Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - August 31, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 31, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Toronto leads 1-0 (as of 8/31)

Game 1: Monday, August 31
Toronto	18	Final
Texas	10	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, September 1
Toronto	2	Final
Texas	5	Final
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Game 3: Tuesday, September 1
Toronto	2	Final
Texas	5	Final
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Game 4: Wednesday, September 2
Toronto	4	Final
Texas	6	Final
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Blue Jays 18

(59-70, 25-38 away)

Rangers 10

(72-58, 41-25 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, August 31, 2009

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	5	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	7	18	14	0
TEX	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	10	14	1

W: B. Cecil (6-3)

L: D. Holland (7-9)

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Scutaro SS	3	3	1	0	2	1	30	.292	.389	.427
A Hill 2B	5	3	2	2	1	1	24	.286	.324	.498
A Lind LF	5	3	3	8	1	0	29	.303	.365	.554
L Overbay 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.384	.473
K Millar 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	15	.229	.308	.376
T Snider PR-LF	1	1	0	0	0	1	6	.226	.307	.401
V Wells CF	5	2	2	2	0	1	16	.254	.307	.402
R Ruiz DH	2	1	0	0	2	1	24	.288	.382	.508
R Barajas C	4	2	2	5	0	1	21	.244	.275	.430
J Bautista RF	4	1	0	0	1	1	23	.225	.354	.313
J McDonald 3B	5	2	3	1	0	1	15	.273	.284	.379
Totals	39	18	14	18	7	8	203
BATTING 2B: A Hill (26, D Holland); K Millar (13, J Grilli); V Wells (30, J Grilli); A Lind (42, P Strop) 3B: V Wells (3, D Holland) HR: R Barajas 2 (16, 1st inning off D Holland 2 on, 2 Out; 5th inning off D Mathis 0 on, 0 Out); A Lind 2 (27, 4th inning off D Holland 3 on, 0 Out; 9th inning off J Grilli 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Hill 2 (87), V Wells 2 (54), R Barajas 5 (60), A Lind 8 (89), J McDonald (3) SF: R Barajas 2-out RBI: R Barajas 3, J McDonald, A Hill, A Lind 3 Blue Jays RISP: 6-12 (R Barajas 1-2, A Hill 1-2, A Lind 2-2, T Snider 0-1, K Millar 0-1, V Wells 1-2, J McDonald 1-1, R Ruiz 0-1) Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING CS: M Scutaro (5, 2nd base by D O'Day/T Teagarden); R Ruiz (1, 2nd base by D O'Day/T Teagarden)

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Cecil (W, 6-3)	5.0	9	7	7	0	3	1	85-59	5.42
C Janssen	0.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	25-13	6.25
J Carlson (H, 9)	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	21-16	4.88
S Downs (H, 5)	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	19-13	3.00
J Frasor	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-9	1.79
Totals	9.0	14	10	10	1	8	1	164-110
PITCHING WP: J Carlson First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Cecil 12/24; C Janssen 3/5; J Carlson 3/5; S Downs 4/5; J Frasor 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Cecil 18-4-17-20; C Janssen 5-4-2-2; J Carlson 2-1-8-5; S Downs 2-1-6-4; J Frasor 4-2-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Cecil 3-9; C Janssen 0-0; J Carlson 0-2; S Downs 3-1; J Frasor 0-1 Game Scores: B Cecil 24

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	5	1	2	3	0	0	15	.252	.325	.505
M Young 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	21	.325	.376	.528
J Hamilton RF	5	1	2	1	0	1	13	.268	.316	.407
M Byrd CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	18	.277	.320	.475
N Cruz DH	5	1	1	3	0	2	20	.265	.340	.551
D Murphy LF	5	2	2	0	0	2	25	.262	.336	.435
T Teagarden C	4	2	3	0	0	0	21	.206	.269	.374
C Davis 1B	3	0	1	2	0	1	13	.206	.258	.413
E Andrus SS	3	2	1	0	1	0	18	.267	.332	.377
Totals	39	10	14	10	1	8	164
BATTING 3B: I Kinsler (4, B Cecil) HR: N Cruz (29, 5th inning off B Cecil 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: C Davis 2 (38), I Kinsler 3 (77), M Young (67), N Cruz 3 (65), J Hamilton (46) SF: M Young, C Davis 2-out RBI: N Cruz 3, J Hamilton Rangers RISP: 6-9 (M Young 0-1, J Hamilton 1-1, C Davis 1-1, I Kinsler 2-2, N Cruz 1-1, E Andrus 0-1, M Byrd 0-1, T Teagarden 1-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: M Young (8, ground ball)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Holland (L, 7-9)	3.0	7	10	10	3	1	2	71-36	5.62
D Mathis	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	50-30	3.00
D O'Day	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	27-17	1.77
J Grilli	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	15-10	3.86
P Strop	1.0	2	4	4	3	2	0	40-20	18.00
Totals	9.0	14	18	18	7	8	4	203-113
PITCHING D Holland pitched to 4 batters in the 4th; J Grilli pitched to 3 batters in the 9th HBP: M Scutaro (By D Holland); R Ruiz (By D O'Day) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Holland 10/21; D Mathis 9/11; D O'Day 4/6; J Grilli 2/3; P Strop 4/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Holland 7-7-7-15; D Mathis 13-1-8-8; D O'Day 7-7-2-1; J Grilli 5-1-1-3; P Strop 2-7-8-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Holland 5-3; D Mathis 4-3; D O'Day 0-1; J Grilli 0-0; P Strop 0-1 Game Scores: D Holland 3

Scoring Summary

			TOR	TEX
	1st	A Hill doubled to deep left, M Scutaro scored.	1	0
	1st	V Wells grounded out to shortstop, A Hill scored.	2	0
	1st	R Barajas homered to left center, A Lind and R Ruiz scored.	5	0
	3rd	R Barajas hit sacrifice fly to center, V Wells scored.	6	0
	4th	A Lind homered to left center, J McDonald, M Scutaro and A Hill scored.	10	0
	5th	R Barajas homered to left center.	11	0
	5th	C Davis singled to left, D Murphy scored, T Teagarden to second.	11	1
	5th	I Kinsler tripled to right, T Teagarden and E Andrus scored.	11	3
	5th	M Young hit sacrifice fly to center, I Kinsler scored.	11	4
	5th	N Cruz homered to left, J Hamilton and M Byrd scored.	11	7
	6th	I Kinsler singled to left center, T Teagarden scored, E Andrus to third.	11	8
	6th	J Hamilton singled to center, E Andrus scored, I Kinsler to third.	11	9
	7th	C Davis hit sacrifice fly to center, D Murphy scored.	11	10
	9th	A Lind homered to right.	12	10
	9th	V Wells doubled to deep center, T Snider scored.	13	10
	9th	J McDonald singled to left, V Wells scored, J Bautista to second.	14	10
	9th	A Hill walked, J Bautista scored, J McDonald to third, M Scutaro to second.	15	10
	9th	A Lind doubled to deep right, J McDonald, M Scutaro and A Hill scored.	18	10
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Game Notes

RANGERS THIRD BASEMAN MICHAEL YOUNG SINGLED IN THE FOURTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 18 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	16,675 (34.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:34
Weather	83 degrees, clear
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Bill Welke, First Base - James Hoye, Second Base - Ted Barrett, Third Base - Jim Reynolds