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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Rangers	10	11	2
Twins	7	10	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Rangers	10	11	2
Twins	7	10	0

Lew Ford Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.267
OBP	.250	.342
At Bats	4	449
Hits	1	120
• Singles	1	82
• Doubles	0	27
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	37
RBI’s	0	48

Francisco Cordero Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	1	30

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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 6, 2005

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Strikeout

Francisco Cordero

Gerald Laird

Mark Teixeira

Alfonso Soriano

Hank Blalock

Michael Young

Kevin Mench

Gary Matthews

David Dellucci

Lew Ford

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Texas Rangers	10	11	2	3
Minnesota Twins	7	10	0	7
Winning Pitcher	John Wasdin
Losing Pitcher	Joe Nathan
Save	Francisco Cordero
Game Winning RBI	Mark Teixeira
Attendance	12,564
Time of Game	2 hours 51 minutes

View Box Score

Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Ford strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 LeCroy strikes out.

Bottom 9 Gerald Laird now catching. Francisco Cordero now pitching. Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. Mench settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Teixeira hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 9 Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Matthews scores. Laird moves to second.

Top 9 Gerald Laird pinch runs for Rod Barajas. Dellucci strikes out.

Top 9 Barajas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Matthews moves to third.

Top 9 Matthews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 9 Joe Nathan now pitching. Gonzalez strikes out.

Bottom 8 Punto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Soriano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Stewart hits a fly ball into center field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Bartlett hits a fly ball into right field. Dellucci settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Mench hits a fly ball into right field. Tyner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Soriano strikes out.

Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Blalock moves to second.

Top 8 Blalock takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Juan Rincon now pitching. Teixeira strikes out.

Bottom 7 Tyner hits a fly ball into right field. Dellucci settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Castro hits a fly ball into center field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Morneau hits a popup towards short. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Dellucci hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Nick Punto now playing second base. Barajas hits a fly ball into right field. Tyner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 John Wasdin now pitching. Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blalock fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 LeCroy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stewart scores.

Bottom 6 Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Soriano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Abernathy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blalock fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Stewart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Matthews who is chasing the ball. Stewart reaches third base with a triple.

Top 6 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Gonzalez strikes out.

Top 6 Mench hits a popup towards the mound. Crain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Bartlett hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Soriano reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Tyner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Teixeira scoops it up and throws to first, with Rogers covering, for the out.

Bottom 5 Castro hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 5 Morneau hits a fly ball into left field. Mench settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Young.

Top 5 Jesse Crain now pitching. Soriano strikes out.

Top 5 Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Mulholland, and towards Bartlett, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second.

Top 5 Terry Mulholland now pitching. Teixeira hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Young takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 LeCroy strikes out.

Bottom 4 Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blalock fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Abernathy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stewart scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 4 Stewart hits a fly ball towards right. Dellucci settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Dellucci. Bartlett scores. Stewart moves to third.

Bottom 4 Bartlett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mench. Bartlett reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 4 Tyner strikes out.

Top 4 Dellucci hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ford throws the ball in to Bartlett who tags Dellucci trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gonzalez scores.

Top 4 Barajas hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ford. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 3 Castro hits a fly ball into right field. Dellucci settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Teixeira scoops it up and throws to first, with Rogers covering, for the out. Ford moves to second.

Bottom 3 Ford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 LeCroy hits a line drive into left field. Mench settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Mench hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Bartlett fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 3 Soriano hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Abernathy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Blalock hits a fly ball into right field. Tyner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Matt Guerrier now pitching. Teixeira hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. Mench settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Abernathy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tyner moves to second.

Bottom 2 Stewart hits a fly ball into center field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Bartlett hits a fly ball into left field. Mench settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Castro tags and scores.

Bottom 2 Tyner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morneau scores. Castro moves to third.

Bottom 2 Castro hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mench. Castro reaches second base with a double. Morneau moves to third.

Bottom 2 Morneau takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Young hits a line drive towards first. Morneau reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Dellucci hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

Top 2 Barajas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mauer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Matthews takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stewart. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. Soriano moves to third.

Top 2 Mench hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Abernathy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Soriano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Teixeira scoops it up and throws to first, with Rogers covering, for the out.

Bottom 1 LeCroy hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mauer moves to second.

Bottom 1 Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blalock fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Abernathy takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Teixeira scoops it up and throws to first, with Rogers covering, for the out.

Top 1 Blalock strikes out.

Top 1 Teixeira strikes out.

Top 1 Young hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 1 Dellucci strikes out.

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