Starting Lineups:
Texas Rangers Houston Astros
1. Matthews cf Taveras cf
2. M. Young ss Biggio 2b
3. Teixeira 1b Berkman rf
4. Blalock 3b Ensberg 3b
5. Mench rf Lamb 1b
6. DeRosa 2b Ausmus c
7. Wilkerson lf Wilson lf
8. Laird c Everett ss
9. Millwood p Pettitte p
RANGERS 1ST: Matthews doubled to center; M. Young doubled to
right [Matthews scored]; Teixeira singled to center [M. Young to
third]; Blalock out on a sacrifice fly to center [M. Young
scored]; Mench singled to right [Teixeira to third (error by
Berkman), Mench to second]; DeRosa was called out on strikes;
Wilkerson flied to center; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Taveras singled to center; Biggio grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Taveras out at
second]; Berkman was hit by a pitch; Ensberg flied to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Astros 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Laird flied to left; Millwood struck out; Matthews
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Lamb grounded out (shortstop to first); Ausmus
singled to left; Wilson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Ausmus out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 2, Astros 0.
RANGERS 3RD: M. Young struck out; Teixeira singled to right;
Blalock walked [Teixeira to second]; Mench doubled [Teixeira
scored, Blalock to third]; DeRosa was walked intentionally;
Wilkerson singled to right [Blalock scored, Mench to third,
DeRosa to second]; Laird struck out; Millwood struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Everett grounded out (shortstop to first); Pettitte
struck out; Taveras was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 4, Astros 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Matthews doubled to center; M. Young walked;
Teixeira singled to third [Matthews to third, M. Young to
second]; Blalock grounded into a double play (first to catcher)
[M. Young to third, Teixeira to second, Matthews out at home];
Mench was walked intentionally; DeRosa struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB. Rangers 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Biggio singled to left; Berkman struck out; Ensberg
struck out; Lamb flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers
4, Astros 0.
RANGERS 5TH: Wilkerson singled to center; Laird singled to
center [Wilkerson to second]; Millwood out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Wilkerson to third, Laird to second];
Matthews was walked intentionally; M. Young out on a sacrifice
fly to center [Wilkerson scored]; Teixeira was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Ausmus struck out; Wilson flied to right; Everett
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Astros 0.
RANGERS 6TH: Blalock grounded out (shortstop to first); Mench
flied to right; DeRosa singled to center; Wilkerson popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: MCEWING BATTED FOR PETTITTE; McEwing struck out;
Taveras popped to shortstop; Biggio grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Astros 0.
RANGERS 7TH: BORKOWSKI REPLACED MCEWING (PITCHING); Laird struck
out; Millwood grounded out (second to first); Matthews singled
to center; M. Young singled to right [Matthews to second];
Teixeira walked [Matthews to third, M. Young to second]; Blalock
flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 5, Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Berkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Ensberg
singled to third; Lamb forced Ensberg (second to shortstop);
Ausmus flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Astros
0.
RANGERS 8TH: Mench flied to left; DeRosa grounded out (shortstop
to first); Wilkerson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 5, Astros 0.
ASTROS 8TH: BAUER REPLACED MILLWOOD (PITCHING); Wilson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Everett popped to shortstop; BRUNTLETT
BATTED FOR BORKOWSKI; Bruntlett grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Astros 0.
RANGERS 9TH: GALLO REPLACED BRUNTLETT (PITCHING); Laird homered
to left-center; NEVIN BATTED FOR BAUER; Nevin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Matthews flied to left; M. Young flied to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 0.
ASTROS 9TH: CORDERO REPLACED NEVIN (PITCHING); Taveras struck
out; Biggio doubled to left; Berkman flied to center; Ensberg
reached on an error by Blalock [Biggio to third]; Lamb struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Astros 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Rangers 6 15 1 14
Astros 0 5 1 5
