Texas Rangers vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - August 28, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 28, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 8/28)

Game 1: Friday, August 28
Texas	2	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 29
Texas	3	Final
Minnesota	0	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 30
Texas	3	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Rangers 2

(71-56, 30-32 away)

Twins 3

(64-64, 36-28 home)

Alerts

8:10 PM ET, August 28, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

W: B. Duensing (2-1)

L: T. Hunter (6-3)

S: J. Nathan (33)

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	17	.247	.321	.503
M Young 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	20	.327	.380	.536
J Hamilton CF	4	0	0	1	0	0	9	.270	.319	.411
N Cruz RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	14	.263	.341	.540
I Rodriguez DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	10	.333	.381	.500
D Murphy LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	14	.263	.339	.442
T Teagarden C	3	0	0	0	0	3	15	.192	.257	.364
a-H Blalock PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.238	.276	.473
J Borbon PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.378	.440	.489
C Davis 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	18	.208	.262	.420
E Andrus SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	.267	.331	.379
Totals	33	2	7	2	2	9	130
a-walked for T Teagarden in the 9th
BATTING 2B: I Rodriguez (3, J Nathan); D Murphy (17, J Nathan) RBI: J Hamilton (44), D Murphy (38) 2-out RBI: D Murphy Rangers RISP: 1-7 (D Murphy 1-1, M Young 0-2, J Hamilton 0-2, C Davis 0-1, N Cruz 0-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: I Kinsler 2 (26, 2nd base off M Guerrier/J Mauer, 2nd base off B Duensing/J Mauer) CS: E Andrus (3, 2nd base by M Guerrier/J Mauer)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Hunter (L, 6-3)	7.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	102-66	2.95
P Strop	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	0.00
Totals	8.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	115-74
PITCHING HBP: A Casilla (By T Hunter) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Hunter 14/29; P Strop 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Hunter 14-5-24-23; P Strop 3-2-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Hunter 10-8; P Strop 1-1 Game Scores: T Hunter 54

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	17	.308	.395	.407
O Cabrera SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	.277	.310	.369
J Mauer C	4	1	1	1	0	2	16	.372	.441	.618
J Morneau 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	13	.293	.381	.550
J Kubel DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	11	.300	.368	.524
M Cuddyer RF	3	0	1	1	0	0	14	.275	.343	.510
D Young LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	.264	.288	.384
C Gomez CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.297	.359
B Harris 3B	3	0	2	0	0	1	11	.266	.310	.371
A Casilla 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.204	.288	.264
Totals	31	3	7	3	0	4	115
BATTING 2B: D Span (10, T Hunter) 3B: J Kubel (2, T Hunter) RBI: J Mauer (79), J Kubel (73), M Cuddyer (64) 2-out RBI: J Kubel, M Cuddyer Twins RISP: 2-7 (O Cabrera 0-3, J Mauer 1-2, D Span 0-1, M Cuddyer 1-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: A Casilla (10, 2nd base off T Hunter/T Teagarden)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Duensing (W, 2-1)	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	0	96-63	4.37
M Guerrier (H, 25)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16-10	2.30
J Nathan (S, 33)	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	18-11	1.78
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	2	9	0	130-84
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Duensing 17/25; M Guerrier 2/4; J Nathan 4/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Duensing 21-11-16-15; M Guerrier 2-2-2-4; J Nathan 3-3-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Duensing 7-6; M Guerrier 2-0; J Nathan 0-2 Game Scores: B Duensing 74

Scoring Summary

			TEX	MIN
	1st	J Mauer singled to center, D Span scored.	0	1
	1st	J Kubel tripled to right, J Mauer scored.	0	2
	1st	M Cuddyer reached on infield single to third, J Kubel scored.	0	3
	6th	J Hamilton grounded into fielder's choice to second, E Andrus scored, M Young out at second.	1	3
	9th	D Murphy doubled to deep right, I Rodriguez scored.	2	3
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Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	21,641 (54.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:26
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Estabrook, First Base - Jim Joyce, Second Base - Bill Miller, Third Base - Derryl Cousins