Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - August 17, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 17, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Texas leads 1-0 (as of 8/17)

Game 1: Monday, August 17
Minnesota	5	Final
Texas	8	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, August 18
Minnesota	9	Final
Texas	6	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, August 19
Minnesota	5	Final
Texas	4	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, August 20
Minnesota	1	Final
Texas	11	Final
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Twins 5

(56-62, 23-35 away)

Rangers 8

(67-50, 40-22 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, August 17, 2009

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	7	0
TEX	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	8	12	0

W: T. Hunter (6-2)

L: F. Liriano (5-12)

S: F. Francisco (18)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	26	.293	.381	.382
B Harris SS-1B	5	0	0	0	0	2	20	.261	.302	.371
J Mauer C	5	2	3	1	0	1	21	.380	.446	.637
J Morneau 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	.298	.386	.555
A Casilla 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	.180	.269	.225
a-O Cabrera PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.280	.316	.374
J Kubel DH	3	2	1	0	1	0	15	.312	.384	.548
M Cuddyer RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.270	.340	.496
J Crede 3B	2	1	0	0	2	0	19	.231	.298	.429
D Young LF	3	0	1	2	1	1	11	.263	.290	.373
N Punto 2B-SS	3	0	1	2	1	0	23	.210	.313	.261
Totals	34	5	7	5	6	7	171
a-grounded to shortstop for A Casilla in the 9th
BATTING 2B: D Young (8, T Hunter); J Mauer (21, T Hunter) HR: J Mauer (23, 1st inning off T Hunter 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Mauer (74), D Young 2 (35), N Punto 2 (27) 2-out RBI: J Mauer, D Young, N Punto 2 Twins RISP: 2-11 (A Casilla 0-2, B Harris 0-1, J Kubel 0-1, D Span 0-2, M Cuddyer 0-2, D Young 1-1, N Punto 1-2) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: J Mauer (3, 2nd base off N Feliz/K Richardson)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano (L, 5-12)	2.0	7	7	7	2	1	0	61-35	5.80
B Keppel	3.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	47-28	4.37
J Mijares	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	24-17	2.28
M Guerrier	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	12-6	2.34
B Duensing	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16-9	5.09
Totals	8.0	12	8	8	4	5	0	160-95
PITCHING HBP: M Byrd (By F Liriano); I Kinsler (By B Keppel) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 9/16; B Keppel 7/13; J Mijares 5/5; M Guerrier 1/3; B Duensing 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 10-5-8-12; B Keppel 8-4-7-9; J Mijares 3-4-7-3; M Guerrier 1-1-1-3; B Duensing 2-3-0-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 1-4; B Keppel 5-2; J Mijares 2-1; M Guerrier 0-1; B Duensing 1-2 Game Scores: F Liriano 13

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	3	2	1	0	1	0	26	.249	.325	.501
M Young 3B	4	2	2	0	1	1	15	.319	.376	.525
J Hamilton RF	4	2	2	0	1	1	17	.267	.319	.427
M Byrd CF	4	1	2	3	0	0	16	.282	.324	.468
D Murphy LF	3	0	1	2	1	0	21	.270	.348	.442
A Jones DH	5	0	1	1	0	0	18	.222	.337	.498
H Blalock 1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	14	.239	.272	.483
K Richardson C	4	1	2	0	0	1	20	.500	.500	.500
E Andrus SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	13	.269	.332	.385
Totals	34	8	12	8	4	5	160
BATTING 2B: I Kinsler (21, F Liriano); M Byrd (37, B Duensing) 3B: E Andrus (7, M Guerrier) RBI: M Byrd 3 (60), D Murphy 2 (35), H Blalock (57), A Jones (40), E Andrus (22) SF: D Murphy, H Blalock 2-out RBI: A Jones, E Andrus Rangers RISP: 5-13 (D Murphy 1-2, A Jones 1-3, M Young 0-1, J Hamilton 2-3, K Richardson 0-1, I Kinsler 0-1, M Byrd 1-2) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: M Byrd (7, 2nd base off F Liriano/J Mauer)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Hunter (W, 6-2)	5.2	4	4	4	3	5	1	101-62	2.64
D O'Day	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	15-5	2.04
N Feliz (H, 4)	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	26-17	0.90
J Jennings (H, 12)	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	15-8	3.59
C Wilson (H, 11)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.06
F Francisco (S, 18)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10-8	3.44
Totals	9.0	7	5	5	6	7	1	171-103
PITCHING D O'Day pitched to 3 batters in the 6th WP: T Hunter First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Hunter 12/24; D O'Day 1/3; N Feliz 0/5; J Jennings 3/4; C Wilson 1/1; F Francisco 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Hunter 18-7-21-16; D O'Day 1-3-0-1; N Feliz 2-3-7-5; J Jennings 3-1-1-3; C Wilson 1-0-1-1; F Francisco 4-1-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Hunter 8-4; D O'Day 0-0; N Feliz 1-3; J Jennings 0-2; C Wilson 1-0; F Francisco 1-0 Game Scores: T Hunter 47

Scoring Summary

			MIN	TEX
	1st	J Mauer homered to left.	1	0
	1st	M Byrd hit by pitch, I Kinsler scored, M Young to third, J Hamilton to second.	1	1
	1st	D Murphy singled to right, M Young scored, J Hamilton to third, M Byrd to second.	1	2
	1st	H Blalock hit sacrifice fly to center, J Hamilton scored, M Byrd to third.	1	3
	2nd	D Young doubled to deep center, J Kubel scored, J Crede to third.	2	3
	2nd	M Byrd singled to right center, I Kinsler and M Young scored, J Hamilton to third.	2	5
	2nd	D Murphy hit sacrifice fly to left, J Hamilton scored.	2	6
	2nd	A Jones singled to center, M Byrd scored.	2	7
	6th	D Young walked, J Mauer scored, J Kubel to third, J Crede to second.	3	7
	6th	N Punto singled to center, J Kubel and J Crede scored, D Young to second.	5	7
	7th	E Andrus tripled to deep center, K Richardson scored.	5	8
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Game Notes

TWINS FIRST BASEMAN JUSTIN MORNEAU LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING BECAUSE OF DIZZINESS.

Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	17,940 (37.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:20
Weather	96 degrees, clear
Wind	6 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Dimuro, First Base - Dale Scott, Second Base - Ron Kulpa, Third Base - Jerry Meals