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Rangers
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
August 8, 2014
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers, played on August 8, 2014 at Minute Maid Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 8, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 8, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Miles Mikolas |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Brett Oberholtzer |
| Ballpark | Minute Maid Park |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 24,256 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: David Rackley 1B: Jim Wolf 2B: Dana DeMuth 3B: Tony Randazzo |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Shin-Soo Choo | Right Fielder |
| Elvis Andrus | Shortstop |
| J.P. Arencibia | DH |
| Adrian Beltre | Third Baseman |
| Adam Rosales | First Baseman |
| Leonys Martin | Center Fielder |
| Geovany Soto | Catcher |
| Rougned Odor | Second Baseman |
| Daniel Robertson | Left Fielder |
| Ron Washington | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | Second Baseman |
| Jason Castro | Catcher |
| Chris Carter | DH |
| Marc Krauss | Left Fielder |
| Jon Singleton | First Baseman |
| Matt Dominguez | Third Baseman |
| Robbie Grossman | Right Fielder |
| Jake Marisnick | Center Fielder |
| Marwin Gonzalez | Shortstop |
| Bo Porter | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
August 8, 2014
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Choo vs. Oberholtzer
Choo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Andrus vs. Oberholtzer
Andrus bunts towards the mound. Oberholtzer fields it and throws to first for the out. Choo moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Arencibia vs. Oberholtzer
Arencibia hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Beltre vs. Oberholtzer
Beltre strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rosales vs. Oberholtzer
Rosales hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Oberholtzer
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Altuve vs. Mikolas
Altuve hits a line drive towards third. Beltre reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Castro vs. Mikolas
Castro takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Carter vs. Mikolas
Carter strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Krauss vs. Mikolas
Krauss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Odor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soto vs. Oberholtzer
Soto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dominguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Odor vs. Oberholtzer
Odor hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Oberholtzer
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Mikolas
Singleton strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dominguez vs. Mikolas
Dominguez hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grossman vs. Mikolas
Grossman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Marisnick vs. Mikolas
Marisnick hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Grossman moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Gonzalez vs. Mikolas
Gonzalez is hit by the pitch. Marisnick moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Altuve vs. Mikolas
Altuve hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Choo vs. Oberholtzer
Choo strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Oberholtzer
Andrus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dominguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Arencibia vs. Oberholtzer
Arencibia hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Castro vs. Mikolas
Castro hits a line drive into right field. Choo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Mikolas
Carter strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Krauss vs. Mikolas
Krauss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Beltre vs. Oberholtzer
Beltre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosales vs. Oberholtzer
Rosales hits a fly ball into right field. Grossman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Oberholtzer
Martin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Beltre moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Soto vs. Oberholtzer
Soto strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Odor vs. Oberholtzer
Odor hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Mikolas
Singleton hits a fly ball into right field. Choo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dominguez vs. Mikolas
Dominguez hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grossman vs. Mikolas
Grossman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Choo. Grossman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Marisnick vs. Mikolas
Marisnick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Mikolas
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Oberholtzer
Robertson hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Choo vs. Oberholtzer
Choo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Singleton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Choo for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Oberholtzer
Andrus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altuve vs. Mikolas
Altuve hits a popup, foul, towards third. Beltre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Castro vs. Mikolas
Castro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Odor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Mikolas
Carter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Krauss vs. Mikolas
Krauss hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Choo. Krauss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Singleton vs. Mikolas
Singleton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Beltre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Arencibia vs. Oberholtzer
Gregorio Petit now playing second base.
Arencibia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Beltre vs. Oberholtzer
Beltre hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rosales vs. Oberholtzer
Rosales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dominguez juggles the ball. That's an error on Dominguez. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Oberholtzer
Martin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dominguez vs. Tolleson
Shawn Tolleson now pitching.
Dominguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Grossman vs. Tolleson
Grossman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Dominguez moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Marisnick vs. Tolleson
Marisnick strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Tolleson
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Petit vs. Tolleson
Petit hits a fly ball into right field. Choo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Soto vs. Oberholtzer
Soto hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Odor vs. Oberholtzer
Odor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Oberholtzer
There goes Odor. The throw from Castro and he is out, Petit applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Oberholtzer
Robertson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Choo vs. Oberholtzer
There's a wild pitch. Robertson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Choo vs. Oberholtzer
Choo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Castro vs. Mendez
Roman Mendez now pitching.
Castro strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Mendez
Carter strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Krauss vs. Mendez
Krauss hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Soto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Veras
Jose Veras now pitching.
Andrus hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Arencibia vs. Veras
Arencibia strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Beltre vs. Veras
Beltre strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Cotts
Jim Adduci now playing right field. Neal Cotts now pitching.
Singleton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dominguez vs. Cotts
There's a wild pitch. Singleton moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Dominguez vs. Cotts
Dominguez strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grossman vs. Cotts
Grossman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Marisnick vs. Cotts
Marisnick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Odor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Cotts
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Marisnick moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Petit vs. Cotts
Petit hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robertson. Petit reaches second base with a double. Marisnick scores. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Castro vs. Cotts
Castro strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rosales vs. Qualls
L.J. Hoes now playing left field. Chad Qualls now pitching.
Rosales hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hoes. Rosales reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Qualls
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Grossman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rosales moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Carp vs. Qualls
Mike Carp pinch hits for Geovany Soto.
Carp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rosales scores. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Odor vs. Qualls
Odor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Carp moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Robertson vs. Qualls
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Petit fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/8/2014 -- Texas at Houston (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Choo S, rf 4 1 1 0 Altuve J, 2b 3 0 0 0
Adduci J, rf 0 0 0 0 Petit G, 2b 2 0 1 1
Andrus E, ss 3 0 0 0 Castro J, c 4 0 0 0
Arencibia J, dh 4 1 1 2 Carter C, dh 4 1 1 1
Beltre A, 3b 4 0 1 0 Krauss M, lf 4 0 1 0
Rosales A, 1b 4 1 2 0 Hoes L, lf 0 0 0 0
Martin L, cf 4 0 1 0 Singleton J, 1b 4 1 1 0
Soto G, c 3 0 0 0 Dominguez M, 3b 4 0 1 0
Carp M, ph 1 0 1 1 Grossman R, rf 3 1 3 2
Odor R, 2b 3 0 1 0 Marisnick J, cf 3 1 2 0
Robertson D, lf 4 0 1 0 Gonzalez M, ss 3 0 0 0
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34 3 9 3 34 4 10 4
Texas 200 000 001 -- 3
Houston 000 010 03x -- 4
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Mikolas M 5.0 4 1 1 3 4
Tolleson S 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Mendez R 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Cotts N (L) 1.0 4 3 3 0 2
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Oberholtzer B 7.0 6 2 2 1 4
Veras J (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Qualls C (S) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
E -- Dominguez M
DP -- Houston 1
LOB -- Texas 6, Houston 10
2B -- Grossman R, Krauss M, Petit G, Rosales A
HR -- Arencibia J, Carter C, Grossman R
CS -- Odor R
SH -- Andrus E
HBP -- by Mikolas M (Gonzalez M)
WP -- Oberholtzer B, Cotts N
T -- 3:24
A -- 24256
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