Texas 6, Boston 5

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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Texas 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 17 2 Boston 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 7 1 WP: B. Shouse (2-0) S: F. Cordero (27) LP: K. Foulke (2-2)

Scoring Summary

Top 2nd: Texas

-M. Teixeira homered to deep left center

-K. Mench homered to deep left, E. Young scored

Bot 4th: Boston

-D. Ortiz doubled to deep right, M. Bellhorn scored

-T. Nixon grounded out to first, D. Ortiz scored

Top 5th: Texas

-A. Soriano homered to deep left

Top 7th: Texas

-M. Teixeira hit sacrifice fly to left center, A. Soriano scored

Bot 7th: Boston

-D. Mirabelli homered to deep left, B. Mueller scored

-J. Damon homered to deep right

Top 8th: Texas

-A. Soriano hit sacrifice fly to left, J. Conti scored

Texas
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Young ss	6	0	2	0	0	1	4	.332
H. Blalock 3b	5	0	0	0	0	2	6	.303
A. Soriano 2b	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	.289
B. Fullmer dh	5	0	2	0	0	2	5	.244
M. Teixeira 1b	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	.275
E. Young lf	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	.329
K. Mench rf	4	1	1	2	0	0	4	.276
G. Matthews Jr. rf	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.280
L. Nix cf	4	0	2	0	1	1	2	.291
R. Barajas c	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	.270
J. Conti pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182
D. Ardoin c	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125
Totals	41	6	17	6	2	8	29

Batting 2B - B Fullmer (19, T Wakefield); E Young (9, C Leskanic); M Young (18, K Foulke); G Matthews Jr (7, K Foulke). HR - M Teixeira (18, 2nd inning off T Wakefield 0 on, 0 Out), K Mench (13, 2nd inning off T Wakefield 1 on, 0 Out), A Soriano (17, 5th inning off T Wakefield 0 on, 0 Out). SF - A Soriano , M Teixeira. RBI - M Teixeira 2 (48), K Mench 2 (37), A Soriano 2 (55). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Fullmer 4, M Young 2, L Nix 1. GIDP - K Mench. Team LOB - 13.

Base Running SB - A Soriano (9, 2nd base off T Wakefield/D Mirabelli).    Fielding E - H Blalock (8, ground ball); D Ardoin (1, throw). DP - 1 (M Young-A Soriano-M Teixeira).

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Damon cf	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	.321
M. Bellhorn 2b	4	1	1	0	1	2	2	.268
D. Ortiz dh	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.304
N. Garciaparra ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.327
T. Nixon rf	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	.231
K. Millar lf	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.280
D. McCarty 1b	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.229
B. Mueller 3b	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	.285
P. Reese pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
D. Mirabelli c	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	.306
M. Ramirez ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.344
Totals	33	5	7	5	4	7	10

Batting 2B - D Ortiz (33, R Drese). HR - D Mirabelli (7, 7th inning off F Francisco 1 on, 2 Out), J Damon (10, 7th inning off F Francisco 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - D Ortiz (78), T Nixon (9), D Mirabelli 2 (17), J Damon (46). 2-out RBI - D Mirabelli 2, J Damon. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D McCarty 1, M Bellhorn 2. GIDP - N Garciaparra. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running SB - J Damon 2 (11, 2nd base off R Drese/R Barajas, 2nd base off F Cordero/D Ardoin), N Garciaparra (2, 2nd base off F Cordero/D Ardoin). Picked Off - P Reese (1st base, F Cordero).    Fielding E - D McCarty (2, catch). DP - 1 (B Mueller-M Bellhorn-D McCarty).

Texas
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Drese	6.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	3.78
F. Francisco	0.2	2	3	3	2	1	2	4.63
B. Shouse (W, 2-0)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65
F. Cordero (S, 27)	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2.08
Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
T. Wakefield	6.0	12	5	5	1	5	3	4.17
C. Leskanic	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.68
K. Foulke (L, 2-2)	2.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	1.53

IBB - L Nix (by K Foulke).

HBP - A Soriano (by T Wakefield); K Millar (by R Drese).

Pitches-strikes - R Drese 86-55; F Francisco 24-10; B Shouse 7-4; F Cordero 45-28; T Wakefield 109-76; C Leskanic 8-7; K Foulke 32-22.

Ground balls-fly balls - R Drese 10-5; F Francisco 0-1; B Shouse 0-1; F Cordero 0-2; T Wakefield 7-5; C Leskanic 1-1; K Foulke 0-4.

Batters faced - R Drese 23; F Francisco 6; B Shouse 1; F Cordero 8; T Wakefield 31; C Leskanic 4; K Foulke 11.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Paul Nauert. 1B--Randy Marsh. 2B--Larry Vanover. 3B--Sam Holbrook. Time: 3:04. Attendance: 34,778. Weather: 69 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, in from right.

Game Notes

JOHNNY DAMON HOMERED IN THE SEVENTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 16 GAMES.

THE HOME RUNS BY BOSTON'S DOUG MIRABELLI AND JOHNNY DAMON IN THE SEVENTH INNING WERE BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Sunday, Jul 11, 2004 7:21 pm ET