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	Rookie shows poise

Orioles 5, Rangers 4

Nolan Reimold swats a solo dinger off Kevin Millwood in the third. (Gail Burton/AP)

By Sean Welsh / Special to MLB.com

Overcoming a shaky three-run first inning, Brian Matusz settled down nicely, giving up just one additional run over the next six frames. Meanwhile, Melvin Mora homered and drove in three -- including the go-ahead run -- as the O's evened the series and dented the Rangers' playoff hopes.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 09/04: TEX 5, BAL 1
Sat. 09/05: BAL 5, TEX 4
Sun. 09/06: BAL 7, TEX 0

Texas (76-59)
Lost 1

Baltimore 5, Texas 4

Baltimore (55-81)
Won 1

September 5, 2009

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

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Kinsler, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251
Andrus, SS	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	.274
Byrd, CF	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	.276
Cruz, N, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.270
Murphy, Dv, LF	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	.266
Rodriguez, I, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.251
Davis, C, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213
Saltalamacchia, DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233
German, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133
Totals	31	4	6	4	1	5	4
BATTING 2B: Byrd (40, Matusz). 3B: Andrus (8, Matusz). HR: Murphy, Dv (13, 1st inning off Matusz, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Andrus 4; Byrd 2; Cruz, N; Murphy, Dv 5. RBI: Byrd 2 (69), Murphy, Dv 2 (40). 2-out RBI: Murphy, Dv 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, I 2. SF: Byrd. Team RISP: 1-for-3. Team LOB: 2. BASERUNNING SB: Murphy, Dv (8, 2nd base off Matusz/Wieters), Cruz, N (18, 3rd base off Matusz/Wieters). CS: Andrus (4, 2nd base by Matusz/Wieters). FIELDING E: Rodriguez, I (5, missed catch). DP: (German-Kinsler-Davis, C).

Baltimore	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Pie, CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.273
Reimold, LF	4	1	2	1	0	2	1	.280
Roberts, B, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	.283
Markakis, RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.303
Scott, DH	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.256
Wieters, C	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.264
Mora, 3B	4	1	3	3	0	0	1	.265
Wigginton, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	.263
Izturis, C, SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253
Totals	30	5	8	5	4	7	14
BATTING 2B: Reimold (17, Millwood). HR: Mora (7, 2nd inning off Millwood, 0 on, 1 out), Reimold (14, 3rd inning off Millwood, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Pie; Reimold 6; Markakis; Wieters; Mora 6. RBI: Markakis (91), Mora 3 (40), Reimold (41). 2-out RBI: Mora 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Scott; Wigginton 3. SF: Markakis. GIDP: Wigginton. Team RISP: 2-for-6. Team LOB: 6.

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Millwood (L, 10-9)	5.0	7	5	5	4	4	2	3.77
Grilli	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.79
Guardado	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.19
Eyre	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.18

Baltimore	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matusz (W, 4-2)	7.0	6	4	4	1	4	1	5.26
Baez (H, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.98
Johnson, Ji (S, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79

Pitches-strikes: Millwood 109-69, Grilli 10-7, Guardado 17-11, Eyre 14-8, Matusz 93-59, Baez 7-5, Johnson, Ji 11-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Millwood 6-3, Grilli 0-2, Guardado 1-0, Eyre 1-0, Matusz 4-9, Baez 1-0, Johnson, Ji 2-1.
Batters faced: Millwood 26, Grilli 3, Guardado 3, Eyre 3, Matusz 27, Baez 3, Johnson, Ji 3.
Umpires: HP: Paul Nauert. 1B: Joe West. 2B: Ed Rapuano. 3B: Paul Schrieber.
Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, L to R.
T: 2:36.
Att: 18,028.
September 5, 2009

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

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