Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
August 2, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 2006 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 10, Minnesota Twins 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Matthews cf 6 1 2 0
Young ss 4 1 1 1
Lee lf 4 0 0 1
  Cruz rf 0 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 4 2 2 2
Blalock dh 5 1 1 0
DeRosa 3b 4 2 3 0
Stairs rf 5 0 1 1
  Hairston pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Kinsler 2b 5 2 2 0
Laird c 5 1 2 3
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Littleton p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Bauer p 0 0 0 0
  Otsuka p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 14 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tyner lf,cf 5 0 1 0
Punto 3b 4 1 2 0
Mauer dh 4 0 1 0
Cuddyer rf 3 1 1 0
Morneau 1b 2 0 0 0
Hunter cf 3 0 1 1
  Rabe lf 1 0 0 0
Redmond c 4 0 2 1
Rodriguez 2b 3 0 1 0
Bartlett ss 4 0 3 0
Bonser p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 12 2
Texas 011 500 10210140
Minnesota 000 001 0102123
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (1-0) 5.0 7 1 1 2 2
  Littleton   1.2 3 0 0 2 0
  Mahay   0.2 0 1 1 1 1
  Bauer   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Otsuka   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
5
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Bonser  L (2-3) 4.0 6 7 4 2 5
  Guerrier   3.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Eyre   2.0 4 2 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
6
3
6

  E–Punto (8), Morneau (6), Rodriguez (2).  DP–Texas 6. Kinsler-M. Young-Teixeira, M. Young-Kinsler-Teixeira, Laird-Kinsler, DeRosa-Kinsler-Teixeira, Kinsler-M. Young-Teixeira, Teixeira, Minnesota 1. Bartlett-Rodriguez-Morneau.  2B–Texas Laird 2 (16,off Bonser,off Eyre); M. Young (37,off Bonser); Matthews (35,off Eyre), Minnesota Redmond 2 (11,off Wells,off Bauer); Cuddyer (25,off Wells).  HR–Texas Teixeira 2 (17,2nd inning off Bonser 0 on 0 out,9th inning off Eyre 0 on 0 out).  SF–Lee (1,off Bonser).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  CS–Bartlett (3,2nd base by Wells/Laird); Bartlett (3,2nd base by Wells/Laird).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Tony Randazzo, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:56.  A–26,492.
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