Texas Rangers vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - June 09, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 9, 2011

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 6/9)

Game 1: Thursday, June 9
Texas	4	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 2: Friday, June 10
Texas	9	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, June 11
Texas	1	Final
Minnesota	8	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, June 12
Texas	1	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Rangers 4

(35-29, 15-16 away)

Twins 5

(24-38, 7-15 home)

Alerts

8:10 PM ET, June 9, 2011

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	12	1
MIN	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	5	10	2

W: J. Hoey (1-2)

L: M. Lowe (1-1)

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
E Andrus SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	16	.285	.329	.364
D Murphy DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	.244	.312	.339
a-M Napoli PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.211	.342	.500
J Hamilton LF	4	2	2	1	1	1	14	.303	.353	.523
M Young 2B	5	0	0	0	0	3	19	.304	.344	.436
A Beltre 3B	5	1	2	1	0	0	18	.260	.312	.467
N Cruz RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	9	.243	.301	.537
M Moreland 1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	16	.310	.376	.508
Y Torrealba C	4	0	3	0	0	1	14	.239	.268	.358
E Chavez CF	2	0	1	0	0	1	10	.407	.458	.630
b-C Gentry PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.227	.358	.295
Totals	36	4	12	4	1	8	142
a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for D Murphy in the 8th b-grounded into fielder's choice to third for E Chavez in the 8th
BATTING 2B: Y Torrealba (10, N Blackburn) HR: J Hamilton (4, 1st inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 2 Out); N Cruz (15, 8th inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Hamilton (23), A Beltre (46), M Moreland (20), N Cruz (34) S: E Chavez, E Andrus SF: M Moreland 2-out RBI: J Hamilton Rangers RISP: 1-10 (D Murphy 0-3, Y Torrealba 0-1, M Young 0-2, A Beltre 1-1, M Napoli 0-1, C Gentry 0-1, E Andrus 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING CS: N Cruz (2, 2nd base by N Blackburn/R Rivera)
FIELDING E: M Moreland (3, catch)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Holland	7.1	8	4	4	1	10	2	112-80	4.41
M Lowe (L, 1-1)	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	15-11	3.86
A Rhodes	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	5.65
Totals	8.2	10	5	5	2	11	2	134-96
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Holland 20/31; M Lowe 5/5; A Rhodes 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Holland 25-13-22-20; M Lowe 1-4-3-3; A Rhodes 2-0-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Holland 7-4; M Lowe 1-1; A Rhodes 0-1 Game Scores: D Holland 55

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	18	.284	.314	.299
A Casilla SS	5	1	2	1	0	1	17	.252	.319	.331
M Cuddyer RF	4	1	2	3	0	1	14	.259	.318	.400
J Morneau DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	20	.225	.281	.338
D Young LF	4	1	3	1	0	0	11	.233	.262	.302
D Valencia 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	10	.223	.284	.339
L Hughes 1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	13	.258	.296	.355
R Rivera C	3	0	1	0	0	1	9	.224	.296	.347
a-B Dinkelman PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.333	.143
M Tolbert 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	17	.204	.255	.311
Totals	36	5	10	5	2	11	134
a-struck out swinging for R Rivera in the 9th
BATTING 2B: R Rivera (3, D Holland); L Hughes (6, M Lowe) HR: D Young (2, 2nd inning off D Holland 0 on, 0 Out); M Cuddyer (8, 5th inning off D Holland 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: D Young (15), M Cuddyer 3 (21), A Casilla (10) 2-out RBI: M Cuddyer 3, A Casilla Twins RISP: 2-9 (A Casilla 1-2, M Tolbert 0-1, B Revere 0-2, B Dinkelman 0-1, M Cuddyer 1-2, J Morneau 0-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: N Blackburn (1, throw); D Valencia (6, ground ball) DP: 1 (R Rivera-A Casilla).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn	7.1	10	4	2	1	6	2	109-72	3.47
J Mijares	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9-7	4.50
A Burnett	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	5.94
C James	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	0.00
J Hoey (W, 1-2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	9.00
Totals	9.0	12	4	2	1	8	2	142-96
PITCHING J Mijares pitched to 2 batters in the 8th IBB: J Hamilton (By N Blackburn) HBP: E Andrus (By A Burnett) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 20/33; J Mijares 0/2; A Burnett 2/2; C James 1/2; J Hoey 2/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 22-7-17-26; J Mijares 3-0-2-2; A Burnett 3-0-0-1; C James 3-1-2-1; J Hoey 0-3-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 9-6; J Mijares 0-0; A Burnett 1-0; C James 1-0; J Hoey 0-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 51

Scoring Summary

			TEX	MIN
	1st	J Hamilton homered to right center (422 feet).	1	0
	2nd	D Young homered to left (395 feet).	1	1
	5th	M Cuddyer homered to center (416 feet), M Tolbert and A Casilla scored.	1	4
	6th	A Beltre singled to center, J Hamilton scored.	2	4
	6th	M Moreland hit sacrifice fly to center, A Beltre scored, N Cruz to second.	3	4
	8th	N Cruz homered to left center (453 feet).	4	4
	9th	A Casilla singled to left, L Hughes scored, M Tolbert to third.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	38,761 (98.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:01
Weather	62 degrees, overcast
Wind	13 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Victor Carapazza, First Base - Dana Demuth, Second Base - Paul Nauert, Third Base - Doug Eddings