Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays

68-53, 27-29 Away

Final

66-55, 41-20 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
I. Kinsler2B	0-3	1	0	0	.247
M. Young3B	3-4	1	0	0	.326
M. ByrdLF	1-4	0	0	1	.286
A. JonesDH	0-4	0	0	1	.217
J. BorbonPR-DH	0-0	0	0	0	.485
J. HamiltonCF	0-4	0	0	0	.262
N. CruzRF	0-3	0	0	0	.266
H. Blalock1B	0-3	0	0	0	.240
T. TeagardenC	1-4	1	1	1	.199
E. AndrusSS	1-3	0	0	0	.270

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
D. Nippert	5.0	7	4	2	3	95-60	3.95
W. Eyre	2.0	0	0	1	0	17-10	3.48
C.J. Wilson	0.2	0	0	3	0	22-8	2.91
D. O'Day	0.1	0	0	0	1	3-3	1.96

TEX

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Tropicana Field

12:38 AM, 22 August 2009

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 20,639

Game Time:2:53

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Tim Mcclelland
First Base Umpire - Jerry Layne
Second Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher
Third Base Umpire - Greg Gibson


TEX
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	6	2
1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	-	5	7	0

Scoring Summary

		TEX	TB
1st	C Crawford grounded out to shortstop, J Bartlett scored.	0	1
2nd	J Bartlett sacrificed into fielder's choice to first, G Gross scored, B Upton to second.	0	2
5th	B Zobrist homered to right, E Longoria scored.	0	4
5th	C Pena homered to left.	0	5
8th	T Teagarden homered to center.	1	5
8th	M Byrd singled to left, I Kinsler scored, M Young to third.	2	5
8th	A Jones grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Young scored, M Byrd out at second.	3	5

Data is currently unavailable.

Rangers
3
Rays
5

Game 1

22/8

Rangers
4
Rays
5

Game 2

23/8

Rangers
4
Rays
0

Game 3

23/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	59	57	.509	-	L1
Texas	57	58	.496	1.5	W2
Seattle	56	59	.487	2.5	W1
Athletics	45	70	.391	13.5	L8
Los Angeles	44	71	.383	14.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	68	46	.596	-	W3
New York	64	51	.557	4.5	L1
Boston	62	51	.549	5.5	W7
Baltimore	56	59	.487	12.5	L1
Toronto	54	61	.470	14.5	W1

Reds homer four times to back Andrew Abbott, beat the Athletics 6-5 to complete sweep

— Elly De La Cruz hit his fourth career leadoff home run — one of four homers by Cincinnati — and the Reds beat the Athletics 6-5 on Thursday afternoon to complete a three-game sweep.

Mariners reliever Speier suspended three games, Wilson one

Mariners reliever Gabe Speier was suspended three games and manager Dan Wilson one after Speier hit Detroit's Gleyber Torres with a pitch in the eighth inning of Wednesday night's game.

Red Sox 1B Tristan Casas undergoes left wrist surgery

Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas had arthroscopic surgery on his left wrist, the team announced Thursday, in the latest setback to land him on the injured list.

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Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays

S. Kazmir8-7

D. Nippert4-2

J.P. Howell15

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