Major League Baseball
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Minnesota 12,
Texas 4
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 4, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Tim Tschida, 3B - Bob Davidson
Attendance: 40496
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Tim Tschida, 3B - Bob Davidson
Attendance: 40496
Final Scoring Summary
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Cristian Guzman | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .135 |
| Michael Young | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Alex Cora | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Josh Hamilton | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .361 |
| Julio Borbon | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .294 |
| Nelson Cruz | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .311 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Bengie Molina | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .208 |
| Taylor Teagarden | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .138 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Julio Borbon (9), Nelson Cruz (23) | |||||||||
| HR - Ian Kinsler (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Cristian Guzman 2, Michael Young, Alex Cora, Julio Borbon 2, Nelson Cruz 2, Ian Kinsler 5, Mitch Moreland, Jeff Francoeur | |||||||||
| RBI - Julio Borbon 2 (30), Ian Kinsler (39), Mitch Moreland (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nelson Cruz (34) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Cristian Guzman (1), Bengie Molina (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Colby Lewis (L 9-12) | 3.2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.96 |
| Dustin Nippert | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 |
| Rich Harden | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.36 |
| Pedro Strop | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11.37 |
| WP - Rich Harden | ||||||||
| HBP - Jason Repko (by Lewis) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Colby Lewis 77-47, Dustin Nippert 19-10, Rich Harden 38-23, Pedro Strop 22-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Colby Lewis 5-4, Dustin Nippert 0-4, Rich Harden 2-3, Pedro Strop 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Colby Lewis 22, Dustin Nippert 5, Rich Harden 9, Pedro Strop 5 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .283 |
| Alexi Casilla | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Trevor Plouffe | PR-DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .133 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .300 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Jason Repko | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .202 |
| Matt Tolbert | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .188 |
| Totals | 35 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - J.J. Hardy (16) | |||||||||
| 3B - Matt Tolbert 2 (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Jim Thome 2 (20) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 2, Orlando Hudson, Michael Cuddyer, Jim Thome 8, J.J. Hardy 4, Matt Tolbert 6 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jim Thome 4 (49), J.J. Hardy 2 (30), Matt Tolbert 5 (13) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jim Thome 3 (17), J.J. Hardy 2 (12), Matt Tolbert 5 (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Delmon Young (53), Drew Butera (13) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carl Pavano (W 16-10) | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 |
| Rob Delaney | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Carl Pavano 108-71, Rob Delaney 20-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carl Pavano 16-6, Rob Delaney 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carl Pavano 32, Rob Delaney 5 | ||||||||