MLB
BOXSCORE
Minnesota 4, Texas 1
Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:05 PM
Location - Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Temperature - 93°
Umpires - Home Plate - Brian O'Nora, First Base - Gary Cederstrom, Second Base - Adrian Johnson, Third Base - Jim Wolf,
Attendance - 31041

Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 020010010480
Texas 000100000170
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .287
Alexi Casilla 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 .175
Joe Mauer C 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .367
Justin Morneau 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .317
Jason Kubel DH 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .312
Michael Cuddyer RF 4 2 2 2 0 1 4 .272
Joe Crede 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .236
     Brendan Harris 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Carlos Gomez CF 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .247
Nick Punto SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .203
Totals 34 4 8 4 4 6 13  
Batting
2B - Michael Cuddyer (20), Nick Punto (5)
HR - Michael Cuddyer (15)
TB - Alexi Casilla, Justin Morneau 2, Michael Cuddyer 6, Carlos Gomez 2, Nick Punto 2
RBI - Justin Morneau (71), Michael Cuddyer 2 (49), Carlos Gomez (21)
2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (21), Carlos Gomez (11)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span (24), Alexi Casilla 2 (20), Michael Cuddyer 2 (37), Carlos Gomez (20)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - Carlos Gomez (5, 2nd by Feldman/Saltalamacchia)
SB - Alexi Casilla (3, 2nd off Jennings/Saltalamacchia), Jason Kubel (1, 2nd off Jennings/Saltalamacchia), Carlos Gomez (8, 2nd off Grilli/Saltalamacchia)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Scott Baker (W 8-7) 8.0 6 1 1 2 8 1 5.10
Joe Nathan (SV 25) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.24
Pitches-Strikes - Scott Baker 114-73, Joe Nathan 15-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Scott Baker 6-9, Joe Nathan 0-1
Batters Faced - Scott Baker 31, Joe Nathan 4
Texas
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Ian Kinsler 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .249
Michael Young 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .307
Josh Hamilton CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .250
Marlon Byrd RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .281
Hank Blalock 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Nelson Cruz DH 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 .266
David Murphy LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .271
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .239
Elvis Andrus SS 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .255
Totals 33 1 7 1 2 10 16  
Batting
2B - Nelson Cruz (15)
HR - Nelson Cruz (23)
TB - Ian Kinsler, Michael Young, Marlon Byrd, Nelson Cruz 7, Elvis Andrus
RBI - Nelson Cruz (54)
2-Out RBI - Nelson Cruz (24)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Hamilton (15), Marlon Byrd (21), Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2 (22)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - Elvis Andrus (2, 2nd by Baker/Mauer)
SB - Elvis Andrus (17, 2nd off Baker/Mauer)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Scott Feldman (L 8-3) 6.0 5 3 3 0 5 1 3.87
Jason Jennings 1.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 3.33
Jason Grilli 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.38
Dustin Nippert 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
Pitches-Strikes - Scott Feldman 108-66, Jason Jennings 43-25, Jason Grilli 20-11, Dustin Nippert 10-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Scott Feldman 8-4, Jason Jennings 3-1, Jason Grilli 0-2, Dustin Nippert 0-2
Batters Faced - Scott Feldman 22, Jason Jennings 9, Jason Grilli 5, Dustin Nippert 2
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jason Grilli 2-0, Dustin Nippert 2-0