Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5,
Texas 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, July 6, 2012
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 98°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 47240
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 98°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 47240
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Revere | CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| Darin Mastroianni | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .269 |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .329 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .265 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .243 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Brian Dozier | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .240 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .242 |
| Alexi Casilla | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Justin Morneau (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Revere 2, Darin Mastroianni 2, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau 5, Trevor Plouffe, Drew Butera | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer 2 (41), Justin Morneau 2 (37) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Joe Mauer (11), Justin Morneau 2 (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Willingham (38), Justin Morneau (35), Brian Dozier (27), Drew Butera (4) | |||||||||
| S - Alexi Casilla (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Joe Mauer (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Darin Mastroianni (2, 2nd by Perez/Torrealba) | |||||||||
| SB - Ben Revere (17, 2nd off Perez/Torrealba) | |||||||||
| PO - Darin Mastroianni (1st by Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Drew Butera (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (W 3-7) | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5.08 |
| Jared Burton (H 13) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Glen Perkins | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.19 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 109-58, Jared Burton 18-12, Glen Perkins 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 8-2, Jared Burton 0-0, Glen Perkins 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 30, Jared Burton 5, Glen Perkins 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jared Burton 2-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .295 |
| Josh Hamilton | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .314 |
| Leonys Martin | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .207 |
| Brandon Snyder | PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .296 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .324 |
| Michael Young | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Nelson Cruz | RF-LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .230 |
| Yorvit Torrealba | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .216 |
| Craig Gentry | CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .348 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nelson Cruz (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Adrian Beltre, Michael Young, Nelson Cruz 3, Craig Gentry 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Nelson Cruz (51) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Leonys Martin (8), Adrian Beltre (41), Yorvit Torrealba 3 (17) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Napoli (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Mike Napoli (5), Josh Hamilton (5) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Martin Perez (L 1-1) | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Tanner Scheppers | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.09 |
| Michael Kirkman | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.65 |
| WP - Martin Perez | ||||||||
| HBP - Ben Revere (by Perez) | ||||||||
| IBB - Josh Willingham (by Perez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Martin Perez 106-66, Tanner Scheppers 10-8, Yoshinori Tateyama 15-9, Michael Kirkman 14-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Martin Perez 7-5, Tanner Scheppers 0-1, Yoshinori Tateyama 1-0, Michael Kirkman 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Martin Perez 29, Tanner Scheppers 4, Yoshinori Tateyama 3, Michael Kirkman 4 | ||||||||