Texas 4, Baltimore 2

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(49-49)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Texas 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6 1 Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1 WP: J. Benoit (2-1) S: F. Cordero (23) LP: D. Cabrera (8-8)	(50-48)

Scoring Summary

Top 3rd: Texas

- M. Teixeira grounded into fielder's choice, R. Barajas scored, K. Mench to third, M. Young out at second

Top 4th: Texas

- A. Soriano homered to deep left

Top 5th: Texas

- A. Soriano singled to right center, M. Teixeira scored, H. Blalock to second

Bot 6th: Baltimore

- J. Gibbons homered to deep right

- L. Bigbie grounded out to shortstop, L. Matos scored

Top 8th: Texas

- A. Gonzalez hit sacrifice fly to center, A. Soriano scored

Texas
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
K. Mench lf	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	.269
M. Young ss	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	.324
M. Teixeira 1b	4	1	0	1	1	1	3	.276
H. Blalock 3b	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	.284
A. Soriano 2b	4	2	3	2	0	1	0	.284
R. Hidalgo rf	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.225
A. Gonzalez dh	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.238
G. Matthews Jr. cf	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.241
R. Barajas c	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	.254
Totals	31	4	6	4	8	8	14

Batting HR - A Soriano (25, 4th inning off D Cabrera 0 on, 0 Out). SF - A Gonzalez. RBI - M Teixeira (83), A Soriano 2 (68), A Gonzalez (5). 2-out RBI - A Soriano. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Mench 1, H Blalock 2, R Hidalgo 1. Team LOB - 9.

Base Running SB - A Soriano (12, 2nd base off J Julio/J Lopez). CS - G Matthews Jr (2, 2nd base by D Cabrera/J Lopez).    Fielding E - R Barajas (6, throw). DP - 2 (H Blalock-A Soriano-M Teixeira 2).

Baltimore
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
B. Roberts 2b	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	.337
M. Mora 3b	5	0	3	0	0	1	4	.298
M. Tejada ss	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	.319
R. Palmeiro 1b	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.281
S. Sosa rf	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.234
J. Lopez c	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.271
J. Gibbons dh	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.256
L. Matos cf	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.269
L. Bigbie lf	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.255
E. Marrero ph-lf	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.175
Totals	33	2	8	2	5	4	15

Batting HR - J Gibbons (15, 6th inning off R Mahay 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - J Gibbons (45), L Bigbie (21). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Sosa 1, M Tejada 2, M Mora 2. GIDP - S Sosa, M Tejada. Team LOB - 10.

Base Running SB - L Matos (11, 2nd base off J Benoit/R Barajas).    Fielding E - B Roberts (6, catch).

Texas
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Benoit (W, 2-1)	5.0	4	0	0	4	2	0	2.00
R. Mahay (H, 6)	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	7.02
K. Loe (H, 2)	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.55
B. Shouse (H, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.33
F. Cordero (S, 23)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.74
Baltimore
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
D. Cabrera (L, 8-8)	5.0	3	3	3	7	5	1	4.67
T. Williams	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.22
T. Byrdak	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.70
J. Julio	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.69
B.J. Ryan	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.86

WP - R Mahay.

HBP - L Matos (by J Benoit).

Pitches-strikes - J Benoit 91-56; R Mahay 12-8; K Loe 22-14; B Shouse 11-7; F Cordero 7-7; D Cabrera 109-53; T Williams 19-11; T Byrdak 8-5; J Julio 11-8; B Ryan 26-18.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Benoit 4-9; R Mahay 1-1; K Loe 4-0; B Shouse 2-0; F Cordero 2-0; D Cabrera 2-7; T Williams 1-3; T Byrdak 0-1; J Julio 0-2; B Ryan 0-2.

Batters faced - J Benoit 24; R Mahay 4; K Loe 5; B Shouse 3; F Cordero 3; D Cabrera 24; T Williams 5; T Byrdak 2; J Julio 4; B Ryan 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Paul Nauert. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Gary Darling. 3B--Tom Hallion. Time: 3:21. Attendance: 29,314. Weather: 96 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, out to left.

Updated on Monday, Jul 25, 2005 10:33 pm ET