Texas Rangers vs. Toronto Blue Jays - Box Score - August 18, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 18, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 8/18)

Game 1: Friday, August 17
Texas	2	Final
Toronto	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 18
Texas	2	Final
Toronto	1	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 19
Texas	11	Final
Toronto	2	Final
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Rangers 2

(69-50, 33-28 away)

Blue Jays 1

(56-64, 31-29 home)

Alerts

1:07 PM ET, August 18, 2012

Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
TOR	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1

W: M. Kirkman (1-2)

L: C. Villanueva (6-3)

S: J. Nathan (24)

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.264	.333	.424
M Young SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	14	.268	.301	.340
E Andrus SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.366	.394
J Hamilton LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	25	.288	.354	.587
A Beltre 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	13	.305	.342	.484
N Cruz DH	3	1	1	2	0	1	8	.266	.329	.468
D Murphy RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	.300	.379	.471
M Moreland 1B	3	0	2	0	0	1	10	.287	.343	.512
C Gentry CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	.313	.382	.400
L Martinez C	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000
a-L Martin PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.184	.244	.395
G Soto C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.233	.275
Totals	30	2	5	2	1	5	113
a-struck out swinging for L Martinez in the 8th
BATTING 2B: A Beltre (23, C Villanueva) HR: N Cruz (19, 5th inning off C Villanueva 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: N Cruz 2 (72) Rangers RISP: 1-3 (L Martin 0-1, I Kinsler 0-1, N Cruz 1-1) Team LOB: 2
BASERUNNING CS: D Murphy (3, 2nd base by A Loup); C Gentry (6, 2nd base by C Villanueva/J Mathis) Picked Off: D Murphy (1st base by A Loup)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Oswalt	4.2	2	1	1	2	5	0	62-40	6.04
R Ross	1.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	32-21	1.75
T Scheppers	0.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	17-6	5.09
M Kirkman (W, 1-2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	4.44
M Adams (H, 22)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	2.70
J Nathan (S, 24)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-9	2.66
Totals	9.0	7	1	1	3	10	0	140-86
PITCHING IBB: E Encarnacion (By T Scheppers) HBP: E Encarnacion (By R Oswalt) Balk: R Oswalt 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Oswalt 11/19; R Ross 2/7; T Scheppers 1/4; M Kirkman 2/2; M Adams 2/3; J Nathan 0/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Oswalt 8-8-13-11; R Ross 4-4-9-4; T Scheppers 2-0-2-2; M Kirkman 2-1-1-2; M Adams 1-0-0-3; J Nathan 2-3-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Oswalt 5-4; R Ross 0-1; T Scheppers 0-1; M Kirkman 0-2; M Adams 2-1; J Nathan 1-0 Game Scores: R Oswalt 59

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Davis LF	5	0	1	0	0	3	19	.258	.313	.406
C Rasmus CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	17	.242	.303	.447
E Encarnacion DH	2	0	0	0	1	1	17	.292	.389	.565
D Cooper 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.284	.309	.440
Y Escobar SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	17	.245	.294	.327
M McCoy 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.190
K Johnson 2B	3	0	0	0	1	2	15	.228	.315	.377
J Mathis C	4	0	1	0	0	1	10	.222	.255	.418
A Gose RF	3	1	1	0	1	1	16	.205	.284	.274
A Hechavarria 3B-SS	3	0	2	1	0	1	13	.185	.241	.259
Totals	33	1	7	1	3	10	140
BATTING 2B: A Hechavarria (2, T Scheppers) RBI: A Hechavarria (1) S: A Hechavarria Blue Jays RISP: 3-13 (Y Escobar 0-2, R Davis 1-2, D Cooper 0-2, J Mathis 1-2, A Gose 0-1, K Johnson 0-1, A Hechavarria 1-1, C Rasmus 0-2) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: A Gose (10, 2nd base off R Oswalt/L Martinez); R Davis (38, 2nd base off T Scheppers/L Martinez)
FIELDING E: C Jenkins (1, throw) PB: J Mathis.

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Villanueva (L, 6-3)	6.1	4	2	2	1	4	1	86-58	3.10
A Loup	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	2.50
C Jenkins	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	0.00
D Oliver	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	1.84
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	113-75
PITCHING A Loup pitched to 1 batter in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Villanueva 18/23; A Loup 1/2; C Jenkins 0/4; D Oliver 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Villanueva 17-7-16-18; A Loup 1-0-1-2; C Jenkins 1-2-1-3; D Oliver 2-0-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Villanueva 7-7; A Loup 1-0; C Jenkins 2-1; D Oliver 0-2 Game Scores: C Villanueva 60

Game Notes

BLUE JAYS SHORTSTOP YUNEL ESCOBAR WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE JEFF NELSON IN THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING.

Game Information

Stadium	Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON
Attendance	30,033 (60.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:47
Weather	68 degrees, sunny
Wind	11 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jeff Nelson, First Base - Bill Welke, Second Base - Angel Campos, Third Base - Tim Tschida