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Teagarden a hero
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Taylor Teagarden trots home after his first big league hit, a homer. (Jim Mone/AP)
By Thor Nystrom / MLB.com
Right-hander Vicente Padilla allowed just three hits in seven shutout innings to earn his 11th victory of the season. The game's only run came off the bat of rookie Taylor Teagarden, whose first Major League hit was a home run to center field.
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Series at a glance:
TEX
Texas (51-48)
Won 1 		Texas 1, Minnesota 0   MIN
Minnesota (55-43)
Lost 1
July 20, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Texas
 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0   1 3 0
Minnesota
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 3 0
Standings thru 7/20/08  |  Recap: TEX | MIN  |  Gameday  |  Rangers stats  |  Twins stats
TexasABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Kinsler, 2B3000100.328
Boggs, LF4010001.251
Young, SS4000011.296
Bradley, DH3010120.312
Murphy, RF4000003.269
Blalock, 3B3000001.281
Byrd, CF3000000.245
Davis, C, 1B3000030.239
Teagarden, C3111020.167
Totals30131286 

BATTING
HR: Teagarden (1, 6th inning off Baker, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Boggs; Bradley; Teagarden 4.
RBI: Teagarden (1).
2-out RBI: Teagarden.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Boggs; Murphy.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Kinsler (24, 2nd base off Baker/Mauer).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Davis, C-Young, Young-Kinsler-Davis, C).
 
MinnesotaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Gomez, CF4000011.250
Casilla, 2B4000001.313
Mauer, C3010100.324
Morneau, 1B4000002.322
Kubel, DH2000100.264
Young, LF3010001.299
Buscher, 3B2010101.333
Harris, SS3000002.260
Span, RF2000101.309
Totals27030419 

BATTING
TB: Mauer; Young; Buscher.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morneau.
GIDP: Young; Casilla.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
CS: Buscher (2, 2nd base by Padilla/Teagarden).
 
TexasIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Padilla (W, 11-5)7.03002004.41
Guardado (H, 20)1.00001002.80
Wilson (S, 23)1.00001104.89
 
MinnesotaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Baker (L, 6-3)8.02111813.26
Nathan 1.01001001.11

WP: Wilson.
Pitches-strikes: Padilla 80-49, Guardado 23-11, Wilson 23-15, Baker 106-71, Nathan 19-10.
Ground outs-fly outs: Padilla 12-8, Guardado 0-3, Wilson 1-1, Baker 4-12, Nathan 0-3.
Batters faced: Padilla 23, Guardado 4, Wilson 4, Baker 27, Nathan 5.
Umpires: HP: Ed Hickox. 1B: CB Bucknor. 2B: Joe West. 3B: Ed Rapuano.
Weather: 70 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 2:25.
Att: 36,029.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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