Rangers @ Devil Rays (August 21st-24th)

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Brian Meadows sets the Rangers down in order in the 7th.

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Greg Norton leads off the 7th with a single off of C.J. Wilson.
Wilson follows by striking out Russell Branyan and is being replaced.

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Rick Bauer reliever C.J. Wilson. Bauer got 1 out then proceeded to load the bases. Tomas Perez flies out to leftfield to end the inning.

D-Rays lead 4-3 after 7 innings.

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The Rangers are set down in order again in the 8th.
Now down to their final 3 outs to at least tie the game.

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Bauer sets down the Rays 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 8th.
D-Rays lead 4-3 going into the 9th. Last chance for the Rangers to score.

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Matt Stairs flies out for the first out of the inning.

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Ian Kinsler flies out to shallow centerfield.
It's all up to Barajas now.

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Rod Barajas beats out an infield single.
That brings it back to the top of the order with Gary Matthews.

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Matthews flies out down the leftfield line to end the game.

Rangers lose 4-3 and their 3 game winning streak is snapped.

[brewersfan19]

Sorry about your loss, but nice comeback yesterday against the Tigers!!!!

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Matthews strikes out against Kazmir to open the game.

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Michael Young flies out to centerfield for the 2nd out.

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Carlos Lee drills it to leftfield but is caught for the 3rd out.

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Vicente Padilla pitching for Texas

Rocco Baldelli strikes out swinging.
Ben Zobrist singles up the middle. Runner on 1st, 1 out.
Carl Crawford flies out to rightfield for the 2nd out.
Greg Norton is hit by the pitch. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 out.
Navarro is also hit by the pitch. Now bases loaded with 2 outs.
Travis Lee grounds out to secondbase to strand the bases loaded.

No score after 1.

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Mark Teixeira walks to leadoff the inning.