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August 14, 2007

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Bottom 8 R H E
Royals 3 4 0
Rangers 5 10 2
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Royals 3 4 0
Rangers 5 10 2

Gerald Laird Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .236
OBP .667 .292
At Bats 3 326
Hits 2 77
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 7
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 3 38

John Bale Season Stats

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Rangers Ballpark In Arlington - August 14, 2007
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Out
John Bale
Jason LaRue
Alex Gordon
Mark Grudzielanek
Esteban German
Jason Smith
Emil Brown
David DeJesus
Mark Teahen
Gerald Laird
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

Esteban German now playing third base. Alex Gordon now playing first base. John Bale now pitching. Laird bunts towards first. Gordon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Laird for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Gordon strikes out.
Top 8 Tony Pena pinch runs for Billy Butler. C.J. Wilson now pitching. Esteban German pinch hits for Ross Gload. German is hit by the pitch. Grudzielanek moves to third. Pena moves to second.
Top 8 Butler takes first base on ball four. Grudzielanek moves to second.
Top 8 Teahen strikes out.
Top 8 Grudzielanek takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Joaquin Benoit now pitching. DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Botts takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second.
Bottom 7 Byrd hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Young hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kinsler hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 LaRue strikes out.
Top 7 Smith strikes out.
Top 7 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Vazquez hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Saltalamacchia strikes out.
Bottom 6 David Riske now pitching. Laird hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Byrd scores. Botts moves to second.
Bottom 6 Botts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Byrd moves to third.
Bottom 6 Byrd hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Byrd reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Gordon strikes out.
Top 6 Gload hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saltalamacchia juggles the ball. That's an error on Saltalamacchia. Grudzielanek scores. Butler goes all the way around to score. Gload moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Butler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grudzielanek moves to second.
Top 6 Teahen hits a fly ball into left field. Catalanotto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 DeJesus hits a line drive towards first. Saltalamacchia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Young strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Kinsler moves to third.
Bottom 5 There goes Kinsler. The throw from LaRue and he is safe. Kinsler steals second.
Bottom 5 Kinsler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops it up and throws to first, with Davies covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Vazquez strikes out.
Top 5 LaRue strikes out.
Top 5 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Brown strikes out.
Top 5 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Catalanotto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Saltalamacchia hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Laird strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cruz bunts in front of the plate. LaRue settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Botts takes first base on ball four. Byrd moves to second.
Bottom 4 Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Young hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Gload hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Teahen strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kinsler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Vazquez strikes out.
Top 3 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vazquez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 LaRue hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Saltalamacchia strikes out.
Bottom 2 Laird hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Laird reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Botts strikes out.
Top 2 Smith strikes out.
Top 2 Brown strikes out.
Top 2 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 1 Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Young strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kinsler hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Catalanotto hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Catalanotto reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Gload hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Butler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grudzielanek scores.
Top 1 Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saltalamacchia scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Teahen for the out. Grudzielanek moves to third.
Top 1 Grudzielanek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Byrd. Grudzielanek reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.