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Line Score ML FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 6 9 0 HOUSTON 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - DARREN OLIVER, PAT MAHOMES (7TH), MARK PETKOVSEK (8TH), JEFF ZIMMERMAN (9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ HOU - SCOTT ELARTON, JAY POWELL (8TH), JOE SLUSARSKI (9TH) AND BRAD AUSMUS WP - DARREN OLIVER (6-2) LP - SCOTT ELARTON (4-7) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: TEX - ALEX RODRIGUEZ (20) OFF ELARTON IN THE 5TH, 2 ON HOU - CRAIG BIGGIO (8) OFF D OLIVER IN THE 1ST, 0 ON CRAIG BIGGIO (9) OFF D OLIVER IN THE 3RD, 0 ON TIME: 2:51 ATT: 43,277 PROBABLES: ANA - SCOTT SCHOENEWEIS (6-4, 3.71) TEX - ROB BELL (NR) COL - PEDRO ASTACIO (5-7, 5.28) HOU - SHANE REYNOLDS (6-5, 4.94) Box Score TEXAS (6) VS HOUSTON (2) - FINAL TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Catalanotto 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .306 I Rodriguez c 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 .286 A Rodriguez ss 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 .327 R Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .257 Sierra rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 .319 Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Je Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kapler cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .276 Lamb 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Ledee lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .167 D Oliver p 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400 Mahomes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Porter rf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Totals 33 6 9 6 2 6 10 BATTING: HR - A Rodriguez (20, 5th inning off Elarton 2 on, 1 out). S - D Oliver. SF - Sierra, Porter. RBI - Sierra (24), I Rodriguez (33), A Rodriguez 3 (60), Porter (3). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kapler 2. GIDP - I Rodriguez, R Palmeiro. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Rodriguez-R Palmeiro). HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Biggio 2b 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .307 Lugo ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .263 Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .277 L Berkman lf 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .330 Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .355 Hidalgo cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 b-Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Ausmus c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Elarton p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 a-C Hayes ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .189 Ja Powell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slusarski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 5 2 3 8 6 a-walked for Elarton in the 7th; b-struck out for Castilla in the 9th. BATTING: HR - Biggio 2 (9, 1st inning off D Oliver 0 on, 0 out, 3rd inning off D Oliver 0 on, 1 out). RBI - Biggio 2 (30). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alou 1, Bagwell 1. GIDP - Alou. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: E - Lugo 2 (13, ground ball, throw); Ja Powell (1, throw). DP: 2 (Lugo-Biggio-Bagwell, Bagwell-Lugo-Ja Powell). -------------------------------------------------- Texas - 100 040 001 -- 6 Houston - 101 000 000 -- 2 -------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era D Oliver (W, 6-2) 6 2/3 5 2 2 3 5 2 5.96 Mahomes (H, 3) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 Petkovsek (H, 4) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.17 Je Zimmerman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.58 HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era Elarton (L, 4-7) 7 7 5 5 2 5 1 6.52 Ja Powell 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.93 Slusarski 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.40 Ja Powell pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. WP - D Oliver. Pitches-strikes: Elarton 124-82; Ja Powell 19-14; Slusarski 12-8; D Oliver 102-68; Mahomes 4-2; Petkovsek 19-12; Je Zimmerman 9-7. Ground balls-fly balls: Elarton 14-2; Ja Powell 3-0; Slusarski 1-1; D Oliver 7-8; Mahomes 0-1; Petkovsek 0-1; Je Zimmerman 1-1. Batters faced: Elarton 29; Ja Powell 6; Slusarski 3; D Oliver 27; Mahomes 1; Petkovsek 3; Je Zimmerman 3. UMPIRES: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Brian Onora. 2B--Mike Fichter. 3B--John Hirschbeck. T--2:51. Att--43,277. Indoors. ML TEXAS AT HOUSTON NOTE: THE HOME RUN BY HOUSTON'S CRAIG BIGGIO LED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING. THE HOME RUN EXTENDED BIGGIO'S HITTING STREAK TO 17 GAMES.