Texas 10, Boston 9
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, August 13, 2010
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
99°
Umpires:
Home -
Brian Gorman, 1B -
Paul Nauert, 2B -
Ted Barrett, 3B -
Tony Randazzo
Attendance:
47195
By SportsDirect Inc.
Nelson Cruz hit a walk-off solo homer into the 11th inning to lead the Texas Rangers to a 10-9 win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday.
Cruz homered on the first pitch he saw from Red Sox reliever Tim Wakefield (3-9), capping the Rangers’ rally from a six-run deficit. The teams combined for 30 hits in the game, including nine home runs.
Boston trailed 2-1 before putting up seven runs in the fourth inning to take an 8-2 lead. David Ortiz led off the big inning by driving the first pitch he saw from Rangers starter Tommy Hunter over the fence in left-center field. Adrian Beltre and J.D. Drew followed followed suit with back-to-back homers.
The Rangers stayed within striking distance, scoring two runs in the fourth and fifth. David Murphy had a two-run home run in the fourth, and Michael Young and Josh Hamilton had back-to-back shots in the fifth.
Drew added his second home run, a solo blast in the seventh.
The Rangers answered with two runs in the bottom half to pull within one. Murphy had a sacrifice fly and Bengie Molina came through with a run-scoring double.
Texas tied the game at 9-9 in the eighth, as Vladimir Guerrero beat out an infield single and Hamilton scored from second base.
Rangers reliever Darren O’Day (4-2) earned the victory.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Texas |
|
Josh Beckett
|
Player |
Tommy Hunter
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
3.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
0 |
|
10 |
Hits |
6 |
|
10.80 |
ERA |
12.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
13 |
5 |
28 |
.277 |
13 |
5 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Texas
|
17 |
4 |
36 |
.378 |
16 |
13 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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