October 10, 2006: Twins 7 Rangers 5 (Twins lead series, 1-0)
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
| The Twins fight back from a 3 run deficit and take the lead for good in a big 4-run 8th to win game 1 of the American League Championship Series. The Twins win despite being outhit by Texas, 13 to 7. The Twins were simply more efficient - they left just 3 men on base while the Rangers left 9 on. The Rangers started the 8th with Ron Mahay still on the hill, and he struck out Luis Castillo before allowing a single to Nick Punto. At this point the manager went to the closer, Akinori Otsuka. He allowed a double to Joe Mauer, then after getting Mike Cuddyer to fly out he walked Justin Morneau which was followed by a 3 run homer from Torii Hunter. This marked the end of the day for Otsuka, and though the Twins would score no more runs, it was too late. The Rangers did get big days from Michael Young (3 for 5, 2B), Carlos Lee (3 for 5, 3 2B), and Mark DeRosa (2 for 3, HR). Nick Punto had 2 triples for the Twins to go along with his 8th inning single. The Rangers will try to even up the series in game 2 with Robinson Tejeda against Brad Radke. Both got roughed up and took the loss for their team in game 3 of their respective division series. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Minnesota Twins At 2006 Texas Rangers 10/10/2006
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG
L.Castillo 2B 5 0 0 0 .360 G.Matthews Jr CF 4 0 0 1 .154
N.Punto 3B 4 3 3 0 .375 M.Young SS 5 2 3 0 .381
J.Mauer C 4 1 1 2 .286 M.Teixeira 1B 5 0 1 0 .280
M.Cuddyer RF 4 0 0 0 .304 C.Lee LF 5 1 3 2 .391
J.Morneau 1B 3 1 1 0 .174 H.Blalock DH 4 0 1 0 .217
T.Hunter CF 4 2 2 3 .190 M.Derosa 3B 3 1 2 2 .471
J.Tyner LF 2 0 0 0 .250 I.Kinsler 2B 4 1 1 0 .130
A-M.Redmond PH 1 0 0 0 .600 R.Barajas C 4 0 2 0 .333
B-P.Nevin LF 1 0 0 0 .000 N.Cruz RF 4 0 0 0 .000
J.Kubel DH 3 0 0 1 .000
J.Bartlett SS 4 0 0 0 .182
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Totals 35 7 7 6 Totals 38 5 13 5
A-Pinch Hit For Tyner In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Redmond In 7th Inning
Twins........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 - 7 7 0
Rangers......... 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 5 13 1
Twins (4-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Bonser 4 2/3 9 4 4 1 7 1 104 5.87
J.Rincon 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 32 7.71
M.Guerrier WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.68
J.Nathan SAVE(3rd) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 21 0.00
Totals 9 13 5 5 2 12 1
Rangers (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Millwood 6 4 3 2 1 3 0 97 2.25
R.Mahay HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 22 6.75
A.Otsuka L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 1 18 6.23
J.Benoit 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0.00
Totals 9 7 7 6 2 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 46,575 DATE- Tuesday, October 10th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Larry Vanover, Greg Gibson, Paul Nauert, Charlie Reliford
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 3 Rangers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Rangers: 0
ERRORS- M.Derosa
DOUBLES- J.Mauer(1st), T.Hunter(1st), M.Young(4th), C.Lee-3(3rd)
TRIPLES- N.Punto-2(4th)
HOME RUNS- T.Hunter(1st), M.Derosa(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Matthews Jr
WALKS- J.Morneau, J.Kubel, H.Blalock, M.Derosa
STRIKE OUTS- L.Castillo-2, J.Mauer, M.Cuddyer, J.Morneau, J.Kubel,
G.Matthews Jr, M.Young, M.Teixeira-2, H.Blalock, M.Derosa,
I.Kinsler, R.Barajas, N.Cruz-4
GIDP- G.Matthews Jr
PASSED BALLS- R.Barajas
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Mike Cuddyer robbed Michael Young of an extra base hit.
Torii Hunter left the yard and had 3 RBI as the Minnesota Twins defeated the
Texas Rangers by a score of 7 to 5 at Ameriquest Field.
Matt Guerrier(1-0) was called upon to do the job and he was the winning
pitcher. He surrendered 1 hit and no walks in 1/3 of an inning. Although
they lost, Texas did out-hit Minnesota 13 to 7.
Joe Nathan earned his 3rd save. Akinori Otsuka(0-1) took the loss in relief.
He pitched 1/3 of an inning and surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk.
posted by Spooky @ 11:49 PM,
