AL: BALTIMORE at TEXAS <div class="pre">BALTIMORE (1) VS TEXAS (2) - FINAL BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Roberts 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .322 C Patterson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .232 N Markakis rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .280 K Millar 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .277 A Huff dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .259 J Payton lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .277 C Gomez 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .297 P Bako c 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .207 a-J Gibbons ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .212 R Hernandez c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236 B Fahey ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .192 b-M Mora ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266 L Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 7 1 4 5 16 a-flied out to left for P Bako in the 7th; b-flied out to left for B Fahey in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - C Gomez (6, K Millwood). S - C Patterson. RBI - N Markakis (51). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Payton 2, B Fahey 1. GIDP - A Huff, P Bako, J Payton. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: SB - B Roberts (27, 2nd base off K Millwood/G Laird). FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Gomez-B Roberts-K Millar). TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Lofton cf 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 .301 R Vazquez ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .238 M Young dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .288 M Byrd rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .378 F Catalanotto lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .230 D Relaford 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200 G Laird c 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .230 B Wilkerson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .228 J Hairston Jr 2b-lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .213 T Metcalf 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .189 Totals 27 2 6 2 7 10 18 BATTING: HR - K Lofton (6, 6th inning off D Cabrera 0 on, 2 Out). S - R Vazquez , T Metcalf. RBI - M Byrd (25), K Lofton (20). 2-out RBI - K Lofton. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Wilkerson 2, M Young 3. GIDP - G Laird. Team LOB - 10. FIELDING: E - T Metcalf (1, throw). PB - G Laird. DP: 3 (R Vazquez-J Hairston Jr-B Wilkerson, R Vazquez-B Wilkerson, R Vazquez-D Relaford-B Wilkerson). ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE - 100 000 000 -- 1 TEXAS - 100 001 00x -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era D Cabrera (L, 6-10) 6 6 2 2 5 8 1 5.04 R Bell 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.89 C Ray 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.89 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era K Millwood (W, 6-7) 6 5 1 1 3 4 0 6.16 J Benoit (H, 11) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.13 C Wilson (H, 10) 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.00 F Francisco (H, 9) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.78 E Gagne (S, 12) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.32 IBB - K Lofton (by D Cabrera). Pitches-strikes: D Cabrera 104-59; R Bell 17-7; C Ray 14-9; K Millwood 93-54; J Benoit 13-9; C Wilson 13-5; F Francisco 1-1; E Gagne 11-8. Ground balls-fly balls: D Cabrera 6-4; R Bell 3-0; C Ray 0-1; K Millwood 9-5; J Benoit 0-3; C Wilson 0-1; F Francisco 2-0; E Gagne 1-1. Batters faced: D Cabrera 29; R Bell 4; C Ray 3; K Millwood 24; J Benoit 4; C Wilson 4; F Francisco 1; E Gagne 3. UMPIRES: HP--Lance Barksdale. 1B--Gary Cederstrom. 2B--Brian Knight. 3B--Tim Welke. EJECTIONS: TEXAS' Catalanotto by Barksdale (1st). T--2:39. Att--22,843. Weather: 89 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TEXAS <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (1) AT TEXAS (2) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts singled to left. C Patterson sacrificed to catcher, B Roberts to second. N Markakis singled to center, B Roberts scored. K Millar walked, N Markakis to second. A Huff grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, K Millar out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 1ST: K Lofton singled to center. R Vazquez sacrificed to pitcher, K Lofton to second. M Young singled to right, K Lofton to third. M Byrd singled to center, K Lofton scored, M Young to second. F Catalanotto struck out looking. Texas's F Catalanotto ejected by L Barksdale. G Laird walked, M Young to third, M Byrd to second. B Wilkerson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. TEXAS 6TH: J Hairston Jr lined out to left. T Metcalf lined out to center. K Lofton homered to right. R Vazquez struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 2.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at TEXAS <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (1) AT TEXAS (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, C Patterson CF, N Markakis RF, K Millar 1B, A Huff DH, J Payton LF, C Gomez 3B, P Bako C, B Fahey SS, D Cabrera RHP. Texas Starting Lineups -- K Lofton CF, R Vazquez SS, M Young DH, M Byrd RF, F Catalanotto LF, G Laird C, B Wilkerson 1B, J Hairston Jr 2B, T Metcalf 3B, K Millwood RHP. Umpires -- Lance Barksdale (HP), Gary Cederstrom (1B), Brian Knight (2B), Tim Welke (3B). Gametime Weather: 89 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 13 mph. BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts singled to left. C Patterson sacrificed to catcher, B Roberts to second. N Markakis singled to center, B Roberts scored. K Millar walked, N Markakis to second. A Huff grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, K Millar out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 1ST: K Lofton singled to center. R Vazquez sacrificed to pitcher, K Lofton to second. M Young singled to right, K Lofton to third. M Byrd singled to center, K Lofton scored, M Young to second. F Catalanotto struck out looking. Texas's F Catalanotto ejected by L Barksdale. G Laird walked, M Young to third, M Byrd to second. B Wilkerson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. BALTIMORE 2ND: D Relaford at second base. J Hairston Jr in left field. J Payton fouled out to third. C Gomez doubled to deep right. P Bako struck out swinging. B Fahey grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. TEXAS 2ND: J Hairston Jr struck out swinging. T Metcalf walked. K Lofton walked, T Metcalf to second. R Vazquez struck out looking. M Young grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. BALTIMORE 3RD: B Roberts struck out swinging. C Patterson flied out to center. N Markakis grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. TEXAS 3RD: M Byrd fouled out to first. D Relaford struck out swinging. G Laird struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. BALTIMORE 4TH: K Millar lined out to left. A Huff grounded out to shortstop. J Payton flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. TEXAS 4TH: B Wilkerson singled to right. J Hairston Jr walked, B Wilkerson to second. T Metcalf sacrificed to first, B Wilkerson to third, J Hairston Jr to second. K Lofton intentionally walked. R Vazquez lined out to first. M Young grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. BALTIMORE 5TH: C Gomez reached on infield single to shortstop. P Bako grounded into double play, shortstop to first, C Gomez out at second. B Fahey struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. TEXAS 5TH: M Byrd grounded out to shortstop. D Relaford grounded out to second. G Laird reached on bunt single to third. B Wilkerson struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. BALTIMORE 6TH: B Roberts singled to center. C Patterson bunt popped out to third. N Markakis struck out swinging. B Roberts stole second. K Millar walked. B Roberts to third, K Millar to second on passed ball by G Laird. A Huff walked. J Payton grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Huff out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 1. TEXAS 6TH: J Hairston Jr lined out to left. T Metcalf lined out to center. K Lofton homered to right. R Vazquez struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 2. BALTIMORE 7TH: J Benoit relieved K Millwood. C Gomez singled to right. J Gibbons hit for P Bako. J Gibbons flied out to left. M Mora hit for B Fahey. M Mora flied out to left. B Roberts lined out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 2. TEXAS 7TH: R Hernandez catching. L Hernandez at shortstop. R Bell relieved D Cabrera. M Young grounded out to second. M Byrd walked. D Relaford walked, M Byrd to second. G Laird grounded into double play, third to second to first, D Relaford out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 2. BALTIMORE 8TH: C Wilson relieved J Benoit. C Patterson flied out to right. N Markakis singled to center. K Millar safe at first on throwing error by third baseman T Metcalf, N Markakis to second. A Huff walked, N Markakis to third, K Millar to second. F Francisco relieved C Wilson. J Payton grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, A Huff out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 2. TEXAS 8TH: C Ray relieved R Bell. B Wilkerson flied out to center. J Hairston Jr struck out swinging. T Metcalf struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 2. BALTIMORE 9TH: E Gagne relieved F Francisco. C Gomez flied out to center. R Hernandez struck out swinging. L Hernandez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, TEXAS 2.</div>
Lofton's home run leads Rangers past Orioles <h3>TEXAS 2, BALTIMORE 1</h3>ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- The Texas Rangers are heading intothe All-Star break on a positive note. Kenny Lofton hit his sixth home run of the season and KevinMillwood pitched six solid innings as the Rangers defeated theBaltimore Orioles, 2-1, on Sunday. Marlon Byrd also drove in a run for the Rangers, who head intothe break having won 15 of their last 23 games. Lofton's two-out solo home run off Baltimore starter DanielCabrera (6-10) in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie, and theRangers' bullpen made it hold up. Relievers Joaquin Benoit, C.J. Wilson and Frank Franciscobridged the way to closer Eric Gagne, who pitched a perfectninth to record his 12th save of the season. Wilson ran into trouble in the eighth when he allowed a one-outsingle to Nick Markakis, and Kevin Millar reached first on athrowing error. After walking Aubrey Huff to load the bases,Wilson was replaced by Francisco. The righthander needed just one pitch to end the threat as hegot Jay Payton to ground into a 6-4-3 double play. Millwood (6-7), who did not start the seventh inning afterLofton's blast, allowed one run, five hits and three walks whilestriking out four. It was the fourth win in five starts forMillwood, who worked out of trouble in the sixth. Brian Roberts singled and stole second to start the frame and,after two outs were recorded, Millar and Huff drew walks to loadthe bases. The 32-year-old Millwood got out of the jam bygetting Payton to ground into a fielders' choice. Cabrera allowed two runs, six hits and walked five whilestriking out eight in six innings. The 6-9 righthander has justone win over his last six starts and fell to 1-5 in his careeragainst Texas. The Orioles took an early lead on an RBI single by Markakis inthe first. But the Rangers answered back in their first at-batwith an RBI single by Byrd, who has hit safely in 15 of his last17 games. Texas left fielder Frank Catalanotto was ejected in the firstinning by home plate umpire Lance Barksdale for arguing ballsand strikes.
Lofton's home run leads Rangers past Orioles <h3>TEXAS 2, BALTIMORE 1</h3>ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- The Texas Rangers are heading intothe All-Star break on a positive note. Kenny Lofton hit his sixth home run of the season and KevinMillwood pitched six solid innings as the Rangers defeated theBaltimore Orioles, 2-1, on Sunday. Marlon Byrd also drove in a run for the Rangers, who head intothe break having won 15 of their last 23 games. "I just got lucky today," Lofton said. "I just go out and seewhat happens. We've got guys who are going out there and reallydoing their jobs and getting it done." Lofton's two-out solo home run off Baltimore starter DanielCabrera (6-10) in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie, and theRangers' bullpen made it hold up. After missing the last three games with a bruised right knee,Rangers manager Ron Washington said it was important to getLofton some action before the three-day break. "Lofton isn't 20-something anymore," Washington said. "I didn'twant him to go into the break without playing another game andhe came through. He scored the first run and then hit a bombfor us. He's a spark plug." Relievers Joaquin Benoit, C.J. Wilson and Frank Franciscobridged the way to closer Eric Gagne, who pitched a perfectninth to record his 12th save of the season. Wilson ran into trouble in the eighth when he allowed a one-outsingle to Nick Markakis, and Kevin Millar reached first on athrowing error. After walking Aubrey Huff to load the bases,Wilson was replaced by Francisco. The righthander needed just one pitch to end the threat as hegot Jay Payton to ground into a 6-4-3 double play. Millwood (6-7), who did not start the seventh inning afterLofton's blast, allowed one run, five hits and three walks whilestriking out four. It was the fourth win in five starts forMillwood, who worked out of trouble in the sixth. Brian Roberts singled and stole second to start the frame and,after two outs were recorded, Millar and Huff drew walks to loadthe bases. The 32-year-old Millwood got out of the jam bygetting Payton to ground into a fielders' choice. "Two months ago, there's no way this team wins a 2-1 ballgame,"Millwood said. "Being able to make pitches to get out of jamshas been the difference. The entire rotation finally has someconfidence and the team finally has some confidence in us." Cabrera allowed two runs, six hits and walked five whilestriking out eight in six innings. The 6-9 righthander has justone win over his last six starts and fell to 1-5 in his careeragainst Texas. "I pitched a pretty good game but we didn't get the win,"Cabrera said. "(Lofton) did a good job. I was down in thecount 2-0, I threw a good fastball but he got it and hit it outof the park." Eighteen of Baltimore's last 30 losses have been by two runs orless and the team's 18 one-run losses this year are the most inthe American League. "We hit the ball hard today, but we hit it right at them,"Baltimore manager Dave Trembley said. "We put ourselves inposition but we couldn't hit at the right time. We had theright guys in the right situation but we couldn't do it." The Orioles took an early lead on an RBI single by Markakis inthe first. But the Rangers answered back in their first at-batwith an RBI single by Byrd, who has hit safely in 15 of his last17 games. Texas left fielder Frank Catalanotto was ejected in the firstinning by home plate umpire Lance Barksdale for arguing ballsand strikes. "(Barksdale) just told me (Catalanotto) used the secret word. Iwas surprised but he just had a short fuse today," Washingtonsaid.
