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Homers hurt Halos
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Rangers 8, Angels 1
Ervin Santana allowed five runs on seven hits in four innings. (Chris Carlson/AP)
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
Ervin Santana allowed three homers and Rich Thompson allowed two more as the Angels were routed in the series finale with the Rangers, who knocked the Halos from their first-place tie in the American League West. Bobby Abreu's RBI in the third was all the offense could muster.
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Series at a glance:
TEX
Texas (47-36)
Won 2 		Texas 8, LA Angels 1   LAA
LA Angels (46-37)
Lost 2
July 8, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Texas
 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0   8 12 0
LA Angels
 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   1 8 0
Standings thru 7/8/09  |  Recap: TEX | LAA  |  Gameday  |  Rangers stats  |  Angels stats
Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Vizquel, 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .295
Young, M, 3B 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .314
Hamilton, RF 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 .254
Jones, An, DH 5 3 3 4 0 1 2 .250
Blalock, 1B 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 .254
Byrd, CF 5 1 1 2 0 1 3 .287
Murphy, Dv, LF 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .280
Teagarden, C 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 .233
Andrus, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .262
Totals 38 8 12 7 4 9 15  

BATTING
2B: Vizquel (5, Santana, E), Young, M (27, Thompson).
HR: Jones, An 3 (14, 1st inning off Santana, E, 1 on, 2 out; 3rd inning off Santana, E, 0 on, 2 out; 5th inning off Thompson, 0 on, 2 out), Teagarden (1, 4th inning off Santana, E, 0 on, 1 out), Byrd (8, 5th inning off Thompson, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Jones, An 12; Blalock 2; Young, M 3; Teagarden 4; Vizquel 2; Murphy, Dv 2; Byrd 4.
RBI: Jones, An 4 (34), Teagarden (12), Byrd 2 (44).
2-out RBI: Jones, An 4; Byrd 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jones, An 2; Andrus.
GIDP: Teagarden.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Vizquel-Andrus-Blalock 2).
 
LA Angels AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Figgins, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .310
  Quinlan, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213
Izturis, M, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .302
Abreu, RF 4 0 2 1 0 2 1 .304
  Willits, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Rivera, J, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .313
Morales, K, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .283
Matthews, CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .223
Kendrick, H, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .228
Mathis, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .198
Aybar, SS 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 .282
Totals 33 1 8 1 2 8 17  

BATTING
2B: Izturis, M (11, Padilla).
TB: Figgins; Kendrick, H; Aybar 2; Morales, K; Abreu 2; Izturis, M 2.
RBI: Abreu (52).
2-out RBI: Abreu.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rivera, J; Izturis, M.
GIDP: Rivera, J, Kendrick, H.
Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Aybar-Izturis, M-Morales, K).
 
Texas IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Padilla (W, 7-4) 6.0 8 1 1 1 4 0 4.53
Grilli 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.40
Guardado 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.38
O'Day 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.21
 
LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Santana, E (L, 1-5) 4.0 7 5 5 1 4 3 7.81
Thompson 1.1 4 3 3 2 2 2 5.40
Jepsen 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.00
Palmer 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.86
Bulger 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.10

Padilla pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

Game Scores: Padilla , Santana, E .
WP: Santana, E 2, Palmer.
Pitches-strikes: Padilla 100-67, Grilli 17-9, Guardado 10-6, O'Day 14-9, Santana, E 79-50, Thompson 35-19, Jepsen 10-6, Palmer 32-16, Bulger 10-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Padilla 3-7, Grilli 1-0, Guardado 0-1, O'Day 0-1, Santana, E 5-2, Thompson 2-0, Jepsen 0-0, Palmer 3-3, Bulger 1-0.
Batters faced: Padilla 25, Grilli 4, Guardado 3, O'Day 3, Santana, E 19, Thompson 10, Jepsen 2, Palmer 8, Bulger 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Grilli 1-0, Jepsen 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Reilly. 1B: Chuck Meriwether. 2B: Laz Diaz. 3B: Eric Cooper.
Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:51.
Att: 37,364.
Venue: Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
July 8, 2009
July 8, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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