October 14, 2006: Rangers 5 Twins 3 (11) (Twins lead series, 3-1)
Friday, November 23, 2007
| It takes 11 innings, but the Rangers manage to avert the series sweep with the 5-3 win over the Twins. The Twins got 3 in the 6th to break a scoreless tie in this one, but the Rangers immediately set to work on the comeback. They got a solo homer from Ian Kinsler in the 7th, then 2 more in the 8th off a Gary Matthews Jr double, 2 ground outs to advance and then score Matthews, and a Carlos Lee homer to tie it. The Rangers would load the bases in the 9th off Pat Neshek, but the Twins go to Juan Rincon and he gets Mark Teixeira to fly out to end the threat. Finally in the 11th, Rod Barajas leads off with a single. Gerald Laird then grounds into a double play to kill the rally, but Matthews sparks it again with a single. Michael Young follows with a double to send Matthews to 3rd. The Twins go to Matt Guerrier to face Teixeira, but he unleashes a wild pitch to allow Matthews to score the go-ahead run! Teixeira then singles to knock in another run before Lee grounds out to end the inning. Akinora Otsuka comes in and gets 3 straight fly outs in the bottom of the 11th to seal the win. Game 5 will be a rematch of game 1 starters - Kevin Millwood vs. Boof Bonser. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Texas Rangers At 2006 Minnesota Twins 10/14/2006
Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
G.Matthews Jr CF 6 2 2 0 .179 L.Castillo 2B 5 1 1 0 .297
M.Young SS 5 1 1 0 .294 N.Punto 3B 4 0 1 1 .353
M.Teixeira 1B 5 0 1 2 .237 J.Mauer C 5 1 1 1 .273
C.Lee LF 6 1 3 1 .361 M.Cuddyer RF 4 0 2 1 .343
H.Blalock DH 4 0 2 0 .235 J.Morneau 1B 4 0 1 0 .200
M.Derosa 3B 5 0 0 0 .345 T.Hunter CF 4 0 1 0 .182
I.Kinsler 2B 5 1 2 1 .176 R.White LF 4 0 0 0 .167
R.Barajas C 5 0 4 0 .429 J.Tyner DH 4 1 1 0 .250
J.Hairston Jr RF 2 0 1 0 .400 J.Bartlett SS 4 0 0 0 .156
A-G.Laird PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .125
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 45 5 16 4 Totals 38 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Hairston Jr In 7th Inning
Rangers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - 5 16 0
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Rangers (4-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Eaton 5 1/3 5 2 2 0 6 0 62 3.48
S.Feldman 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 3.37
J.Benoit 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 44 0.00
R.Bauer WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.23
A.Otsuka SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5.06
Totals 11 8 3 3 0 11 0
Twins (6-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Silva 6 2/3 6 1 1 1 1 1 92 1.54
G.Perkins 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 ----
P.Neshek BS(1st) 1 1/3 3 2 2 1 2 1 30 6.00
J.Crain 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 3.18
J.Rincon LOSS(0-1) 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 32 8.00
M.Guerrier 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.68
D.Reyes 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.06
Totals 11 16 5 5 3 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 46,280 DATE- Saturday, October 14th 2006 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Larry Young, Bill Hohn, Mike Everitt, Alfonso Marquez
T- 3:22
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:11 Twins: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 2 Twins: 3
DOUBLES- G.Matthews Jr(2nd), M.Young(5th), J.Mauer(4th)
HOME RUNS- C.Lee(2nd), I.Kinsler(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Laird, N.Punto
WALKS- M.Young, M.Teixeira, H.Blalock
STRIKE OUTS- G.Matthews Jr, H.Blalock, M.Derosa, G.Laird, L.Castillo, N.Punto-2,
J.Mauer, M.Cuddyer-2, T.Hunter, R.White, J.Tyner-2, J.Bartlett
GIDP- H.Blalock, M.Derosa, G.Laird, T.Hunter, R.White
WILD PITCHES- M.Guerrier
Joaquin Benoit went 4 strong innings as the Texas Rangers defeated the
Minnesota Twins in 11 innings by a score of 5 to 3 at Metrodome.
The score was knotted at 3 after nine innings. Texas won the game in the 11th
inning. Rod Barajas got things going when he slapped a one-base hit. Gerald
Laird stepped up to the plate and he grounded into a double play. Gary
Matthews Jr then lashed a single. Michael Young was up next and he doubled.
Matt Guerrier then unleashed a wild pitch scoring a run. Mark Teixeira kept
the inning going and hit a single scoring the final run of the inning. The
teams had been locked in a scoreless duel until the 6th inning.
Rick Bauer(1-0) allowed no runs in 1/3 of an inning, and picked up the
victory. Akinori Otsuka earned his 3rd save. Juan Rincon(0-1) took the loss
in relief.
posted by spooky @ 10:10 PM,
