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Rangers
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
May 21, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers, played on May 21, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | May 21, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 21, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sidney Ponson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nick Blackburn |
| Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 22,032 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jeff Nelson 1B: Adrian Johnson 2B: Tim Tschida 3B: Jim Joyce |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ian Kinsler | Second Baseman |
| Michael Young | Shortstop |
| Josh Hamilton | Center Fielder |
| Milton Bradley | DH |
| David Murphy | Right Fielder |
| Gerald Laird | Catcher |
| Brandon Boggs | Left Fielder |
| Chris Shelton | First Baseman |
| Ramon Vazquez | Third Baseman |
| Ron Washington | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
| Alexi Casilla | Second Baseman |
| Joe Mauer | Catcher |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Michael Cuddyer | Right Fielder |
| Jason Kubel | DH |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Mike Lamb | Third Baseman |
| Adam Everett | Shortstop |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
May 21, 2008
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Blackburn
Kinsler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Casilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Blackburn
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lamb fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Blackburn
Hamilton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Ponson
Gomez bunts towards third. Vazquez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Ponson
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Ponson
Mauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Ponson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Blackburn
Bradley strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Blackburn
Murphy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Casilla reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Blackburn
Laird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Ponson
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vazquez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Ponson
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ponson
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Blackburn
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shelton vs. Blackburn
Shelton hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Vazquez vs. Blackburn
Vazquez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Ponson
Lamb strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Ponson
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Ponson
Gomez hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Boggs. Gomez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Casilla vs. Ponson
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Blackburn
Kinsler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Blackburn
Young hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Blackburn
Hamilton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Blackburn
Marlon Byrd pinch hits for Milton Bradley.
Byrd hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hamilton moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Blackburn
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Ponson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Ponson
Morneau strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Ponson
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vazquez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Blackburn
Laird strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Blackburn
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau fields the ball and throws to Blackburn covering. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Shelton vs. Blackburn
Shelton hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Vazquez vs. Blackburn
Vazquez takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Kinsler vs. Blackburn
Kinsler hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Ponson
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ponson
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lamb vs. Ponson
There goes Young. The throw from Laird and he is out, Young applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Ponson
Lamb hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Boggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Blackburn
Young hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Blackburn
Hamilton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Blackburn
Byrd hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Hamilton moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Blackburn
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau fields it and throws to second for the out. Hamilton moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Laird vs. Blackburn
Laird hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hamilton scores. Murphy moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boggs vs. Blackburn
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lamb fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Laird moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shelton vs. Blackburn
Shelton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Laird moves to third. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vazquez vs. Blackburn
Vazquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Laird scores. Boggs scores. Shelton moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kinsler vs. Blackburn
Kinsler hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Blackburn
Young strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Ponson
Everett hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Boggs who is chasing the ball. Everett reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Gomez vs. Ponson
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Casilla vs. Ponson
Casilla hits a fly ball into left field. Boggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Everett tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Ponson
Mauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Ponson
Morneau strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Rincon
Juan Rincon now pitching.
Hamilton hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Rincon
Byrd strikes out. There goes Hamilton. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Rincon
Murphy hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Hamilton scores. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Laird vs. Rincon
Laird is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Boggs vs. Rincon
Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Shelton vs. Rincon
There goes Murphy. The throw from Mauer and he is out, Lamb applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Ponson
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Ponson
Kubel strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ponson
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Lamb vs. Ponson
Lamb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Shelton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lamb for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shelton vs. Rincon
Shelton hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Vazquez vs. Rincon
Vazquez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Shelton moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Kinsler vs. Rincon
Kinsler hits a line drive into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Rincon
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Ponson
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Ponson
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Ponson
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards first. Shelton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Casilla for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Korecky
Bobby Korecky now pitching.
Hamilton hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Korecky
Byrd hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Korecky
Murphy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Young throws the ball in to Mauer who tags Murphy trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Byrd goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Korecky
Laird hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Korecky
Boggs hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Ponson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Ponson
Morneau hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuddyer vs. Ponson
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Ponson
Kubel hits a fly ball into left field. Boggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/21/2008 -- Texas at Minnesota (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Kinsler I, 2b 5 1 1 3 Gomez C, cf 4 0 1 0
Young M, ss 5 1 1 1 Casilla A, 2b 3 0 0 1
Hamilton J, cf 5 2 3 0 Mauer J, c 4 0 2 0
Bradley M, dh 1 0 0 0 Morneau J, 1b 4 0 1 0
Byrd M, ph 4 1 2 0 Cuddyer M, rf 4 0 0 0
Murphy D, rf 5 0 2 2 Kubel J, dh 4 0 0 0
Laird G, c 4 2 2 2 Young D, lf 2 0 1 0
Boggs B, lf 5 1 1 0 Lamb M, 3b 3 0 0 0
Shelton C, 1b 4 1 3 0 Everett A, ss 3 1 1 0
Vazquez R, 3b 3 1 2 2
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 10 17 10 31 1 6 1
Texas 000 007 102 -- 10
Minnesota 000 001 000 -- 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson S (W) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn N (L) 6.0 10 7 1 1 4
Rincon J 2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Korecky B 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
E -- Casilla A
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Texas 6, Minnesota 5
2B -- Gomez C, Murphy D 2
3B -- Everett A
HR -- Young M, Kinsler I, Laird G
SB -- Hamilton J
CS -- Young D
SF -- Casilla A
HBP -- by Rincon J (Laird G)
T -- 2:24
A -- 22032
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