Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
August 18, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2007 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 5, Minnesota Twins 0

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto lf 4 1 2 0
  Sosa ph 0 0 0 0
  Murphy pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Kinsler 2b 4 0 0 0
Young ss 3 2 2 0
Byrd cf 4 1 2 4
Botts dh 3 0 0 0
Laird c 4 0 0 0
Cruz rf 3 0 1 0
Saltalamacchia 1b 4 1 1 1
  Wilkerson 1b 0 0 0 0
Vazquez 3b 4 0 0 0
Loe p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tyner lf 4 0 1 0
Punto ss 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0
Mauer c 3 0 0 0
Hunter cf 3 0 1 0
Morneau 1b 4 0 2 0
Cuddyer rf 3 0 0 0
Kubel dh 4 0 2 0
Watkins 3b,ss 3 0 1 0
Casilla 2b 3 0 1 0
Bonser p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Cali p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 8 0
Texas 000 230 000580
Minnesota 000 000 000080
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loe  W (6-9) 5.0 3 0 0 5 2
  Wood   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Francisco   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Benoit   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
6
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Bonser  L (5-10) 4.2 7 5 5 3 2
  Rincon   3.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Cali   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Texas 3. Young-Kinsler-Saltalamacchia, Kinsler-Young-Saltalamacchia, Vazquez-Kinsler-Saltalamacchia, Minnesota 1. Punto-Morneau.  2B–Texas Catalanotto (16,off Bonser); Young (33,off Bonser)..  HR–Texas Byrd (5,4th inning off Bonser 1 on 0 out); Saltalamacchia (2,5th inning off Bonser 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  SB–Casilla (8,2nd base off Loe/Laird).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Adam Dowdy, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–2:36.  A–41,037.
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