Final
Series tied 1-1 (as of 8/18)
| Game 1: Monday, August 17 | ||
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| Minnesota | 5 | Final |
| Texas | 8 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, August 18 | ||
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| Minnesota | 9 | Final |
| Texas | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, August 19 | ||
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| Minnesota | 5 | Final |
| Texas | 4 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, August 20 | ||
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| Minnesota | 1 | Final |
| Texas | 11 | |
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8:05 PM ET, August 18, 2009
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Minnesota - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Feldman pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| D Span reached on bunt single to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| O Cabrera grounded out to first, D Span to second. | 0 | 0 |
| J Mauer grounded out to second, D Span to third. | 0 | 0 |
| B Harris struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| J Borbon reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| J Borbon stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| M Young singled to center, J Borbon to third. | 0 | 0 |
| J Hamilton grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Borbon scored, M Young out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| M Byrd singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| D Murphy struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Scott Feldman pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| M Cuddyer doubled to deep left center. | 0 | 1 |
| J Crede grounded out to second, M Cuddyer to third. | 0 | 1 |
| D Young struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| C Gomez struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| I Kinsler grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| H Blalock grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| T Teagarden walked. | 0 | 1 |
| O Vizquel struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Scott Feldman pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| N Punto popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| D Span grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| O Cabrera flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| J Borbon walked. | 0 | 1 |
| J Borbon stole second. | 0 | 1 |
| M Young grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Borbon out at third. | 0 | 1 |
| J Hamilton doubled to deep left center, M Young scored. | 0 | 2 |
| M Byrd walked. | 0 | 2 |
| D Murphy flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| J Hamilton stole third, M Byrd stole second. | 0 | 2 |
| I Kinsler homered to left, J Hamilton and M Byrd scored. | 0 | 5 |
| H Blalock tripled to right. | 0 | 5 |
| T Teagarden struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Scott Feldman pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| J Mauer homered to left. | 1 | 5 |
| B Harris flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| M Cuddyer doubled to left. | 1 | 5 |
| J Crede grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 5 |
| D Young flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| O Vizquel grounded out to first. | 1 | 5 |
| J Borbon singled to center. | 1 | 5 |
| M Young flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| J Borbon stole second. | 1 | 5 |
| J Hamilton struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Scott Feldman pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| C Gomez flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| N Punto struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| D Span grounded out to first. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Philip Humber pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| P Humber relieved C Pavano. | 1 | 5 |
| M Byrd flied out to center. | 1 | 5 |
| D Murphy struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| I Kinsler fouled out to catcher. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Scott Feldman pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| O Cabrera singled to left, O Cabrera to second on error by left fielder J Borbon. | 1 | 5 |
| J Mauer flied out to left, O Cabrera to third. | 1 | 5 |
| B Harris singled to center, O Cabrera scored. | 2 | 5 |
| M Cuddyer singled to left center, B Harris to second. | 2 | 5 |
| J Crede singled to center, B Harris scored, M Cuddyer to second. | 3 | 5 |
| D Young doubled to deep left, M Cuddyer and J Crede scored. | 5 | 5 |
| C Gomez grounded out to shortstop, D Young to third. | 5 | 5 |
| N Punto walked. | 5 | 5 |
| J Jennings relieved S Feldman. | 5 | 5 |
| N Punto stole second. | 5 | 5 |
| D Span intentionally walked. | 5 | 5 |
| O Cabrera flied out to center. | 5 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Philip Humber pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| H Blalock walked. | 5 | 5 |
| T Teagarden grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, H Blalock out at second. | 5 | 5 |
| O Vizquel singled to left. | 5 | 5 |
| J Borbon reached on bunt single to first, O Vizquel to second. | 5 | 5 |
| M Young reached on infield single to pitcher, O Vizquel to third, J Borbon to second, O Vizquel scored, J Borbon to third, M Young to second on throwing error by pitcher P Humber. | 5 | 6 |
| J Hamilton intentionally walked. | 5 | 6 |
| J Crain relieved P Humber. | 5 | 6 |
| M Byrd flied out to center. | 5 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jason Jennings pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| J Mauer homered to center. | 6 | 6 |
| B Harris reached on infield single to pitcher. | 6 | 6 |
| M Cuddyer grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Harris out at second. | 6 | 6 |
| J Crede flied out to center. | 6 | 6 |
| D Young homered to right center, M Cuddyer scored. | 8 | 6 |
| C Gomez singled to left center. | 8 | 6 |
| N Punto struck out looking. | 8 | 6 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Crain pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| D Murphy walked. | 8 | 6 |
| I Kinsler flied out to center. | 8 | 6 |
| H Blalock flied out to left. | 8 | 6 |
| D Murphy stole second. | 8 | 6 |
| T Teagarden struck out looking. | 8 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Doug Mathis pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| D Mathis relieved J Jennings. | 8 | 6 |
| D Span singled to right. | 8 | 6 |
| O Cabrera singled to center, D Span to second. | 8 | 6 |
| J Mauer singled to right, D Span scored, J Mauer out at second, O Cabrera to third. | 9 | 6 |
| B Harris walked. | 9 | 6 |
| M Cuddyer grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, B Harris out at second. | 9 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Matt Guerrier pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| M Guerrier relieved J Crain. | 9 | 6 |
| O Vizquel singled to left. | 9 | 6 |
| J Borbon struck out swinging. | 9 | 6 |
| M Young flied out to center. | 9 | 6 |
| J Hamilton grounded out to second. | 9 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Doug Mathis pitching for Texas | MIN | TEX |
| J Crede grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 6 |
| D Young grounded out to third. | 9 | 6 |
| C Gomez grounded out to third. | 9 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joe Nathan pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TEX |
| J Nathan relieved M Guerrier. | 9 | 6 |
| M Byrd grounded out to third. | 9 | 6 |
| D Murphy struck out looking. | 9 | 6 |
| I Kinsler walked. | 9 | 6 |
| I Kinsler to second on fielder's indifference. | 9 | 6 |
| H Blalock grounded out to second. | 9 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||