Thursday's Twins-Texas game recap

May 30, 2014 at 2:43AM
Texas Rangers' Leonys Martin is welcomed in the dugout after he scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Rougned Odor in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Minneapolis. The Rangers won 5-4. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Caption (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

GAME RECAP

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Leonys Martin, Rangers

The center fielder had key doubles in the sixth and eighth inning and scored three times, including for Texas' fifth run.

By the numbers

3-for-11: The Twins' production with runners in scoring position.

6: Losses in seven games for flailing Minnesota.

6: Combined times on base by recently returned outfielders Josh Willingham and Oswaldo Arcia.

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