Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - June 17, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 17, 2009

Final in 10

Series: Game 2 of 3

Texas leads 2-0 (as of 6/17)

Game 1: Tuesday, June 16
Houston	1	Final
Texas	6	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, June 17
Houston	4	Final in 10
Texas	5	Final in 10
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Game 3: Thursday, June 18
Houston	5	Final
Texas	3	Final
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Astros 4

(29-35, 13-17 away)

Rangers 5

(37-27, 22-13 home)

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8:05 PM ET, June 17, 2009

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	3
TEX	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	11	0

W: C. Wilson (4-3)

L: J. Fulchino (2-2)

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	4	1	1	0	1	1	18	.293	.369	.397
J Keppinger 3B	5	0	2	0	0	1	23	.263	.336	.404
M Tejada SS	4	0	0	1	1	0	17	.342	.369	.500
C Lee DH	4	1	2	1	1	1	31	.312	.365	.526
L Berkman 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	24	.248	.381	.491
H Pence RF	5	2	4	1	0	1	15	.328	.408	.528
I Rodriguez C	5	0	1	0	0	1	27	.246	.278	.401
K Matsui 2B	3	0	2	1	0	0	15	.224	.290	.303
J Michaels LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	9	.193	.270	.316
Totals	39	4	13	4	3	7	179
BATTING 2B: K Matsui (7, M Harrison); H Pence 2 (11, C Wilson, M Harrison) HR: C Lee (12, 4th inning off M Harrison 0 on, 0 Out); H Pence (9, 8th inning off E Guardado 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: M Tejada (37), C Lee (41), K Matsui (13), H Pence (27) S: K Matsui 2-out RBI: K Matsui GIDP: M Tejada 2 Astros RISP: 1-9 (M Tejada 0-1, J Michaels 0-2, I Rodriguez 0-2, M Bourn 0-1, J Keppinger 0-1, L Berkman 0-1, K Matsui 1-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: M Bourn (23, 2nd base off M Harrison/J Saltalamacchia) CS: M Bourn (6, 2nd base by C Wilson/J Saltalamacchia)
FIELDING E: I Rodriguez 2 (2, throw 2); J Keppinger (2, ground ball) DP: 1 (J Keppinger-K Matsui-L Berkman).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Ortiz	6.0	7	4	3	1	5	2	81-54	3.60
C Sampson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	2.31
L Hawkins	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	2.51
J Valverde	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	13-10	4.35
J Fulchino (L, 2-2)	0.1	2	1	0	1	0	0	16-8	2.54
Totals	9.1	11	5	3	2	9	2	134-88
PITCHING IBB: H Blalock (By J Fulchino) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Ortiz 17/25; C Sampson 1/3; L Hawkins 4/4; J Valverde 3/4; J Fulchino 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Ortiz 16-6-13-19; C Sampson 1-2-2-1; L Hawkins 3-2-2-3; J Valverde 4-4-0-2; J Fulchino 0-2-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Ortiz 7-6; C Sampson 0-2; L Hawkins 1-1; J Valverde 0-1; J Fulchino 0-1 Game Scores: R Ortiz 48

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	4	2	2	1	0	0	11	.271	.348	.539
M Young 3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	21	.320	.364	.502
H Blalock DH	4	0	1	0	1	2	21	.251	.296	.524
N Cruz RF	5	1	2	1	0	0	12	.278	.346	.574
D Murphy LF	5	0	1	1	0	2	17	.257	.340	.386
M Byrd CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	8	.293	.317	.459
C Davis 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	.200	.257	.414
J Saltalamacchia C	4	1	1	1	0	3	15	.247	.298	.391
O Vizquel SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	9	.323	.354	.419
a-A Jones PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.246	.358	.509
E Andrus SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.314	.375
Totals	38	5	11	4	2	9	134
a-struck out looking for O Vizquel in the 9th
BATTING 2B: I Kinsler (14, R Ortiz); M Byrd (20, J Valverde) HR: J Saltalamacchia (6, 3rd inning off R Ortiz 0 on, 0 Out); N Cruz (18, 4th inning off R Ortiz 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Saltalamacchia (25), N Cruz (44), I Kinsler (47), D Murphy (14) SF: I Kinsler GIDP: M Young Rangers RISP: 2-9 (D Murphy 1-2, A Jones 0-1, M Young 1-1, C Davis 0-2, J Saltalamacchia 0-1, N Cruz 0-1, M Byrd 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: I Kinsler 2 (13, 3rd base off R Ortiz/I Rodriguez, 2nd base off J Fulchino/I Rodriguez); O Vizquel (4, 2nd base off R Ortiz/I Rodriguez)
FIELDING DP: 2 (M Harrison-O Vizquel-C Davis, M Young-I Kinsler-C Davis).

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Harrison	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	86-49	5.43
J Grilli (H, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	20-14	4.50
D O'Day (H, 7)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	21-15	0.90
E Guardado (B, 1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	23-16	6.00
C Wilson (W, 4-3)	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	29-18	2.89
Totals	10.0	13	4	4	3	7	2	179-112
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Harrison 11/23; J Grilli 3/5; D O'Day 2/3; E Guardado 2/4; C Wilson 4/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Harrison 7-9-16-17; J Grilli 3-6-2-3; D O'Day 5-0-8-2; E Guardado 4-1-7-4; C Wilson 6-3-3-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Harrison 8-4; J Grilli 1-0; D O'Day 2-0; E Guardado 3-0; C Wilson 3-1 Game Scores: M Harrison 43

Scoring Summary

			HOU	TEX
	1st	M Tejada grounded out to second, M Bourn scored.	1	0
	1st	I Kinsler stole third, I Kinsler scored on throwing error by catcher I Rodriguez.	1	1
	3rd	J Saltalamacchia homered to center.	1	2
	4th	C Lee homered to center.	2	2
	4th	K Matsui singled to center, H Pence scored.	3	2
	4th	N Cruz homered to right.	3	3
	5th	I Kinsler hit sacrifice fly to center, O Vizquel scored.	3	4
	8th	H Pence homered to right center.	4	4
	10th	D Murphy singled to left, I Kinsler scored, M Young to third, H Blalock to second.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	32,425 (67.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:06
Weather	94 degrees, clear
Wind	18 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Carlson, First Base - Tim Tschida, Second Base - Bob Davidson, Third Base - Jeff Nelson