Starting Lineups:
Texas Rangers Minnesota Twins
1. Matthews cf Tyner lf
2. M. Young ss Punto 3b
3. Lee lf Mauer dh
4. Teixeira 1b Cuddyer rf
5. Blalock dh Morneau 1b
6. DeRosa 3b Hunter cf
7. Stairs rf Redmond c
8. Kinsler 2b Rodriguez 2b
9. Laird c Bartlett ss
Wells p Bonser p
RANGERS 1ST: Matthews grounded out (third to first); M. Young
struck out; Lee flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0,
Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Tyner singled to left; Punto singled to first [Tyner
to second]; Mauer grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Tyner to third, Punto out at second];
Cuddyer flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins
0.
RANGERS 2ND: Teixeira homered to right; Blalock flied to center;
DeRosa struck out (catcher to first); Stairs popped to third; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Morneau walked; Hunter grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Morneau out at second]; Redmond
doubled to right; Rodriguez grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Kinsler singled to center; Laird popped to second;
Matthews singled to second [Kinsler to second]; Bonser threw a
wild pitch [Kinsler to third, Matthews to second]; M. Young
walked; Lee out on a sacrifice fly to left [Kinsler scored];
Teixeira struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Bartlett singled to left; Tyner flied to left; Punto
struck out while Bartlett was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Blalock grounded out (shortstop to first); DeRosa
walked; Stairs struck out; Kinsler singled to shortstop [DeRosa
to second]; Laird doubled to left [DeRosa scored, Kinsler
scored]; Matthews reached on an error by Morneau [Laird scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; M. Young doubled to center [Matthews
scored (unearned)]; Lee reached on an error by Punto [M. Young
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lee to second]; Teixeira was called
out on strikes; 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Mauer grounded out (second to first); Cuddyer doubled
to right; Morneau grounded out (first unassisted) [Cuddyer to
third]; Hunter struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 7, Twins 0.
RANGERS 5TH: GUERRIER REPLACED BONSER (PITCHING); Blalock
singled to left; DeRosa singled to left [Blalock to second];
Stairs grounded out (pitcher to first) [Blalock to third, DeRosa
to second]; Kinsler grounded out (first unassisted); Laird flied
to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 7, Twins 0.
TWINS 5TH: Redmond lined to shortstop; Rodriguez walked;
Bartlett flied to right; Tyner grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, Twins 0.
RANGERS 6TH: Matthews grounded out (second to first); M. Young
flied to left; Lee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7,
Twins 0.
TWINS 6TH: Punto singled to center; Mauer singled to center
[Punto to second]; LITTLETON REPLACED WELLS (PITCHING); Cuddyer
forced Mauer (shortstop to second) [Punto to third]; Morneau
walked [Cuddyer to second]; Hunter singled to right [Punto
scored, Cuddyer to third, Morneau to second]; Redmond grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Hunter out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 7, Twins 1.
RANGERS 7TH: TYNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); RABE REPLACED
HUNTER (PLAYING LF); Teixeira walked; Blalock forced Teixeira
(first to shortstop); DeRosa singled to center [Blalock to
second]; Stairs singled to center [Blalock scored, DeRosa to
second]; Kinsler grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Stairs out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 8, Twins 1.
TWINS 7TH: Rodriguez singled to center; Bartlett singled to left
[Rodriguez to second]; Tyner grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Rodriguez to third, Bartlett out at
second]; Punto walked; MAHAY REPLACED LITTLETON (PITCHING);
Mauer struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Twins 1.
RANGERS 8TH: EYRE REPLACED GUERRIER (PITCHING); Laird grounded
out (third to first); Matthews doubled to second; M. Young flied
to right [Matthews to third]; Lee popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Twins 1.
TWINS 8TH: Cuddyer walked; Morneau popped to shortstop; BAUER
REPLACED MAHAY (PITCHING); Rabe popped to second; Redmond
doubled to second [Cuddyer scored]; Rodriguez grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Twins 2.
RANGERS 9TH: Teixeira homered to right-center; Blalock grounded
out (pitcher unassisted); DeRosa singled to center; Stairs
reached on an error by Rodriguez [DeRosa to second]; HAIRSTON
RAN FOR STAIRS; Kinsler flied to left; Laird doubled to second
[DeRosa scored (unearned), Hairston to third]; Matthews grounded
out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 10,
Twins 2.
TWINS 9TH: CRUZ REPLACED LEE (PLAYING RF); HAIRSTON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); OTSUKA REPLACED BAUER (PITCHING); Bartlett
singled to center; Tyner lined into a double play to first
[Bartlett out at first (first unassisted)]; Punto struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 10, Twins 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Rangers 10 14 0 9
Twins 2 12 3 9
