Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - August 23, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 23, 2010

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Texas leads 1-0 (as of 8/23)

Game 1: Monday, August 23
Minnesota	0	Final
Texas	4	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, August 24
Minnesota	3	Final
Texas	4	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, August 25
Minnesota	3	Final
Texas	4	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, August 26
Minnesota	6	Final
Texas	4	Final
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Twins 0

(72-53, 32-31 away)

Rangers 4

(70-54, 40-23 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, August 23, 2010

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
TEX	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	-	4	10	0

W: R. Harden (5-4)

L: N. Blackburn (7-8)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	17	.267	.336	.352
O Hudson 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	23	.284	.358	.402
J Mauer C	3	0	1	0	1	1	18	.330	.408	.487
J Kubel RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	26	.260	.338	.451
M Cuddyer 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	16	.274	.342	.426
J Thome DH	2	0	0	0	1	0	16	.269	.393	.583
D Young LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	12	.311	.342	.503
D Valencia 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	9	.322	.366	.433
J Hardy SS	2	0	0	0	1	1	12	.260	.309	.390
Totals	26	0	1	0	6	9	149
BATTING GIDP: D Valencia, D Span Twins RISP: 0-4 (J Kubel 0-2, M Cuddyer 0-2) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: J Hardy (6, throw) DP: 2 (O Hudson-J Hardy-M Cuddyer, D Valencia-O Hudson-M Cuddyer).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (L, 7-8)	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	0	97-64	6.49
M Guerrier	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	16-11	3.30
Totals	8.0	10	4	4	0	5	0	113-75
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 15/27; M Guerrier 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 22-9-11-22; M Guerrier 0-1-6-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 11-4; M Guerrier 2-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 54

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
E Andrus SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	13	.280	.361	.320
M Young 3B	4	0	2	1	0	1	17	.290	.342	.473
J Hamilton LF	3	1	1	1	0	1	16	.357	.407	.628
V Guerrero DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	.299	.347	.492
D Murphy RF	3	0	1	2	0	0	15	.274	.344	.426
M Treanor C	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	.222	.300	.346
M Moreland 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	8	.293	.397	.483
A Blanco 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	13	.232	.293	.268
J Borbon CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	7	.267	.303	.345
Totals	30	4	10	4	0	5	113
BATTING 3B: D Murphy (2, N Blackburn) RBI: D Murphy 2 (44), M Young (70), J Hamilton (89) SF: J Hamilton 2-out RBI: D Murphy 2 GIDP: J Borbon, V Guerrero Rangers RISP: 1-4 (D Murphy 1-1, M Young 0-1, J Hamilton 0-1, M Treanor 0-1) Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING CS: M Moreland (1, 2nd base by N Blackburn/J Mauer)
FIELDING DP: 2 (M Young-A Blanco-M Moreland, A Blanco-E Andrus-M Moreland).

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Harden (W, 5-4)	6.2	0	0	0	5	6	0	111-62	5.00
M Harrison (H, 3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	3.80
D O'Day (H, 15)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-11	1.44
N Feliz	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	20-12	3.50
Totals	9.0	1	0	0	6	9	0	149-88
PITCHING WP: N Feliz First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Harden 11/23; M Harrison 1/1; D O'Day 2/3; N Feliz 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Harden 18-9-23-12; M Harrison 2-0-0-1; D O'Day 4-3-3-1; N Feliz 7-1-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Harden 6-8; M Harrison 0-1; D O'Day 1-0; N Feliz 1-1 Game Scores: R Harden 75

Scoring Summary

			MIN	TEX
	1st	D Murphy tripled to deep center, J Hamilton and V Guerrero scored.	0	2
	5th	M Young grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Borbon scored, E Andrus out at second, M Young to second on throwing error by shortstop J Hardy.	0	3
	8th	J Hamilton hit sacrifice fly to center, E Andrus scored.	0	4
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Game Notes

THE GAME HAS RESUMED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING AFTER A 1 MINUTE DELAY. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D MURPHY ON THIRD, 2 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0, TEXAS 2
TWINS CATCHER JOE MAUER SINGLED WITH ONE OUT IN THE NINTH INNING TO BREAK UP THE RANGERS' COMBINED NO-HIT BID.

Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	22,757 (47.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:40
Weather	101 degrees, cloudy
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jim Joyce, First Base - Jim Wolf, Second Base - Marvin Hudson, Third Base - Derryl Cousins