Texas Rangers 18 – 3 Houston Astros
4 July 2004 · HOU03
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 18-16-1 runs-hits-errors line | Texas Rangers | 1 in 44,300 games |
| 56 | final score 18–3 | 1 in 5,248 games | |
| 38 | 6 RBI | Mark Teixeira | 1 in 1,786 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Rangers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 1 |
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
Box score
Texas Rangers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Young | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Michael Young | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| David Dellucci | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alfonso Soriano | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| Herbert Perry | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hank Blalock | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| Mark Teixeira | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 HR, 2B |
| Kevin Mench | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 HR |
| Rod Barajas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gary Matthews | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joaquin Benoit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ron Mahay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Conti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 43 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
Texas Rangers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquin Benoit | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Ron Mahay | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Francisco Cordero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Biggio | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Jose Vizcaino | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carlos Beltran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Lance Berkman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bagwell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jason Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morgan Ensberg | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Adam Everett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Lamb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Ausmus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Andy Pettitte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orlando Palmeiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Burke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Pettitte | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Tim Redding | 1.0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Kirk Bullinger | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Gallo | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Harville | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |