Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - June 18, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 18, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Texas won 2-1

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 5

(30-35, 14-17 away)

Rangers 3

(37-28, 22-14 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, June 18, 2009

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

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

W: A. Arias (1-0)

L: J. Jennings (2-2)

S: J. Valverde (3)

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	5	0	2	1	0	1	17	.295	.370	.406
J Keppinger 3B	3	1	0	0	1	0	21	.256	.333	.393
M Tejada SS	4	1	1	0	1	0	18	.341	.369	.496
C Lee DH	4	0	2	1	1	0	23	.315	.370	.525
L Berkman 1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	29	.243	.378	.482
H Pence RF	4	1	1	1	0	1	11	.326	.405	.536
K Matsui 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	10	.231	.295	.308
D Erstad LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	11	.119	.178	.179
H Quintero C	4	1	2	1	0	0	12	.300	.314	.380
Totals	36	5	11	4	4	4	152
BATTING 2B: D Erstad (2, V Padilla) 3B: M Bourn (5, J Jennings) HR: H Pence (10, 8th inning off J Jennings 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: H Quintero (9), C Lee (42), H Pence (28), M Bourn (15) S: J Keppinger 2-out RBI: H Quintero, M Bourn GIDP: D Erstad Astros RISP: 3-10 (M Tejada 0-1, H Quintero 1-2, H Pence 0-1, C Lee 1-1, D Erstad 0-1, J Keppinger 0-1, L Berkman 0-2, K Matsui 1-1) Team LOB: 9
FIELDING E: H Quintero (4, throw) DP: 3 (J Keppinger-L Berkman, H Pence-L Berkman, M Tejada-L Berkman). Outfield Assist: H Pence (E Andrus at 1st base).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Backe	4.0	4	3	3	1	0	2	60-34	10.38
W Wright	2.2	0	0	0	2	3	0	41-25	6.06
A Arias (W, 1-0)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-4	2.45
L Hawkins (H, 4)	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20-12	2.43
J Valverde (S, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-10	3.97
Totals	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	2	138-85
PITCHING WP: B Backe First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Backe 10/16; W Wright 5/9; A Arias 1/1; L Hawkins 3/5; J Valverde 4/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Backe 10-2-7-15; W Wright 10-2-9-4; A Arias 2-1-1-0; L Hawkins 3-0-5-4; J Valverde 3-2-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Backe 7-4; W Wright 0-4; A Arias 0-0; L Hawkins 2-1; J Valverde 1-1 Game Scores: B Backe 41

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.267	.343	.531
M Young 3B	4	1	2	1	0	1	16	.323	.366	.514
H Blalock DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	12	.247	.295	.515
N Cruz RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	14	.278	.345	.568
D Murphy LF	3	0	2	0	1	0	18	.266	.349	.392
M Byrd CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	.287	.311	.450
C Davis 1B	4	1	1	1	0	2	14	.201	.257	.425
T Teagarden C	3	0	0	0	0	1	12	.228	.302	.298
a-A Jones PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.243	.355	.504
E Andrus SS	1	0	1	0	2	0	18	.260	.325	.379
Totals	31	3	7	2	4	5	138
a-lined out to right for T Teagarden in the 9th
BATTING HR: M Young (9, 1st inning off B Backe 0 on, 1 Out); C Davis (13, 2nd inning off B Backe 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Young (26), C Davis (28) 2-out RBI: C Davis GIDP: I Kinsler Rangers RISP: 1-8 (D Murphy 1-1, A Jones 0-1, C Davis 0-3, N Cruz 0-1, M Byrd 0-1, T Teagarden 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: N Cruz (11, 3rd base off B Backe/H Quintero); D Murphy (5, 2nd base off W Wright/H Quintero); M Byrd (3, 2nd base off J Valverde/H Quintero)
FIELDING DP: 1 (I Kinsler-E Andrus-C Davis). PB: T Teagarden 2.

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
V Padilla	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	107-64	4.79
J Jennings (L, 2-2)	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	27-18	3.34
J Grilli	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18-12	3.60
Totals	9.0	11	5	5	4	4	1	152-94
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: V Padilla 13/27; J Jennings 7/11; J Grilli 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: V Padilla 18-4-23-19; J Jennings 7-0-1-10; J Grilli 1-2-6-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: V Padilla 10-4; J Jennings 4-2; J Grilli 1-2 Game Scores: V Padilla 47

Scoring Summary

			HOU	TEX
	1st	M Young homered to right.	0	1
	2nd	C Davis homered to right.	0	2
	4th	N Cruz stole third, N Cruz scored, D Murphy safe at second on throwing error by catcher H Quintero.	0	3
	5th	H Quintero singled to center, D Erstad scored.	1	3
	6th	C Lee singled to right, J Keppinger scored, M Tejada to third.	2	3
	6th	M Tejada scored, C Lee to third, L Berkman to second on passed ball by T Teagarden.	3	3
	8th	H Pence homered to center.	4	3
	8th	M Bourn tripled to deep right, H Quintero scored.	5	3
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Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	25,445 (52.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:00
Weather	94 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	15 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Tschida, First Base - Bob Davidson, Second Base - Jeff Nelson, Third Base - Mark Carlson