Texas Rangers vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 27, 2013 - ESPN Dallas

Scores for Apr 27, 2013

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Texas leads 2-1 (as of 4/27)

Game 1: Thursday, April 25
Texas	2	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Game 2: Friday, April 26
Texas	4	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, April 27
Texas	2	Final
Minnesota	7	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, April 28
Texas	0	Bot of 7th
Minnesota	5	Bot of 7th
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Rangers 2

(16-8, 9-6 away)

Twins 7

(10-10, 6-6 home)

4:10 PM ET, April 27, 2013

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

W: P. Hernandez (1-0)

L: D. Holland (1-2)

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	25	.315	.400	.533
C Gentry CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	12	.220	.319	.390
a-L Martin PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.233	.298	.349
A Beltre DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	13	.231	.293	.418
N Cruz RF	3	1	1	0	1	2	18	.322	.378	.544
A Pierzynski C	3	1	1	0	1	1	11	.297	.329	.486
J Baker 3B	3	0	1	0	1	1	24	.333	.455	.556
D Murphy LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	19	.184	.237	.310
M Moreland 1B	4	0	1	2	0	1	15	.225	.267	.413
L Garcia SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	12	.214	.267	.357
Totals	33	2	8	2	3	10	153
a-struck out swinging for C Gentry in the 8th
BATTING 2B: I Kinsler 2 (5, J Burton, P Hernandez); M Moreland (6, G Perkins) RBI: M Moreland 2 (9) 2-out RBI: M Moreland 2 Rangers RISP: 1-8 (D Murphy 0-1, J Baker 0-1, A Beltre 0-2, L Martin 0-1, M Moreland 1-1, C Gentry 0-1, L Garcia 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: I Kinsler (3, 3rd base off J Burton/R Doumit) CS: C Gentry (1, 2nd base by P Hernandez) Picked Off: C Gentry (1st base by P Hernandez)
FIELDING E: M Moreland (2, ground ball)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Holland (L, 1-2)	7.0	5	4	3	1	6	1	97-68	3.38
M Kirkman	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	26-21	6.97
Totals	8.0	9	7	6	1	7	1	123-89
PITCHING WP: D Holland 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Holland 18/28; M Kirkman 6/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Holland 19-13-15-21; M Kirkman 5-2-8-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Holland 9-6; M Kirkman 2-0 Game Scores: D Holland 58

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Dozier 2B	3	1	1	1	0	1	18	.242	.300	.323
J Mauer 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.317	.391	.451
J Willingham LF	4	2	2	2	0	1	18	.254	.397	.542
R Doumit C	4	0	1	0	0	1	11	.197	.274	.303
W Ramirez RF	4	1	1	1	0	1	12	.333	.316	.389
O Arcia DH	3	2	1	0	1	0	22	.185	.241	.407
A Hicks CF	4	1	1	2	0	1	13	.108	.234	.123
E Escobar 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	8	.483	.500	.690
P Florimon SS	3	0	0	1	0	0	8	.243	.356	.297
Totals	33	7	9	7	1	7	123
BATTING 2B: R Doumit (7, D Holland); A Hicks (1, M Kirkman) HR: J Willingham (4, 6th inning off D Holland 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: B Dozier (7), J Willingham 2 (12), P Florimon (6), W Ramirez (3), A Hicks 2 (7) SF: B Dozier 2-out RBI: J Willingham 2, W Ramirez, A Hicks 2 Twins RISP: 4-9 (P Florimon 0-2, J Willingham 1-1, W Ramirez 1-2, B Dozier 0-1, E Escobar 1-2, A Hicks 1-1) Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: J Willingham (1, 2nd base off M Kirkman/A Pierzynski)
FIELDING Outfield Assist: A Hicks (N Cruz at 2nd base).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P Hernandez (W, 1-0)	5.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	80-52	2.35
A Swarzak (H, 2)	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	16-12	2.31
B Duensing (H, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-6	2.57
J Burton	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	21-17	0.96
G Perkins	1.0	1	2	2	2	2	0	28-17	4.15
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	3	10	0	153-104
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: P Hernandez 9/19; A Swarzak 4/5; B Duensing 1/2; J Burton 4/4; G Perkins 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: P Hernandez 11-6-20-15; A Swarzak 5-3-1-3; B Duensing 4-0-1-1; J Burton 4-3-8-2; G Perkins 5-3-7-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Hernandez 3-7; A Swarzak 1-1; B Duensing 0-1; J Burton 1-0; G Perkins 0-1 Game Scores: P Hernandez 59

Scoring Summary

			TEX	MIN
	3rd	B Dozier hit sacrifice fly to center, A Hicks scored.	0	1
	6th	J Willingham homered to left (384 feet), B Dozier scored.	0	3
	7th	P Florimon grounded into fielder's choice to second, O Arcia scored, E Escobar out at second.	0	4
	8th	W Ramirez reached on infield single to second, J Willingham scored.	0	5
	8th	A Hicks doubled to left, W Ramirez and O Arcia scored.	0	7
	9th	M Moreland doubled to deep center, N Cruz and A Pierzynski scored.	2	7
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	37,503 (94.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:51
Weather	73 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	11 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Alfonso Marquez, First Base - Mike DiMuro, Second Base - Dan Bellino, Third Base - Ted Barrett