Texas 5, Houston 0
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(26-17)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 0
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
WP: B. McCarthy (4-2)
LP: M. Hampton (2-4)
(18-24)
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Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Texas
- J. Hamilton homered to deep left
Top 3rd: Texas
- I. Kinsler homered to deep left
- N. Cruz singled to center, M. Young scored, J. Hamilton to third
- M. Byrd hit sacrifice fly to left, J. Hamilton scored
Top 4th: Texas
- J. Saltalamacchia homered to deep right
 Texas
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
I. Kinsler 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .284
M. Young 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .343
J. Hamilton cf 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .257
N. Cruz rf 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 .288
M. Byrd lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .290
C. Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .204
J. Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .252
E. Andrus ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .291
B. McCarthy p 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
 Totals 36 5 11 5 3 1 12  
 Batting
2B - M Byrd (15, M Hampton); J Hamilton (3, M Hampton); M Young (16, M Hampton); E Andrus (4, R Ortiz).
HR - J Hamilton (6, 1st inning off M Hampton 0 on, 2 Out), I Kinsler (12, 3rd inning off M Hampton 0 on, 0 Out), J Saltalamacchia (5, 4th inning off M Hampton 0 on, 0 Out).
SF - M Byrd.
RBI - J Hamilton (20), I Kinsler (33), N Cruz (31), M Byrd (19), J Saltalamacchia (19).
2-out RBI - J Hamilton.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Byrd 1, B McCarthy 2, C Davis 2.
Team LOB - 8.
 Base Running
SB - N Cruz (7, 2nd base off M Hampton/H Quintero).
CS - N Cruz (1, 3rd base by M Hampton/H Quintero).
 Houston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
M. Bourn cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .282
M. Tejada ss 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .345
L. Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .225
C. Lee lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .317
H. Pence rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .348
G. Blum 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .266
    E. Maysonet 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K. Matsui 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224
H. Quintero c 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 .190
M. Hampton p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375
    J. Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .188
    R. Ortiz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
    D. Erstad ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .152
 Totals 36 0 9 0 1 6 17  
 Batting
2B - M Tejada (15, B McCarthy).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Lee 2, L Berkman 2, H Quintero 2, M Bourn 1.
Team LOB - 10.
 Base Running
SB - M Tejada (2, 2nd base off B McCarthy/J Saltalamacchia).
 Texas
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. McCarthy (W, 4-2) 9.0 9 0 0 1 6 0 4.67
 Houston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
M. Hampton (L, 2-4) 5.0 8 5 5 1 0 3 5.62
R. Ortiz 4.0 3 0 0 2 1 0 4.88
Pitches-strikes - B McCarthy 124-83; M Hampton 75-47; R Ortiz 75-47.
Ground balls-fly balls - B McCarthy 7-14; M Hampton 5-9; R Ortiz 8-3.
Batters faced - B McCarthy 37; M Hampton 23; R Ortiz 17.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Fieldin Culbreth. 1B--Gary Cederstrom. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Brian O'Nora.
Time: 2:37.
Attendance: 36,749.
Weather: INDOORS

Updated on Sunday, May 24, 2009 5:08 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Texas
J. Hamilton Josh Hamilton
3-4, 1 HR
1 RBI
 Houston
M. Tejada Miguel Tejada
4-4