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								| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEXAS RANGERS AT HOUSTON ASTROS 09/04/2049 |  |  
								
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					| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL |  
					| TEXAS RANGERS AT HOUSTON ASTROS |  
					| GAME ID: 2612 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH , 2049 - GAME LOG |  
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								| Texas Rangers (61-75) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |  
								| Houston Astros (59-78) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 2 |  |  |  |  | 
	
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					| Astros Stick Rangers with 5-2 Loss |  
					| The Texas Rangers went down to defeat to Jimmy Edlin and his Houston teammates. The final score was 5-2 in favor of the Astros. Edlin, the winner, moves to 8-10. He threw 6.2 innings of 3-hit ball, while fanning 6 and giving up 4 walks. The Astros  improved to 59-78. 
 The Astros got an important contribution from second baseman Eric Chotkowski, who in the bottom of the third hit a fastball into left-center for a 3-run  home run. It was his 17th home run of the season and put the Astros ahead, 4-0.
 
 "I made some pitches when I had to," said Edlin.
 
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					| TEXAS BATTING LINESCORE |  | HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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								| BATTING Doubles: 
B. Hill
 (24, 4th Inning off A. Guillen, 1 on, 0 outs) 
, 
M. Dearth
 (6, 4th Inning off A. Guillen, 0 on, 0 outs) 
, 
E. Katz
 (27, 8th Inning off D. Batstone, 0 on, 0 outs)
 Home Runs: 
K. Davis
 (1, 2nd Inning off A. Guillen, 0 on, 0 outs) 
, 
E. Chotkowski
 (17, 3rd Inning off A. Guillen, 2 on, 1 out)
 Total Bases: 
J. Corkery
 2
, 
E. Chotkowski
 4
, 
E. Katz
 3
, 
K. Davis
 4
, 
M. Dearth
 2
, 
B. Hill
 2
 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: 
M. Dearth
, 
J. Birkner
, 
D. Wolver
 Team LOB: 
5
 
 BASERUNNING
 CS: 
J. Corkery
 (8)
 
 FIELDING
 Errors: 
J. Corkery
 (5)
, 
M. Dearth
 (2)
 Double Plays: 
1 (Corkery-Chotkowski-Dearth)
 OF assists: 
1 (Katz(Ferguson at home))
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					| TEXAS PITCHING LINESCORE |  | HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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		| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA |  
	| J. Edlin W (8-10) | 6.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 3.98 |  
	| A. Shapiro H (1) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.94 |  
	| B. Thomas SV (10) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3.23 |  |  | 
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		| GAME NOTES | 
	
		| Player of the Game: 
Jimmy Edlin Ballpark: 
Minute Maid Park
 Weather: 
Clear skies (89 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
 Start Time: 
6:05 PM CT
 Time: 
3:13
 Attendance: 
25376
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