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Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins

2000-09-18 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 7040 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind to LF · 2:47

Minnesota Twins defeated Texas Rangers 3–1. Minnesota Twins put up 2 in the 2nd. Joe Mays earned the win and Eddie Guardado picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10
MIN	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	7

W: Joe Mays L: Rick Helling SV: Eddie Guardado

Umpires — HP: Jeff Nelson · 1B: Joe Brinkman · 2B: Derryl Cousins · 3B: Alfonso Marquez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Alicea	4	1	4	0	0	0
Frank Catalanotto	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rafael Palmeiro	4	0	2	1	0	0
Gabe Kapler	3	0	2	0	1	0
Ricky Ledee	3	0	0	0	0	2
Royce Clayton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lamb	4	0	1	0	0	0
Randy Knorr	2	0	0	0	0	2
Scarborough Green	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Valdes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Curtis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rusty Greer	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ruben Sierra	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cristian Guzman	4	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Rivas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Lawton	3	0	1	0	1	1
David Ortiz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Corey Koskie	3	1	1	0	1	1
Torii Hunter	3	2	1	0	1	1
Jacque Jones	3	0	2	1	0	0
John Barnes	2	0	0	0	1	0
A. J. Pierzynski	3	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Helling	7.0	6	3	4
Mike Venafro	1.0	1	1	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Mays	5.1	8	0	4
Bob Wells	2.1	1	1	1
Eddie Guardado	1.1	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Alicea: S8/L6D+
Frank Catalanotto: K/C
Rafael Palmeiro: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 1

Cristian Guzman: K/C
Luis Rivas: 9/F89D
Matt Lawton: D9/F89D
David Ortiz: 7/FL/F7LMF

Top 2

Gabe Kapler: S8/G6M+
Ricky Ledee: K
Royce Clayton: 9/F89XD+
Mike Lamb: 6/L6M

Bot 2

Corey Koskie: S9/G34+
Torii Hunter: S7/L7M+.1-3
Jacque Jones: PB.3-H;1-2
Jacque Jones: D9/L3D+.2-H(UR)
John Barnes: 43/G4+
A. J. Pierzynski: K
Cristian Guzman: 8/L78XD

Top 3

Randy Knorr: K/C
Scarborough Green: 43/G4
Luis Alicea: S9/G34
Frank Catalanotto: S8/G4M.1-3
Rafael Palmeiro: S9/G34+.3-H;1-2
Gabe Kapler: 63/G6S-

Bot 3

Luis Rivas: 63/G6M
Matt Lawton: W
David Ortiz: 5/P6-
Corey Koskie: K/C

Top 4

Ricky Ledee: 9/F89M
Royce Clayton: 53/G56+
Mike Lamb: 8/L8RXD+

Bot 4

Torii Hunter: W
Jacque Jones: S9/L9S+.1-2
John Barnes: 8/F8RD.2-3
A. J. Pierzynski: POCS2(13634).3-H
A. J. Pierzynski: 9/F9M

Top 5

Randy Knorr: K
Scarborough Green: 7/FL/F7LMF
Luis Alicea: S8/P8RS-
Frank Catalanotto: 7/L7D

Bot 5

Cristian Guzman: 7/F7M
Luis Rivas: S7/L7S+
Matt Lawton: SB2
Matt Lawton: 8/F78M
David Ortiz: 6/P6MD-

Top 6

Rafael Palmeiro: S9/G4+
Gabe Kapler: S8/L8RS+.1-3;BX2(84)
Ricky Ledee: K/C
Royce Clayton: 4/P4MD-

Bot 6

Corey Koskie: 4/P4D-
Torii Hunter: 63/G6
Jacque Jones: 63/G6

Top 7

Mike Lamb: 9/F89M
Pedro Valdes: 7/F7LM
Scarborough Green: 5/FL/P7LSF

Bot 7

John Barnes: W
A. J. Pierzynski: 9/L9M+
Cristian Guzman: CS2(26)
Cristian Guzman: K

Top 8

Luis Alicea: S/P78S-
Frank Catalanotto: 7/F7LM
Rafael Palmeiro: 8/F8RD
Gabe Kapler: W.1-2
Chad Curtis: 9/F9S

Bot 8

Luis Rivas: 43/G4
Matt Lawton: K
David Ortiz: S7/G6
Corey Koskie: PB.1-2
Corey Koskie: W
Torii Hunter: K

Top 9

Royce Clayton: 8/F8RD
Mike Lamb: S8/L6MD+
Rusty Greer: K
Ruben Sierra: 3/G3