Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 4, Minnesota 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Marvin Hudson, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Jim Joyce, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 29926

C.J. Wilson tossed six effective innings and Vladimir Guerrero hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth as the Texas Rangers edged the Minnesota Twins, 4-3, on Wednesday.

Josh Hamilton homered for the second time in as many nights for the Rangers, who have won three straight and continue to hold a commanding 8 ½ game lead over Oakland in the American League West.

Wilson (13-5), a former closer, has been instrumental in helping build that lead. The left-hander put forth another solid outing, allowing three runs - two earned - and seven hits.

Wilson struck out six and walked two, improving to 6-0 in eight starts since the All-Star break.

He got a big lift from Guerrero, who drove in a run with a single in the third and then snapped a 3-3 tie with his 23rd homer of the season in the sixth – a solo shot to left field off Brian Duensing (7-2).

Four relievers held the Twins to two hits over the next two innings. With All-Star closer Neftali Feliz unavailable, Matt Harrison got the final two outs in the ninth for his second career save.

Joe Mauer, Danny Valencia and Denard Span each drove in a run for the Twins, who have dropped three straight for the first time since before the All-Star break.

Duensing entered 5-0 with a 2.18 ERA in seven appearances – six starts – since the All-Star break. The left-hander was reached for four runs and six hits in six innings, suffering his first loss as a starter this season.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Texas
Brian Duensing Player C.J. Wilson
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 7
6.00 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Minnesota   Texas
Danny Valencia Player Vladimir Guerrero
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
0 HR 1
3 TB 6
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 9 0 11 .250 15 11 3 2 0 0
Texas 7 2 14 .226 5 6 4 1 0 1
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