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August 18, 2009

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Joe Mauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .380
OBP .333 .446
At Bats 3 361
Hits 1 137
• Singles 0 91
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 24
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 1 75

Jason Jennings Season Stats

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2 3 1
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Rangers Ballpark In Arlington - August 18, 2009
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Home Run
Jason Jennings
Taylor Teagarden
Hank Blalock
Ian Kinsler
Michael Young
Omar Vizquel
Julio Borbon
Marlon Byrd
Josh Hamilton
Joe Mauer
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs

Mauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Jesse Crain now pitching. Byrd hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hamilton is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Humber picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Humber. Vizquel scores. Borbon moves to third. Young moves to second.
Bottom 6 Borbon bunts towards first. Cuddyer fields the ball and throws to Humber covering. Safe. Vizquel moves to second.
Bottom 6 Vizquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Teagarden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Blalock takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cabrera hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Span is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Jason Jennings now pitching. There goes Punto. The throw from Teagarden and he is safe. Punto steals second.
Top 6 Punto takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to third.
Top 6 Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Borbon. Young reaches second base with a double. Cuddyer scores. Crede goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Crede hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harris scores. Cuddyer moves to second.
Top 6 Cuddyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harris moves to second.
Top 6 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feldman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cabrera scores.
Top 6 Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. Borbon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cabrera moves to third.
Top 6 Cabrera hits a line drive into left field. Borbon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Borbon. Cabrera moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kinsler hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mauer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Murphy strikes out.
Bottom 5 Philip Humber now pitching. Byrd hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Span hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Span for the out.
Top 5 Punto strikes out.
Top 5 Gomez hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hamilton strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Borbon. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Borbon steals second.
Bottom 4 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Borbon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Vizquel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cuddyer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vizquel for the out.
Top 4 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Crede hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Borbon. Cuddyer reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mauer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Teagarden strikes out.
Bottom 3 Blalock hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Span who is chasing the ball. Blalock reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Kinsler hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 3 Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Byrd takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hamilton hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Hamilton reaches second base with a double. Young goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 There goes Borbon. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Borbon steals second.
Bottom 3 Borbon takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cabrera hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Span hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Punto hits a popup towards short. Vizquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Vizquel strikes out.
Bottom 2 Teagarden takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kinsler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pavano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gomez strikes out.
Top 2 Young strikes out.
Top 2 Crede hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cuddyer moves to third.
Top 2 Cuddyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Borbon. Cuddyer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Murphy strikes out.
Bottom 1 Byrd hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Borbon scores.
Bottom 1 Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Borbon moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Borbon. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Borbon steals second.
Bottom 1 Borbon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cabrera fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Brendan Harris pinch hits for Jason Kubel. Harris strikes out.
Top 1 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. Span moves to third.
Top 1 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cabrera for the out. Span moves to second.
Top 1 Span bunts towards the mound. Feldman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.