Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 6,
Texas 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, August 26, 2010
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 91°
Umpires: Home - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 24738
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 91°
Umpires: Home - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 24738
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .283 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .327 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .261 |
| Jason Repko | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .274 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .268 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .307 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .325 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .260 |
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Michael Cuddyer (32) | |||||||||
| HR - Jim Thome (18), Delmon Young (16) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 2, Orlando Hudson, Joe Mauer, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer 3, Jim Thome 4, Delmon Young 4, J.J. Hardy | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Cuddyer 2 (65), Jim Thome (45), Delmon Young 3 (91) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Michael Cuddyer 2 (33) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Kubel (57), Michael Cuddyer 2 (63), Jim Thome (30) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - J.J. Hardy (1, 2nd by Lee/Molina) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Danny Valencia (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (W 12-7) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.41 |
| Matt Guerrier | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.57 |
| Jesse Crain (H 15) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Matt Capps (SV 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 99-67, Matt Guerrier 17-8, Jesse Crain 4-3, Matt Capps 8-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 8-5, Matt Guerrier 1-1, Jesse Crain 0-0, Matt Capps 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 27, Matt Guerrier 4, Jesse Crain 1, Matt Capps 3 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Michael Young | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .290 |
| Josh Hamilton | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .354 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .302 |
| Bengie Molina | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .209 |
| David Murphy | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Jorge Cantu | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .234 |
| Andres Blanco | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .248 |
| Julio Borbon | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Vladimir Guerrero (24) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Young, Vladimir Guerrero 5, Bengie Molina, David Murphy, Jorge Cantu | |||||||||
| RBI - Vladimir Guerrero 2 (95), David Murphy (45), Andres Blanco (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Vladimir Guerrero 2 (45) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Hamilton (43) | |||||||||
| SF - Andres Blanco (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Bengie Molina (4), Elvis Andrus (15) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cliff Lee (L 10-8) | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.26 |
| Alexi Ogando | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.48 |
| Michael Kirkman | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cliff Lee 97-63, Alexi Ogando 25-19, Michael Kirkman 57-33 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cliff Lee 7-2, Alexi Ogando 3-0, Michael Kirkman 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cliff Lee 22, Alexi Ogando 7, Michael Kirkman 11 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Michael Kirkman 2-0 | ||||||||