DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT TEXAS RANGERS
09/09/1996
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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT TEXAS RANGERS
GAME ID: 3480 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1996 - GAME LOG
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Minnesota Twins (70-73) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2
Texas Rangers (75-68) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Twins Slip Past Texas, 2-1
The Texas Rangers wasted an inspired, 8.1-inning effort from starter Kelly Downs, falling 2-1 to the Minnesota Twins at Arlington Stadium. The current losing streak for Texas has reached 5 games.

Downs, who was born in Ogden, Utah, threw 117 pitches over 8.1 innings, while allowing no earned runs.
MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE TEXAS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Daniels DH 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .248 39 91
D. Erstad CF 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 .257 18 71
F. Thomas 1B 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 .291 42 102
L. Walker RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 .257 37 94
K. Akiyama LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .239 27 75
B. Fordyce C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .264 4 30
B. Gates 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .274 3 47
A. Pozo 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .155 3 21
M. Grudzielanek SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .258 1 47
Totals 35 2 5 1 5 13 17      
BATTING
Total Bases: M. Grudzielanek , B. Gates , F. Thomas , K. Akiyama , L. Walker
2-out RBI: F. Thomas
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Pozo , B. Fordyce , L. Walker 3
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Akiyama (27) , K. Daniels (63)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Fordyce (6) , B. Gates (15)
OF assists: 1 (Erstad (Jones at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Goodwin LF 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 .258 6 41
M. Loretta 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .325 11 81
C. Jones 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .321 47 136
C. Delgado 1B 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 .231 49 117
K. Caminiti DH 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .240 14 36
J. Posada C 5 0 1 0 0 4 3 .240 19 63
M. Cuyler CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 .231 2 20
G. Young RF 2 0 0 1 2 0 4 .231 0 37
R. Sanchez SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 .245 1 47
Totals 35 1 6 1 6 12 21      
BATTING
Total Bases: K. Caminiti 2 , J. Posada , C. Jones , C. Delgado , T. Goodwin
2-out RBI: G. Young
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Loretta , R. Sanchez , G. Young 2
Hit by Pitch: M. Cuyler
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Cuyler (23)
CS: T. Goodwin (16)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Posada (9)
MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE TEXAS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Guzman 5.1 4 1 0 3 5 0 83 53 2.76   
T. Hoffman BS (4) 1.2 0 0 0 2 3 0 30 14 3.00   
J. Spradlin 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 15 6.16   
B. Ayrault W (5-5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4.90   
R. Dibble SV (21) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 21 13 2.24   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Guzman 60
Batters Faced: J. Guzman 24, T. Hoffman 7, J. Spradlin 6, B. Ayrault 1, R. Dibble 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Guzman 6-4, T. Hoffman 1-1, J. Spradlin 0-2, B. Ayrault 0-1, R. Dibble 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Guzman 83-53, T. Hoffman 30-14, J. Spradlin 25-15, B. Ayrault 4-2, R. Dibble 21-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Hoffman 3-1 , J. Spradlin 1-0 , B. Ayrault 1-0
Hit Batsmen: J. Guzman
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
K. Downs 8.1 1 1 0 3 10 0 117 71 3.72   
R. Murphy 0.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 12 3.69   
J. Calhoun L (4-4) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1 0 26 12 2.75   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Downs 86
Batters Faced: K. Downs 29, R. Murphy 4, J. Calhoun 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Downs 7-8, R. Murphy 0-0, J. Calhoun 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Downs 117-71, R. Murphy 15-12, J. Calhoun 26-12
WP: K. Downs
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kelly Downs
Ballpark: Arlington Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 12 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM EST
Time: 3:22
Attendance: 23089
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