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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2013-08-12 · Day game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 18712 · 73°F, dome, dry · 2:38

Texas Rangers defeated Houston Astros 2–1. Texas Rangers put up 2 in the 1st. Yu Darvish earned the win and Joe Nathan picked up the save. Carlos Corporan went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Yu Darvish L: Brett Oberholtzer SV: Joe Nathan

Umpires — HP: Ron Kulpa · 1B: Tom Hallion · 2B: Phil Cuzzi · 3B: Chris Guccione · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leonys Martin	3	0	1	0	1	1
Elvis Andrus	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ian Kinsler	4	1	1	0	0	0
Adrian Beltre	4	1	3	1	0	0
A. J. Pierzynski	3	0	2	1	0	0
Alex Rios	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jeff Baker	3	0	0	0	0	1
Craig Gentry	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jurickson Profar	3	0	1	0	1	0
Geovany Soto	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mitch Moreland	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Robbie Grossman	4	0	0	0	0	3
Marc Krauss	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brett Wallace	3	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Carter	3	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Dominguez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Corporan	3	1	1	1	0	1
Brandon Barnes	3	0	0	0	0	3
Jake Elmore	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Villar	2	0	0	0	1	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Yu Darvish	8.0	1	1	15
Joe Nathan	1.0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brett Oberholtzer	6.2	7	2	6
Josh Fields	1.1	1	0	1
Chia-Jen Lo	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leonys Martin: W
Elvis Andrus: CS2(24)
Elvis Andrus: K
Ian Kinsler: D7/L7LS
Adrian Beltre: D7/F78XD+.2-H
A. J. Pierzynski: S8/L8RS-.2-H
Alex Rios: K

Bot 1

Robbie Grossman: K
Marc Krauss: K23
Brett Wallace: K

Top 2

Jeff Baker: 8/F8RXD+
Craig Gentry: K
Jurickson Profar: W
Leonys Martin: K

Bot 2

Chris Carter: 9/F34D-
Matt Dominguez: 8/F8RD
Carlos Corporan: 3/G3

Top 3

Elvis Andrus: 8/F8LD
Ian Kinsler: 9/F9D
Adrian Beltre: 4/F8RS

Bot 3

Brandon Barnes: K
Jake Elmore: 53/G56S
Jonathan Villar: K

Top 4

A. J. Pierzynski: S7/L78S-
Alex Rios: 3/F23F-
Jeff Baker: K
Craig Gentry: 9/F9LS

Bot 4

Robbie Grossman: K
Marc Krauss: 7/F7LS
Brett Wallace: K

Top 5

Jurickson Profar: 8/F8LS
Leonys Martin: 63/G6M
Elvis Andrus: 63/G6

Bot 5

Chris Carter: K
Matt Dominguez: K
Carlos Corporan: K

Top 6

Ian Kinsler: 9/F89M
Adrian Beltre: S7/F7LM.B-2(E7)
A. J. Pierzynski: 53/G56S+
Alex Rios: K

Bot 6

Brandon Barnes: K
Jake Elmore: 8/F8RXD+
Jonathan Villar: W
Robbie Grossman: SB2
Robbie Grossman: K

Top 7

Jeff Baker: 63/G6
Craig Gentry: 3/G34+
Jurickson Profar: S8/G6+
Leonys Martin: S7/L5.1-2
Elvis Andrus: 8/F8LD

Bot 7

Marc Krauss: 7/F7S-
Brett Wallace: 7/L7LM+
Chris Carter: K

Top 8

Ian Kinsler: 53/G5
Adrian Beltre: S9/L8RS
Geovany Soto: K
Alex Rios: 7/F78D

Bot 8

Matt Dominguez: K
Carlos Corporan: HR/F9D+
Brandon Barnes: K
Jake Elmore: 8/F8LD+

Top 9

Mitch Moreland: K
Craig Gentry: S8/G6M
Jurickson Profar: 7/F78M
Leonys Martin: CS2(24)

Bot 9

Jonathan Villar: 53/G15
Robbie Grossman: 13/G13
Marc Krauss: K

Notes & reviews

A.J. Pierzynski thought the 2-2 pitch to Jonathan Villar was strike three; Pierzynski started towards the dugout but had go back to HP; after the walk, the first base runner for the Astros, Pierzynski said something to HP umpire Ron Kulpa and was ejected

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