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	Rangers storm back

Rangers 5, Red Sox 4

Marlon Byrd drove in Texas' first run with an RBI single in the fourth. (Duane Burleson/AP)

Sosa's homer

Wilkerson's two-run double

Lofton's RBI single

By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com

Put in an early four-run hole by a struggling Robinson Tejeda, Texas staged an impressive rally against Josh Beckett. Kenny Lofton's RBI single capped a four-run fourth, followed by Sammy Sosa's decisive homer in the fifth over the Green Monster.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 06/29: BOS 2, TEX 1
Sat. 06/30: TEX 5, BOS 4
Sun. 07/01: TEX 2, BOS 1
Mon. 07/02: BOS 7, TEX 3

Texas (33-47)
Won 1

Texas 5, Boston 4

Boston (49-30)
Lost 1

June 30, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	11	0
Boston	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	0

Standings thru 6/30/07 | Gameday | Rangers Stats | Red Sox Stats

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lofton, CF	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	.304
Hairston, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.239
Metcalf, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.206
Young, SS	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.291
Sosa, DH	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	.255
Catalanotto, LF	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.210
Byrd, RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	.375
Wilkerson, 1B	4	1	1	2	0	0	3	.219
Laird, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.230
Vazquez, 3B-2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.240
Totals	38	5	11	5	1	9	12
BATTING 2B: Lofton (13, Beckett), Wilkerson (8, Beckett), Catalanotto (6, Beckett). HR: Sosa (14, 5th inning off Beckett, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Lofton 3; Sosa 5; Catalanotto 4; Byrd 2; Wilkerson 2; Vazquez. RBI: Byrd (22), Wilkerson 2 (29), Lofton (19), Sosa (63). 2-out RBI: Lofton. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hairston 2; Wilkerson; Vazquez. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING DP: 2 (Young-Hairston-Wilkerson, Laird-Vazquez).

Boston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Pedroia, 2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	3	.319
1-Lugo, PR-SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190
Youkilis, 1B	2	2	1	2	3	0	0	.326
Ortiz, DH	4	0	1	1	1	3	2	.318
Ramirez, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286
Drew, RF	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	.259
Lowell, 3B	3	0	1	1	0	0	4	.297
Varitek, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.261
Cora, SS-2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.283
Ellsbury, CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250
Totals	31	4	8	4	7	8	17
1-Ran for Pedroia in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Cora (4, Tejeda), Drew (12, Mahay), Pedroia (19, Otsuka). 3B: Cora (5, Tejeda). HR: Youkilis (9, 2nd inning off Tejeda, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Pedroia 2; Youkilis 4; Ortiz; Drew 2; Lowell; Cora 5; Ellsbury. RBI: Ortiz (49), Lowell (55), Youkilis 2 (43). 2-out RBI: Youkilis 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Varitek; Lowell 2; Cora. SF: Lowell. GIDP: Pedroia. Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING CS: Youkilis (1, 2nd base by Tejeda/Laird), Lugo (1, 3rd base by Otsuka/Laird).

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tejeda	4.0	5	4	4	6	4	1	6.69
Mahay (W, 1-0)	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2.33
Benoit (H, 9)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.43
Otsuka (H, 10)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.56
Gagne (S, 9)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.17

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Beckett (L, 11-2)	5.0	10	5	5	0	4	1	3.38
Lopez	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.20
Snyder	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2.48
Timlin	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.89

WP: Tejeda.
IBB: Drew (by Tejeda).
HBP: Ramirez (by Tejeda).
Pitches-strikes: Tejeda 101-49, Mahay 38-23, Benoit 18-13, Otsuka 8-5, Gagne 16-11, Beckett 92-67, Lopez 17-9, Snyder 26-17, Timlin 9-6.
Ground outs-fly outs: Tejeda 5-2, Mahay 2-2, Benoit 1-1, Otsuka 2-0, Gagne 1-1, Beckett 9-2, Lopez 2-0, Snyder 1-2, Timlin 0-2.
Batters faced: Tejeda 22, Mahay 8, Benoit 4, Otsuka 3, Gagne 3, Beckett 25, Lopez 4, Snyder 7, Timlin 3.
Umpires: HP: Mike Reilly. 1B: Jeff Kellogg. 2B: Scott Barry. 3B: Andy Fletcher.
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, In from LF.
T: 3:16.
Att: 36,747.

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

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