Rangers hang on to down O's 7-5; Tex-2 HR, 3 RBI

BOXSCORE: 1999 Texas Rangers At 1970 Baltimore Orioles 4/5/2010

Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
J.Franco 2B 3 1 2 1 .667 B.Roberts 2B 3 2 1 0 .333
A-M.Young 2B 1 1 1 01.000 G.Sisler 1B 4 0 0 0 .000
T.Harrah SS 4 1 2 0 .500 F.Robinson LF 3 1 2 1 .667
R.Greer LF 5 0 1 1 .200 J.Gentile DH 3 1 0 0 .000
F.Howard DH 4 1 1 1 .250 C.Hoiles C 3 0 0 0 .000
M.Teixeira 1B 4 2 2 3 .500 C-J.Lowenstein PH 1 1 1 41.000
J.Gonzalez RF 4 0 0 0 .000 N.Markakis RF 4 0 0 0 .000
B-R.Sierra RF 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Ripken SS 4 0 0 0 .000
J.Hamilton CF 4 1 1 1 .250 B.Robinson 3B 3 0 1 0 .333
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 P.Blair CF 3 0 0 0 .000
I.Rodriguez C 4 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 7 10 7 Totals 31 5 5 5

A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Franco In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Gonzalez In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hoiles In 9th Inning

Rangers......... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 - 7 10 0
Orioles......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 5 5 1

Rangers (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
N.Ryan WIN(1-0) 8 1/3 4 4 4 2 8 0 116 4.32
J.Zimmerman 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 ----
J.Russell SAVE(1st) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00
Totals 9 5 5 5 2 8 1

Orioles (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Palmer LOSS(0-1) 7 2/3 6 5 5 3 3 4 122 5.87
M.Drabowsky 1 1/3 4 2 2 0 1 0 31 13.50
Totals 9 10 7 7 3 4 4

ATTENDANCE- 21,398 DATE- Monday, April 5th 2010 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Billy Evans, Don Denkinger, Tim McClelland, Bill Summers
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers: 7 Orioles: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 0 Orioles: 0
ERRORS- G.Sisler
DOUBLES- B.Roberts(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Franco(1st), M.Teixeira-2(2nd), J.Hamilton(1st), J.Lowenstein(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Franco(1st), T.Harrah(1st), F.Howard(1st), I.Rodriguez(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Harrah
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Robinson
WALKS- J.Franco, F.Howard, M.Teixeira, B.Roberts, J.Gentile
HIT BY PITCH- D.Palmer
STRIKE OUTS- F.Howard, M.Teixeira, J.Gonzalez, D.Palmer, B.Roberts, G.Sisler-2,
F.Robinson, J.Gentile-2, N.Markakis, B.Robinson
WILD PITCHES- J.Palmer

Mark Teixeira rocketed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Camden Yards as the Texas
Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 7 to 5.

Teixeira had a good evening at the plate. He hit a bases-empty home run in
the 2nd inning and lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the
8th inning. Julio Franco led off the game with a homerun, and Josh Hamilton added a solo shot as well. Texas had 10 hits for the game and Baltimore had 5.

The victory went to Nolan Ryan(1-0) who went 8 and 1/3 innings, allowing 4
runs. The Express fanned eight and did not walk a batter until the ninth inning. Jeff Russell was credited with his 1st save, coming in after Jeff Zimmerman permitted a pinch hit grand slam by John Lowenstein and retiring the two batters he faced.

Jim Palmer(0-1) took the loss. He served up 4 gopher balls in 7 and 2/3 innings.