Game Wrapup


	Poor Richmond effort

Rangers 6, Blue Jays 4

Scott Richmond exited after five-plus innings, allowing six runs. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

By Drew Davison / Special to MLB.com

It seems as though the Blue Jays' output in the blowout series opener wore them out, as in the three games since, they didn't have enough to overtake the Rangers. Lyle Overbay and Randy Ruiz did their best to lift Toronto with home runs, but the club nevertheless came up short in Texas.

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Series at a glance:

Mon. 08/31: TOR 18, TEX 10
Tue. 09/01, Gm 1: TEX 5, TOR 2
Tue. 09/01, Gm 2: TEX 5, TOR 2
Wed. 09/02: TEX 6, TOR 4

Toronto (59-73)
Lost 3

Texas 6, Toronto 4

Texas (75-58)
Won 3

September 2, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	1
Texas	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	X	6	10	1

Toronto	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Scutaro, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.285
Hill, A, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.285
Lind, LF	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	.303
Overbay, 1B	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	.273
Barajas, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
Ruiz, R, DH	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	.306
Snider, RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.218
Bautista, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.219
McDonald, Jo, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253
Totals	31	4	5	4	3	6	3
BATTING 2B: Lind (44, Hunter, T). HR: Overbay (14, 4th inning off Hunter, T, 0 on, 1 out), Ruiz, R (5, 7th inning off Hunter, T, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Lind 2; Overbay 5; Ruiz, R 5. RBI: Lind (91), Overbay 2 (55), Ruiz, R (8). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bautista. Team RISP: 1-for-2. Team LOB: 3. FIELDING E: Scutaro (7, throw). DP: 2 (McDonald, Jo-Hill, A-Overbay, Hill, A-Overbay).

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Borbon, DH	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.368
Andrus, SS	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.268
Kinsler, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254
Hamilton, CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.270
Byrd, CF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.274
Cruz, N, RF	4	2	3	2	0	1	1	.270
Murphy, Dv, LF	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	.266
Rodriguez, I, C	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	.254
Blalock, 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.238
Vizquel, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299
Davis, C, 3B-1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.215
Totals	32	6	10	5	4	5	15
BATTING 2B: Hamilton (17, Richmond). HR: Andrus (6, 5th inning off Richmond, 1 on, 1 out), Cruz, N (30, 6th inning off Richmond, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Borbon; Andrus 4; Hamilton 2; Byrd; Cruz, N 6; Murphy, Dv; Blalock 2. RBI: Blalock (58), Cruz, N 2 (69), Andrus 2 (29). 2-out RBI: Blalock. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Davis, C; Borbon. GIDP: Davis, C. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 6. FIELDING E: Andrus (17, fielding). Outfield assists: Cruz, N (Overbay at 2nd base).

Toronto	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Richmond (L, 6-8)	5.0	7	6	5	4	3	2	4.53
Carlson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.79
Janssen	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6.06
Wolfe	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.10

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hunter, T (W, 7-3)	7.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	3.14
Wilson, C (H, 14)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.19
Francisco, F (S, 22)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.32

Richmond pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

Pitches-strikes: Richmond 105-66, Carlson 15-10, Janssen 22-12, Wolfe 11-8, Hunter, T 86-62, Wilson, C 14-9, Francisco, F 10-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Richmond 3-5, Carlson 1-0, Janssen 1-0, Wolfe 1-1, Hunter, T 4-7, Wilson, C 1-0, Francisco, F 0-1.
Batters faced: Richmond 25, Carlson 3, Janssen 4, Wolfe 4, Hunter, T 27, Wilson, C 4, Francisco, F 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Carlson 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Jim Reynolds. 1B: Bill Welke. 2B: James Hoye. 3B: Ted Barrett.
Weather: 95 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:31.
Att: 21,836.
September 2, 2009

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

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