Rangers 8-3 Twins (27 Aug, 2004) Box Score

Texas Rangers

71-55, 40-21 home


MIN
TEX

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	6	0
1	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	-	8	15	1

C. Park3-4

6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

T. Mulholland4-7

3.2 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Twins Hitting

hitters
S. StewartDH
bJ. OffermanPH-DH
J. JonesRF
T. HunterCF
aM. CuddyerPH-LF
J. Morneau1B
L. FordLF-CF
C. Koskie3B
C. GuzmanSS
A. OjedaSS
R. BowenC
L. Rivas2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	1	0	0	0	.318	.394	.469
2	0	1	0	0	0	.255	.366	.416
5	0	0	0	0	1	.261	.319	.443
2	0	1	0	0	1	.270	.322	.467
1	1	0	0	2	1	.255	.327	.429
3	1	1	1	1	0	.276	.330	.557
3	0	0	0	1	1	.305	.391	.478
4	0	1	1	0	1	.251	.345	.490
3	0	0	0	0	1	.274	.306	.373
0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.286	.000
3	0	0	0	1	0	.111	.226	.222
3	0	1	1	0	0	.253	.283	.422
32	3	6	3	6	6

a-walked for T Hunter in the 6th

b-singled to left for S Stewart in the 7th

Batting
2BJ Morneau (10, C Park); L Rivas (18, F Francisco)
RBIJ Morneau (38), C Koskie (59), L Rivas (29)
2Out RBIC Koskie
GIDPS Stewart
Team LOB9

Fielding
DP1 (L Rivas-A Ojeda-J Morneau)

Rangers Hitting

hitters
E. YoungDH
M. YoungSS
A. Soriano2B
M. AlexanderPR-2B
M. Teixeira1B
K. MenchLF
B. JordanRF
H. Blalock3B
G. Matthews Jr.CF
R. BarajasC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.306	.396	.380
4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.310	.355	.464
4	0	2	3	0	0	1	.282	.327	.489
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214
4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.271	.356	.562
5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.270	.318	.518
5	2	2	0	0	0	2	.198	.266	.362
4	3	2	3	1	1	0	.276	.353	.526
4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.271	.341	.475
3	1	3	1	0	0	0	.243	.268	.464
36	8	15	8	1	4	5

Batting
2BA Soriano (28, T Mulholland); B Jordan (10, T Mulholland); G Matthews (17, J Roa); R Barajas (18, J Crain)
3BA Soriano (3, T Mulholland)
HRH Blalock (29, 4th inning off T Mulholland 1 on, 0 Out)
RBIA Soriano 3 (77), H Blalock 3 (91), E Young (18), R Barajas (40)
2Out RBIA Soriano 2
SFE Young
SHR Barajas
GIDPH Blalock
Team LOB11

Fielding
DP1 (A Soriano-M Young-M Teixeira)
EM Young (14, throw)

Twins Pitching

pitchers
T. Mulholland(L,5-9)
J. Roa
J. Crain
G. Balfour
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
3.2	9	7	7	1	1	1	75-49	5.03
1.1	2	1	1	2	2	0	34-22	3.57
2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	35-23	3.12
1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	24-13	3.77
8.0	15	8	8	4	5	1	168-107

Pitching
HBPL Rivas (By C Park)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsT Mulholland 4-6; J Roa 1-1; J Crain 4-1; G Balfour 2-0
Game ScoresT Mulholland 15

Rangers Pitching

pitchers
C. Park(W,4-7)
R. Mahay
F. Francisco
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	4	2	2	3	4	84-49	5.50
2.0	1	0	0	1	1	26-15	2.15
1.0	1	1	1	2	1	34-20	3.43
9.0	6	3	3	6	6	144-84

Pitching
WPF Francisco
HBPA Soriano (By G Balfour)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsC Park 9-5; R Mahay 1-4; F Francisco 0-2
Game ScoresC Park 57

Scoring Summary

		MIN	TEX
1st	A Soriano doubled to deep left center, M Young scored.	0	1
2nd	H Blalock singled to right center, B Jordan scored.	0	2
2nd	E Young hit sacrifice fly to left, H Blalock scored, G Matthews Jr to third.	0	3
4th	H Blalock homered to right, B Jordan scored.	0	5
4th	A Soriano tripled to deep center, R Barajas and E Young scored.	0	7
5th	R Barajas singled to center, H Blalock scored, G Matthews Jr to third, R Barajas to second advancing on throw.	0	8
6th	J Morneau doubled to deep left, M Cuddyer scored, J Morneau to third on throwing error by shortstop M Young.	1	8
6th	C Koskie singled to center, J Morneau scored.	2	8
9th	L Rivas doubled to deep center, A Ojeda scored, R Bowen to third.	3	8

Twins
7
Rangers
4

Game 1

24/8

Twins
4
Rangers
5

Game 2

25/8

Twins
8
Rangers
5

Game 3

26/8

Twins
3
Rangers
8

Game 4

27/8

Choctaw Stadium

1:05 AM, 27 August 2004

Arlington, Texas

Attendance: 26,083

Game Time:2:55

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jerry Layne
First Base Umpire - Ed Montague
Second Base Umpire - Jerry Meals
Third Base Umpire - Paul Schrieber

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	92	69	.571	-	L2
Kansas City	86	76	.531	6.5	W1
Detroit	86	76	.531	6.5	L2
Minnesota	82	80	.506	10.5	L4
Chicago	41	121	.253	51.5	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	88	73	.547	-	W2
Seattle	85	77	.525	3.5	W4
Texas	78	84	.481	10.5	W3
Oakland	69	93	.426	19.5	L3
Los Angeles	63	99	.389	25.5	L6

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Minnesota Twins

Texas Rangers

C. Park3-4

T. Mulholland4-7

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