Texas 5, San Francisco 0
When: 10:15 PM ET, Friday, June 8, 2012
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature:
53°
Umpires:
Home -
Larry Vanover, 1B -
Tony Randazzo, 2B -
Brian Gorman, 3B -
Todd Tichenor
Attendance:
41163
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Rangers 5, Giants 0: Matt Harrison pitched a five-hit shutout and Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler homered as Texas won in San Francisco for the first time in nearly 14 years.
Harrison (8-3) recorded his third career shutout and first in three years to win his fourth straight start and tie for the American League lead in victories.
Craig Gentry went 5-for-5 with two RBIs as Texas won for the first time in 12 games at AT&T Park and earned its first victory in San Francisco since June 26, 1998.
Hamilton belted his major league-leading 22nd homer and Kinsler had two hits and two RBIs in the first matchup between the Rangers and Giants since the 2010 World Series.
Giants starter Barry Zito (5-3) was charged with all four runs on nine hits in six innings to drop to 18-6 lifetime against the Rangers. It was just San Francisco's third loss in the last 12 games.
Kinsler led off the game with a home run to supply Harrison with the only offense he would need. Nelson Cruz doubled in the fourth and scored on Gentry's single, and Hamilton broke an eight-game homerless drought in the fifth to make it 3-0.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Harrison pitched his first shutout since May 8, 2009, and first complete game since May 14, 2009. He improved to 6-1 on the road. ... Giants OF Melky Cabrera, who leads the NL with a .364 batting average, sat out the game with a hamstring injury sustained in Thursday's game. He is day-to-day. ... Every player in Texas' lineup had a hit except Harrison, who is 0-for-14 with nine strikeouts in his career. ... The Giants have won 15 of the last 18 meetings with the Rangers.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
Texas |
|
San Francisco |
Craig Gentry
| Player |
Emmanuel Burriss |
5 |
Hits |
1 |
2 |
RBI |
0 |
0 |
HR |
0 |
6 |
TB |
1 |
1.000 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Texas
|
14 |
2 |
23 |
.368 |
20 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
San Francisco
|
5 |
0 |
5 |
.161 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |