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Blue Jays 7

Rangers 4

Final

Wells, Tallet lead Jays' charge

Vernon Wells ripped two homers, the first of which gave the Blue Jays the lead for good, and Brian Tallet struck out six over 6 2/3 solid innings as Toronto evened its opening series with Texas on Wednesday.

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Toronto	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Bautista, RF	3	0	0	1	2	1	2	.000
Hill, A, 2B	4	0	0	0	1	1	6	.125
Lind, DH	4	1	0	0	1	2	3	.429
Wells, V, CF	3	4	2	3	1	0	1	.714
Overbay, 1B	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	.000
Buck, J, C	4	0	1	0	0	3	2	.125
Encarnacion, 3B	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	.000
Gonzalez, Al, SS	5	1	1	1	0	1	7	.222
Snider, LF	3	0	1	1	2	0	2	.143
Totals	32	7	5	7	10	10	25	.194

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Borbon, CF	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000
Young, M, 3B	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.143
Hamilton, LF	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	.000
Guerrero, DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.571
Cruz, N, RF	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.429
Davis, C, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.143
Arias, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Murphy, Dv, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Teagarden, C	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.000
b-Saltalamacchia, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200
Andrus, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.143
Totals	33	4	5	3	3	9	10	.172

a-Struck out for Arias in the 9th. b-Struck out for Teagarden in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Snider (1, O'Day), Buck, J (1, Ray).
HR: Gonzalez, Al (1, 3rd inning off Harden, 0 on, 0 out), Wells, V 2 (3, 5th inning off Nippert, 1 on, 0 out; 9th inning off Oliver, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Wells, V 8; Buck, J 2; Gonzalez, Al 4; Snider 2.
RBI: Gonzalez, Al (1), Snider (1), Bautista (1), Wells, V 3 (6), Encarnacion (1).
2-out RBI: Snider; Bautista.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hill, A 2; Gonzalez, Al 2; Snider.
SF: Encarnacion.
Team RISP: 0-for-9.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Encarnacion (2, fielding), Bautista (1, missed catch), Gonzalez, Al (1, throw).

BATTING
2B: Davis, C (1, Frasor).
HR: Guerrero (1, 4th inning off Tallet, 0 on, 0 out), Cruz, N (2, 4th inning off Tallet, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Guerrero 5; Cruz, N 4; Davis, C 2; Andrus.
RBI: Guerrero (1), Cruz, N (5), Borbon (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Davis, C; Young, M; Andrus.
Team RISP: 0-for-7.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Young, M (1, fielding).

Toronto	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tallet(W, 1-0)	6.2	4	4	2	3	6	2	2.70
Gregg(H, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Frasor(S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	13.50
Totals	9.0	5	4	2	3	9	2	3.63

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Harden	3.2	1	3	1	5	8	1	2.45
Nippert(L, 0-1)	2.2	1	3	3	4	2	1	10.13
O'Day	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Oliver	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	6.75
Ray	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	5	7	5	10	10	3	4.50

HBP: Wells, V (by Harden), Buck, J (by O'Day).
Pitches-strikes: Tallet 93-56, Gregg 15-11, Frasor 16-11, Harden 90-52, Nippert 46-22, O'Day 19-12, Oliver 13-8, Ray 8-4.
Groundouts-flyouts: Tallet 6-5, Gregg 2-1, Frasor 1-0, Harden 1-1, Nippert 3-2, O'Day 1-1, Oliver 1-1, Ray 1-1.
Batters faced: Tallet 28, Gregg 4, Frasor 4, Harden 19, Nippert 13, O'Day 6, Oliver 3, Ray 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Gregg 1-0, Nippert 3-0, O'Day 2-1, Oliver 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Knight. 1B: Greg Gibson. 2B: Scott Barry. 3B: Gerry Davis.
Weather: 67 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:56.
Att: 22,890.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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