Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 4,
Minnesota 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 8, 2012
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 96°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Lance Barrett
Attendance: 43268
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 96°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Lance Barrett
Attendance: 43268
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .270 |
| Ben Revere | RF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .316 |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .326 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .261 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Ryan Doumit | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| Brian Dozier | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| Jamey Carroll | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .234 |
| Totals | 44 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Revere, Joe Mauer 2, Justin Morneau, Ryan Doumit 2, Trevor Plouffe 2, Brian Dozier | |||||||||
| RBI - Denard Span (24), Justin Morneau (38) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (11) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Revere 2 (18), Ryan Doumit (35), Jamey Carroll (37) | |||||||||
| S - Brian Dozier 2 (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Denard Span (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Joe Mauer (16), Ryan Doumit (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Brian Dozier (13), Jamey Carroll (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole De Vries | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Casey Fien (H 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Glen Perkins (BS 3) | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.11 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.31 |
| Alex Burnett (L 2-2) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.49 |
| WP - Glen Perkins | ||||||||
| IBB - David Murphy (by Swarzak), Josh Hamilton (by Swarzak), David Murphy (by Burnett) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole De Vries 84-59, Casey Fien 20-13, Glen Perkins 28-25, Anthony Swarzak 49-21, Alex Burnett 21-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole De Vries 5-7, Casey Fien 0-2, Glen Perkins 2-0, Anthony Swarzak 3-2, Alex Burnett 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole De Vries 23, Casey Fien 4, Glen Perkins 8, Anthony Swarzak 13, Alex Burnett 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alex Burnett 2-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .279 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Josh Hamilton | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .326 |
| Nelson Cruz | RF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .267 |
| Michael Young | 1B | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| David Murphy | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .288 |
| Mike Napoli | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .228 |
| Craig Gentry | CF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .329 |
| Totals | 48 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nelson Cruz (22), Michael Young (15) | |||||||||
| TB - Ian Kinsler 4, Elvis Andrus, Adrian Beltre, Nelson Cruz 3, Michael Young 5, David Murphy, Mike Napoli | |||||||||
| RBI - Ian Kinsler (41), Elvis Andrus (35), Michael Young 2 (35) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Michael Young 2 (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nelson Cruz 2 (32), Mike Napoli (27), Craig Gentry 2 (20) | |||||||||
| S - Elvis Andrus 2 (11) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Elvis Andrus (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 14 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Michael Young (2, 2nd by De Vries/Doumit) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Joe Nathan (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Roy Oswalt | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.26 |
| Tanner Scheppers | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.03 |
| Robbie Ross | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.95 |
| Mike Adams | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.07 |
| Joe Nathan | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.73 |
| Michael Kirkman | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11.37 |
| Scott Feldman (W 3-6) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.89 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Roy Oswalt 102-64, Tanner Scheppers 11-6, Robbie Ross 7-4, Mike Adams 13-9, Joe Nathan 16-11, Michael Kirkman 13-7, Yoshinori Tateyama 21-15, Scott Feldman 19-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Roy Oswalt 8-3, Tanner Scheppers 1-0, Robbie Ross 1-0, Mike Adams 2-1, Joe Nathan 1-1, Michael Kirkman 1-1, Yoshinori Tateyama 0-1, Scott Feldman 4-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Roy Oswalt 23, Tanner Scheppers 4, Robbie Ross 2, Mike Adams 3, Joe Nathan 5, Michael Kirkman 2, Yoshinori Tateyama 6, Scott Feldman 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tanner Scheppers 2-0, Robbie Ross 2-0, Michael Kirkman 1-0 | ||||||||