MIN 3 vs. TEX 2

BOXSCORE: 2012 Minnesota Twins At 2012 Texas Rangers                4/14/2012
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rangers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span CF           4  1  1  0 .417     E.Andrus SS         4  2  2  0 .375  
  B.Revere RF         3  2  1  0 .417     M.Moreland 1B       5  3  4  1 .833  
  J.Mauer C           5  1  1  1 .250     A.Beltre 3B         5  2  3  2 .500  
  J.Willingham LF     4  0  2  1 .200     J.Hamilton CF       5  1  2  4 .444  
  J.Morneau 1B        4  0  2  1 .462     D.Murphy LF         5  0  0  1 .167  
  R.Doumit DH         4  1  2  1 .308     N.Cruz RF           5  2  2  2 .300  
  T.Plouffe 3B        4  0  0  0 .077     I.Kinsler 2B        5  0  1  0 .400  
  B.Dozier SS         4  0  2  0 .273     M.Young DH          4  1  1  1 .222  
  J.Carroll 2B        4  0  2  0 .182     M.Napoli C          3  1  1  1 .375  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  5 13  4                 Totals      41 12 16 12
 
 
Twins........... 1 1 2  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  5 13  1
Rangers......... 2 1 3  1 0 0  3 2    - 12 16  0
 
Twins (0-3)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
N.Blackburn LOSS(0-1)     2 2/3   7   6   6   0   1   3  43  20.25
A.Swarzak                 0 1/3   1   1   1   0   0   1  10   3.86
A.Burnett                 0       2   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
C.Fien                    5       6   5   5   0   6   2  81   9.00
Totals                    8      16  12  12   0   7   6
 
Rangers (2-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Holland WIN(1-0)        5 1/3  11   5   5   2   3   1  98   8.44
R.Ross HOLD(1st)          1 2/3   1   0   0   1   2   0  30   0.00
K.Uehara                  1       1   0   0   0   1   0  14   2.25
A.Ogando                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0  14   0.00
Totals                    9      13   5   5   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,560 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Laz Diaz, Mike Everitt, Paul Schrieber, Tim Welke
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 8  Rangers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0  Rangers: 3
ERRORS- T.Plouffe
DOUBLES- J.Willingham(1st), B.Dozier(2nd), E.Andrus(1st), A.Beltre(1st),
         I.Kinsler(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Doumit(1st), A.Beltre(1st), J.Hamilton(1st), N.Cruz-2(2nd),
           M.Young(1st), M.Napoli(2nd)
RBIs- J.Mauer(3rd), J.Willingham(1st), J.Morneau(4th), R.Doumit(2nd),
      M.Moreland(2nd), A.Beltre-2(2nd), J.Hamilton-4(4th), D.Murphy(1st),
      N.Cruz-2(3rd), M.Young(1st), M.Napoli(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- B.Revere-2(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Revere
WALKS- D.Span, B.Revere, J.Willingham
HIT BY PITCH- E.Andrus, M.Napoli
STRIKE OUTS- B.Revere-2, R.Doumit, T.Plouffe-3, B.Dozier, E.Andrus, A.Beltre,
             J.Hamilton, D.Murphy, N.Cruz, M.Young, M.Napoli
GIDP- J.Morneau, R.Doumit
2-out RBI- J.Willingham, M.Napoli, N.Cruz, J.Morneau
RLISP 2-out- J.Morneau, N.Cruz, T.Plouffe-2, D.Murphy-2, J.Mauer-2, M.Napoli,
             D.Span, I.Kinsler
TEAM RISP- Twins: 4 for 13  Rangers: 3 for 14
 
Center fielder Josh Hamilton blasted a homerun and had 4 RBI as the Texas
Rangers topped the Minnesota Twins by a score of 12 to 5 at Rangers
Ballpark.
 
Derek Holland(1-0) was pleased to get credit with the victory with a lot of
help from his teammates.  He gave up 5 runs in 5 and 1/3 innings.  This was a
game of many highs and lows for the home town fans, as the lead kept changing
- 5 times in all.  
 
Nick Blackburn(0-1) was hit with the loss.  He was touched for 3 homeruns in
his 2 and 2/3 innings of work.