Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - July 06, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 6, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 7/6)

Game 1: Friday, July 6
Minnesota	5	Final
Texas	1	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, July 7
Minnesota	3	Final in 10
Texas	4	Final in 10
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Game 3: Sunday, July 8
Minnesota	3	Final in 13
Texas	4	Final in 13
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Twins 5

(36-47, 19-22 away)

Rangers 1

(50-34, 27-16 home)

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8:05 PM ET, July 6, 2012

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

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

W: F. Liriano (3-7)

L: M. Perez (1-1)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF	3	1	2	0	1	0	24	.323	.358	.374
D Mastroianni RF	4	0	2	0	1	0	20	.269	.355	.358
J Mauer DH	4	1	1	2	0	2	25	.329	.414	.455
J Willingham LF	4	1	0	0	1	0	12	.265	.377	.537
J Morneau 1B	4	1	2	2	0	1	15	.243	.309	.444
T Plouffe 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.250	.325	.555
B Dozier SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	13	.240	.266	.333
D Butera C	4	1	1	0	0	2	11	.242	.299	.371
A Casilla 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	.236	.273	.305
Totals	34	5	9	4	3	7	145
BATTING HR: J Morneau (11, 7th inning off T Scheppers 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Mauer 2 (41), J Morneau 2 (37) S: A Casilla SF: J Mauer 2-out RBI: J Mauer, J Morneau 2 Twins RISP: 3-10 (J Willingham 0-3, D Mastroianni 1-1, D Butera 0-1, J Mauer 1-2, B Dozier 0-1, J Morneau 1-2) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: B Revere (17, 2nd base off M Perez/Y Torrealba) CS: D Mastroianni (2, 2nd base by M Perez) Picked Off: D Mastroianni (1st base by M Perez)
FIELDING DP: 1 (B Dozier-A Casilla-J Morneau). PB: D Butera.

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano (W, 3-7)	6.2	5	1	1	6	6	0	109-58	5.08
J Burton (H, 13)	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-12	2.62
G Perkins	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	3.19
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	7	8	0	138-78
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 16/30; J Burton 4/5; G Perkins 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 15-12-14-17; J Burton 5-2-2-3; G Perkins 4-1-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 9-5; J Burton 0-3; G Perkins 0-2 Game Scores: F Liriano 60

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	3	0	0	0	2	0	23	.274	.339	.443
E Andrus SS	3	0	0	0	2	1	20	.295	.372	.398
J Hamilton LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.314	.384	.641
a-L Martin PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.207	.281	.448
b-B Snyder PH-RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	.296	.333	.481
A Beltre 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	9	.324	.354	.518
M Young DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	11	.266	.300	.349
N Cruz RF-LF	3	0	2	1	1	0	11	.261	.318	.430
M Napoli 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	19	.230	.335	.426
Y Torrealba C	4	0	0	0	0	3	19	.216	.284	.309
C Gentry CF-RF-CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	13	.348	.413	.452
Totals	32	1	6	1	7	8	138
a-flied out to right for J Hamilton in the 5th b-struck out swinging for L Martin in the 7th
BATTING 2B: N Cruz (19, F Liriano) RBI: N Cruz (51) GIDP: M Napoli Rangers RISP: 1-10 (Y Torrealba 0-3, B Snyder 0-1, A Beltre 0-1, L Martin 0-1, N Cruz 1-1, M Napoli 0-3) Team LOB: 11
FIELDING E: M Napoli (5, pop up); J Hamilton (5, fly ball) DP: 1 (M Napoli).

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Perez (L, 1-1)	6.0	6	4	2	3	3	0	106-66	6.00
T Scheppers	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	10-8	9.00
Y Tateyama	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-9	13.09
M Kirkman	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	3.65
Totals	9.0	9	5	3	3	7	1	145-93
PITCHING WP: M Perez IBB: J Willingham (By M Perez) HBP: B Revere (By M Perez) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Perez 21/29; T Scheppers 3/4; Y Tateyama 1/3; M Kirkman 4/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Perez 20-7-18-21; T Scheppers 4-1-0-3; Y Tateyama 4-3-1-1; M Kirkman 4-1-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Perez 7-7; T Scheppers 0-2; Y Tateyama 1-0; M Kirkman 0-1 Game Scores: M Perez 48

Scoring Summary

			MIN	TEX
	3rd	J Mauer singled to right, B Revere scored.	1	0
	3rd	J Willingham safe at second on error by first baseman M Napoli, J Mauer scored.	2	0
	3rd	J Morneau singled to right, J Willingham scored.	3	0
	4th	J Mauer hit sacrifice fly to center, D Butera scored.	4	0
	6th	N Cruz singled to left center, A Beltre scored, M Young to second.	4	1
	7th	J Morneau homered to right (420 feet).	5	1
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Game Notes

RANGERS LEFTFIELDER JOSH HAMILTON LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING WITH LOWER BACK SPASMS.

Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	47,240 (98% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:58
Weather	98 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Eric Cooper, First Base - Marty Foster, Second Base - Chris Conroy, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg