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    Powerful Punto
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    Rangers 5, Twins 3
    Nick Punto belted his first home run since last August in the third inning. (AP)
    By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
    Nick Punto played his best game in a long time, though the Twins could not finish off the sweep. The shortstop had three hits and turned an unassisted double play in the sixth, but Ian Kinsler and the Rangers walked off in the 12th inning to win their first game since the break.
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    Series at a glance:
    MIN
    Minnesota (47-45)
    Lost 1     		Texas 5, Minnesota 3   TEX
    Texas (49-41)
    Won 1
    July 19, 2009
       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   R   H   E 
    Minnesota
    		 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   3 7 0
    Texas
    		 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2   5 9 2
    Standings thru 7/19/09  |  Recap: MIN | TEX  |  Gameday  |  Twins stats  |  Rangers stats
    Minnesota AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
    Span, LF-CF 4 0 0 1 1 2 3 .283
    Casilla, A, 2B 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 .176
    Mauer, C 6 0 0 0 0 2 4 .358
    Morneau, 1B 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 .313
    Cuddyer, RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 .268
    Harris, B, 3B-SS 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 .272
    Young, D, DH 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .270
    Gomez, C, CF 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 .244
      a-Kubel, PH-LF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .312
    Punto, SS 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .215
      b-Buscher, PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .208
    Totals 41 3 7 3 6 13 16  

    a-Walked for Gomez, C in the 11th. b-Popped out for Punto in the 11th.

    BATTING
    HR: Punto (1, 3rd inning off Holland, D, 0 on, 1 out).
    TB: Harris, B; Young, D 2; Punto 6; Casilla, A.
    RBI: Punto (17), Span (32), Casilla, A (6).
    2-out RBI: Casilla, A.
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cuddyer 2; Mauer; Span 2.
    SF: Span.
    GIDP: Casilla, A, Cuddyer.
    Team RISP: 2-for-8.
    Team LOB: 10.

    FIELDING
    PB: Mauer (3).
    DP: (Punto).
    		 
    Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
    Kinsler, 2B 6 2 2 3 0 3 2 .251
    Young, M, 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 .306
    Hamilton, J, DH 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .242
    Jones, An, RF 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .229
    Blalock, 1B 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .251
    Byrd, CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .283
    Murphy, Dv, LF 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 .279
    Saltalamacchia, C 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .241
    Andrus, SS 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 .252
    Totals 38 5 9 4 4 10 12  

    BATTING
    2B: Murphy, Dv (11, Guerrier).
    HR: Kinsler 2 (22, 1st inning off Liriano, F, 0 on, 0 out; 12th inning off Dickey, 1 on, 1 out).
    TB: Kinsler 8; Saltalamacchia; Young, M; Byrd 2; Murphy, Dv 4.
    RBI: Kinsler 3 (58), Andrus (16).
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kinsler 2; Andrus.
    SAC: Saltalamacchia 2; Andrus.
    SF: Andrus.
    GIDP: Blalock.
    Team RISP: 1-for-7.
    Team LOB: 7.

    FIELDING
    E: Holland, D (3, fielding), Byrd (2, fielding).
    DP: 2 (Young, M-Kinsler-Blalock, Andrus-Kinsler-Blalock).
     
    Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
    Liriano, F 6.0 5 3 2 3 6 1 5.33
    Keppel (BS, 1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.56
    Mijares 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.82
    Guerrier 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.28
    Duensing (L, 0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.54
    Dickey 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.42
    		 
    Texas IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
    Holland, D 4.0 5 3 3 4 4 1 6.02
    Mathis 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.93
    Guardado 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.90
    O'Day 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.64
    Wilson, C 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.88
    Nippert (W, 1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 5.40

    Liriano, F pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
    Holland, D pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.

    Game Scores: Liriano, F 55, Holland, D 40.
    HBP: Gomez, C (by Holland, D).
    Pitches-strikes: Liriano, F 89-50, Keppel 17-10, Mijares 3-3, Guerrier 25-16, Duensing 16-12, Dickey 6-5, Holland, D 90-51, Mathis 28-16, Guardado 9-6, O'Day 10-6, Wilson, C 28-18, Nippert 45-27.
    Groundouts-flyouts: Liriano, F 3-3, Keppel 2-1, Mijares 0-0, Guerrier 4-2, Duensing 2-0, Dickey 0-0, Holland, D 4-3, Mathis 2-0, Guardado 1-2, O'Day 1-0, Wilson, C 1-0, Nippert 1-2.
    Batters faced: Liriano, F 25, Keppel 6, Mijares 1, Guerrier 8, Duensing 5, Dickey 1, Holland, D 22, Mathis 6, Guardado 3, O'Day 4, Wilson, C 6, Nippert 8.
    Inherited runners-scored: Keppel 2-1, Mijares 1-0, Dickey 1-1, Mathis 1-0.
    Umpires: HP: Gary Cederstrom. 1B: Adrian Johnson. 2B: Jim Wolf. 3B: Brian O'Nora.
    Weather: 93 degrees, clear.
    Wind: 8 mph, L to R.
    T: 3:50.
    Att: 27,204.
    Venue: Globe Life Park in Arlington.
    July 19, 2009
    July 19, 2009

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