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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2013-03-31 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 41307 · 73°F, dome, dry · 3:00

Houston Astros defeated Texas Rangers 8–2. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 6th. Bud Norris earned the win and Erik Bedard picked up the save. Rick Ankiel went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bud Norris L: Matt Harrison SV: Erik Bedard

Umpires — HP: Sam Holbrook · 1B: Paul Nauert · 2B: Andy Fletcher · 3B: Chris Conroy · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Kinsler	3	1	0	0	1	0
Elvis Andrus	4	0	0	0	0	2
Lance Berkman	4	1	2	0	0	1
Adrian Beltre	4	0	0	0	0	0
David Murphy	3	0	1	1	1	0
Nelson Cruz	3	0	2	1	1	0
A. J. Pierzynski	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mitch Moreland	4	0	0	0	0	1
Leonys Martin	3	0	0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve	4	0	2	1	0	0
Brett Wallace	4	1	1	0	0	3
Chris Carter	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Pena	4	1	1	0	0	3
Justin Maxwell	3	2	2	2	1	0
Jason Castro	4	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Dominguez	3	1	1	1	1	1
Brandon Barnes	1	1	0	0	1	1
Ronny Cedeno	3	1	1	0	0	1
Rick Ankiel	2	1	1	3	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Harrison	5.2	6	3	9
Derek Lowe	0.1	1	0	1
Jason Frasor	1.0	0	0	1
Joe Ortiz	1.0	2	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bud Norris	5.2	5	3	5
Erik Bedard	3.1	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ian Kinsler: 9/F89D
Elvis Andrus: K
Lance Berkman: 63/G6

Bot 1

Jose Altuve: S7/G56+
Brett Wallace: OA.1X2(26)
Brett Wallace: K
Chris Carter: K

Top 2

Adrian Beltre: 5/L56+
David Murphy: W
Nelson Cruz: CS2(24)
Nelson Cruz: W
A. J. Pierzynski: S7/L6D.1-2
Mitch Moreland: K

Bot 2

Carlos Pena: K
Justin Maxwell: 5/L5
Jason Castro: K

Top 3

Leonys Martin: K
Ian Kinsler: 8/L8LD+
Elvis Andrus: 8/L8LM

Bot 3

Matt Dominguez: 63/G6
Brandon Barnes: K
Ronny Cedeno: 9/F9LS

Top 4

Lance Berkman: S8/L8LS+
Adrian Beltre: 7/F78D
David Murphy: 7/F7M
Nelson Cruz: 8/F8LXD

Bot 4

Jose Altuve: 8/F8RD+
Brett Wallace: S8/G4M
Chris Carter: K
Carlos Pena: S8/G6+.1-2
Justin Maxwell: T8/F7D/UREV.2-H;1-H
Jason Castro: 31/G34

Top 5

A. J. Pierzynski: K
Mitch Moreland: 7/F7S
Leonys Martin: 53/G56S

Bot 5

Matt Dominguez: K
Brandon Barnes: W
Ronny Cedeno: S9/L9S+.1-H(E9);B-3
Jose Altuve: S8/L89M.3-H(UR)
Brett Wallace: K
Chris Carter: 4/F4D-

Top 6

Ian Kinsler: W
Elvis Andrus: K
Lance Berkman: S9/L9S.1-3
Adrian Beltre: 1/L13
David Murphy: S9/G34+.3-H;1-2
Nelson Cruz: S8/G6+.2-H;1-2
A. J. Pierzynski: 8/F8LXD

Bot 6

Carlos Pena: K
Justin Maxwell: W
Jason Castro: 8/F8LM
Matt Dominguez: W.1-2
Rick Ankiel: HR/F9D+.2-H;1-H
Ronny Cedeno: K

Top 7

Mitch Moreland: 63/G6MD+
Leonys Martin: K
Ian Kinsler: 63/G6

Bot 7

Jose Altuve: 63/G6
Brett Wallace: K
Chris Carter: 53/G56

Top 8

Elvis Andrus: 53/G5
Lance Berkman: K
Adrian Beltre: 6/P

Bot 8

Carlos Pena: K
Justin Maxwell: T9/L9S
Jason Castro: 43/G4S
Matt Dominguez: S14.3-H
Rick Ankiel: K

Top 9

David Murphy: 8/F78XD+
Nelson Cruz: S9/L89M
A. J. Pierzynski: 7/F7M
Mitch Moreland: DI.1-2
Mitch Moreland: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

replay,4,maxwj002,HOU,holbs901,HOU03,O,N,I,,H $the ball struck near the top of the wall above the scoreboard in front of the Crawford boxes; David Murphy lost track of the ball and it was retrieved by Leonys Martin; acting crew chief Sam Holbrook watched the replay and upheld the call of in play

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