Twins 5, Rangers 2

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Texas 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 0 Minnesota 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 11 1 WP: B. Radke (11-10) S: E. Guardado (33) LP: R.A. Dickey (8-7)

Scoring Summary

Bot 2nd: Minnesota

-T. Hunter tripled to deep right, J. Jones scored

-S. Stewart singled to left, T. Hunter scored, D. Hocking to second

Bot 3rd: Minnesota

-J. Jones grounded out to first, D. Mientkiewicz scored, M. LeCroy to third

-A.J. Pierzynski homered to deep right, M. LeCroy scored

Top 5th: Texas

-S. Spencer doubled to deep left, M. Teixeira scored

Top 7th: Texas

-S. Spencer singled to left, L. Nix scored

Texas
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Young 2b	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.301
H. Blalock 3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.312
A. Rodriguez ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300
R. Palmeiro dh	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.259
M. Teixeira 1b	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.259
L. Nix cf	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	.260
S. Spencer lf	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	.262
J. Jones rf	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.243
E. Diaz c	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.254
Totals	33	2	7	2	0	5	11

Batting 2B - S Spencer (17, B Radke); L Nix (10, B Radke); R Palmeiro (20, E Guardado). RBI - S Spencer 2 (45). 2-out RBI - S Spencer. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Diaz 1, S Spencer 1, M Young 1. GIDP - M Teixeira. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running Picked Off - A Rodriguez (1st base, B Radke).

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
S. Stewart lf	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	.314
L. Rivas 2b	5	0	0	0	0	1	6	.269
D. Mientkiewicz 1b	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	.299
M. LeCroy dh	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.294
L. Ford dh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327
J. Jones rf	4	1	2	1	0	1	4	.308
T. Hunter cf	4	1	1	1	0	1	4	.245
A.J. Pierzynski c	4	1	1	2	0	2	4	.304
D. Hocking 3b	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.255
C. Guzman ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	.263
Totals	35	5	11	5	3	5	26

Batting 2B - J Jones (33, R Drese). 3B - T Hunter (4, R Dickey). HR - A Pierzynski (10, 3rd inning off R Dickey 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - T Hunter (88), S Stewart (63), J Jones (60), A Pierzynski 2 (66). 2-out RBI - S Stewart, A Pierzynski 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Pierzynski 2, D Mientkiewicz 1, L Rivas 2. Team LOB - 10.

Base Running SB - C Guzman (16, 2nd base off R Drese/E Diaz).    Fielding E - C Guzman (10, throw). DP - 1 (L Rivas-C Guzman-D Mientkiewicz).

Texas
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R.A. Dickey (L, 8-7)	2.2	6	5	5	3	2	1	5.24
R. Drese	3.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	8.07
R. Mahay	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.46
R. Garcia	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
R. Garcia	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.82
B. Shouse	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16
Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
B. Radke (W, 11-10)	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	4.93
L. Hawkins	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.98
E. Guardado (S, 33)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.00

BALK - R Dickey.

HBP - J Jones (by B Radke); M LeCroy (by R Drese).

Pitches-strikes - R Dickey 76-48; R Drese 57-36; R Mahay 23-14; Re Garcia 7-5; B Shouse 5-3; B Radke 110-77; L Hawkins 12-10; E Guardado 16-11.

Ground balls-fly balls - R Dickey 2-4; R Drese 7-2; R Mahay 1-1; Re Garcia 0-1; B Shouse 1-0; B Radke 8-8; L Hawkins 0-3; E Guardado 2-0.

Batters faced - R Dickey 17; R Drese 14; R Mahay 5; Re Garcia 2; B Shouse 1; B Radke 26; L Hawkins 4; E Guardado 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Mark Wegner. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Time: 3:00. Attendance: 27,018. Weather: INDOORS

Updated on Saturday, Sep 6, 2003 3:16 pm ET