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April 21, 2007

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Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 0 3 1
Rangers 3 7 0
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Athletics 0 3 1
Rangers 6 8 0

Matt Kata Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .250
OBP .500 .294
At Bats 2 16
Hits 1 4
• Singles 1 3
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 1

Jay Marshall Season Stats

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Rangers Ballpark In Arlington - April 21, 2007
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Home Run
Jay Marshall
Adam Melhuse
Nick Swisher
Mark Ellis
Eric Chavez
Bobby Crosby
Shannon Stewart
Milton Bradley
Travis Buck
Matt Kata
Nelson Cruz
Hank Blalock
Count: 1-0, 2 Outs
Count: 1-0, 2 Outs

Kata hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Teixeira scores. Blalock moves to second.
Bottom 8 Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to second for the out. Teixeira moves to third.
Bottom 8 Sosa is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Teixeira hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Buck. Teixeira reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Jay Marshall now pitching. Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Chavez strikes out.
Top 8 Swisher takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Stewart strikes out.
Top 8 Akinori Otsuka now pitching. Melhuse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kiko Calero now pitching. Kinsler hits a fly ball into center field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hairston hits a fly ball into right field. Buck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cruz tags and scores. Kata tags and moves to third.
Bottom 7 Laird takes first base on ball four. Cruz moves to third. Kata moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kata hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Alan Embree now pitching. Blalock hits a popup towards first. Swisher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Crosby. The throw from Laird and he is safe. Crosby steals second.
Top 7 Walker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Teixeira settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Joaquin Benoit now pitching. Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Buck takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 6 Teixeira strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jay Witasick now pitching. Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bradley strikes out.
Top 6 Chavez strikes out.
Top 6 C.J. Wilson now pitching. Swisher takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blalock fields it and throws to first for the out. Ellis moves to third. Melhuse moves to second.
Top 6 Melhuse takes first base on ball four. Ellis moves to second.
Top 6 Ellis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Kinsler hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Melhuse settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hairston strikes out.
Bottom 5 Laird strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kata bunts towards the mound. Kennedy fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kennedy. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Buck strikes out.
Bottom 4 Blalock hits a popup towards first. Swisher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 4 Teixeira hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hairston scores. Kinsler moves to second.
Bottom 4 Young hits a popup, foul, towards first. Swisher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kinsler hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hairston moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hairston takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bradley strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Chavez. The throw from Laird to Young and they have Chavez trapped. The throw over to Teixeira, who applies the tag for the out.
Top 4 Chavez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Swisher strikes out.
Bottom 3 Laird strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kata strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kennedy fires to first and has Cruz trapped. There's the throw to Crosby who tags Cruz for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Stewart strikes out.
Top 3 Melhuse hits a line drive into left field. Kata settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ellis hits a fly ball into center field. Hairston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Swisher fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Teixeira hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Crosby strikes out.
Top 2 Buck hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Buck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kinsler hits a fly ball into right field. Buck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hairston hits a popup towards short. Crosby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bradley hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Chavez hits a line drive towards third. Blalock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Swisher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Stewart hits a fly ball into center field. Hairston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.