
| Attendance | 39,938 (95% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:04 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chuck Meriwether, First Base - Alfonso Marquez, Second Base - Tim Timmons, Third Base - Rick Reed |
