Texas pitchers set a team record of 18 strikeouts.
The player among the 13 fortunate players who will benefit the most is Rick Helling, the Texas pitcher, who was a 20-game winner this year.
Dale Mohorcic, the third Texas pitcher, gained his 15th save.
In addition, Texas pitchers had allowed batters to hit .311, 21 points higher than the next highest average and 51 points above the league average.
Keeping the ball down, especially at home, seems to be a concept Texas pitchers have finally embraced.
The Texas pitcher allowed Milwaukee only one hit in eight innings, then lost his next start to Milwaukee.
Roger Pavlik (5-1) fell short in his bid to match the best start of a season by a Texas starting pitcher.
His streak of16 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings was the longest by a Texas pitcher in 2004.
The Texas pitchers combined on a three-hitter and Russell finished for a save.
It was the first complete game by a Texas pitcher since Ryan's no-hitter over Toronto on May 1.