Rangers 9, Red Sox 2

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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 Texas 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 X 9 10 0 WP: R. Ellis (1-1) LP: R. Mendoza (3-5)

Scoring Summary

Bot 2nd: Texas

-L. Nix homered to right center, M. Teixeira scored

Bot 3rd: Texas

-M. Teixeira homered to right, R. Palmeiro and A. Rodriguez scored

Top 5th: Boston

-T. Nixon homered to right

Bot 5th: Texas

-H. Blalock homered to right center

-L. Nix walked, A. Rodriguez scored, M. Teixeira to third, J. Jones to second

Bot 7th: Texas

-L. Nix doubled to deep right center, M. Teixeira scored

-D. Sadler safe at first on left fielder K. Millar's fielding error, L. Nix scored, D. Sadler to second

Top 8th: Boston

-D. Jackson homered to left

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Damon cf	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.267
B. Mueller 3b	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.330
T. Walker 2b	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.285
M. Ramirez dh	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.324
D. Ortiz 1b	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.286
K. Millar lf	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.286
T. Nixon rf	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	.324
J. Varitek c	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.293
D. Jackson ss	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	.244
Totals	30	2	7	2	5	6	12

Batting 2B - T Walker (25, R Ellis); T Nixon (18, R Ellis). HR - T Nixon (19, 5th inning off R Ellis 0 on, 1 Out), D Jackson (1, 8th inning off R Ellis 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - T Nixon (65), D Jackson (5). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 2, D Ortiz 1. GIDP - T Walker, D Ortiz. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running CS - B Mueller (4, 2nd base by R Ellis/T Greene), J Damon (4, 2nd base by R Ellis/T Greene).    Fielding E - K Millar (4, fly ball).

Texas
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Young 2b	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.321
H. Blalock 3b	3	1	1	1	2	0	2	.318
A. Rodriguez ss	5	2	3	0	0	1	1	.295
R. Palmeiro dh	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	.242
M. Teixeira 1b	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	.254
J. Jones lf	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.105
L. Nix rf	3	2	2	4	1	1	0	.224
T. Greene c	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	.208
D. Sadler lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.218
Totals	35	9	10	8	5	8	14

Batting 2B - L Nix (3, T Jones). HR - L Nix (2, 2nd inning off R Mendoza 1 on, 1 Out), M Teixeira (15, 3rd inning off R Mendoza 2 on, 2 Out), H Blalock (18, 5th inning off R Mendoza 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - L Nix 4 (6), M Teixeira 3 (49), H Blalock (58). 2-out RBI - M Teixeira 3, L Nix. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Blalock 1, T Greene 2, R Palmeiro 2. Team LOB - 8.

Base Running SB - H Blalock (1, 2nd base off R Mendoza/J Varitek).    Fielding DP - 3 (T Greene-A Rodriguez, M Young-A Rodriguez-M Teixeira 2).

Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Mendoza (L, 3-5)	4.1	7	7	7	1	5	3	6.89
J. Shiell	1.2	1	0	0	3	2	0	4.63
T. Jones	1.0	2	2	1	1	1	0	8.26
M. Timlin	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36
Texas
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Ellis (W, 1-1)	7.0	6	2	2	3	5	2	8.18
R. Mahay	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45
F. Cordero	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3.07

HBP - M Teixeira (by J Shiell).

Pitches-strikes - R Mendoza 81-55; J Shiell 44-18; T Jones 24-13; M Timlin 10-6; R Ellis 109-63; R Mahay 17-9; F Cordero 28-14.

Ground balls-fly balls - R Mendoza 4-4; J Shiell 0-3; T Jones 1-1; M Timlin 3-0; R Ellis 8-6; R Mahay 1-2; F Cordero 2-0.

Batters faced - R Mendoza 21; J Shiell 10; T Jones 7; M Timlin 3; R Ellis 27; R Mahay 3; F Cordero 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Charlie Reliford. 1B--Justin Klemm. 2B--Fieldin Culbreth. 3B--Terry Craft. Time: 2:50. Attendance: 25,354. Weather: 90 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, left to right.

Updated on Wednesday, Jul 30, 2003 11:02 pm ET