SCORECARD
SECOND INNING
Texas: Adrian Beltre singled to right off Twins starter Phil Hughes. Donnie Murphy struck out. Leonys Martin struck out. Chris Gimenez doubled to center, scoring Beltre.
Texas 1, Twins 0
THIRD INNING
Texas: Rougned Odor singled to center. Odor stole second. Shin-Soo Choo grounded out to second, Odor went to third. Elvis Andrus grounded out to Hughes, scoring Odor.
Texas 2, Twins 0
EIGHTH INNING
Texas: Choo singled to center. Andrus singled to right, Choo went to third. Carlos Pena reached on fielder's choice to second, Choo was out at home; Andrus advanced to third and Pena to second. Beltre was intentionally walked. Pinch-hitter Luis Sardinas sacrifice bunted to Hughes, scoring Andrus; Pena advanced to third and Beltre to second. Martin doubled to right, scoring Pena and Beltre.
Texas 5, Twins 0
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Fuld cf400002.216
Dozier 2b400001.242
Mauer dh401001.271
Morales 1b400000.225
Arcia rf401002.208
Suzuki c300001.297
Parmelee lf302001.264
Escobar 3b300002.275
Florimon ss100010.092
Polanco ph-ss100001.333
Totals31040111
TexasABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Choo lf402000.255
Andrus ss411101.268
Pena 1b410000.158
Beltre 3b323010.333
Murphy dh300003.198
Sardinas ph-dh000100.288
Martin cf402201.275
Gimenez c401102.310
Choice rf301000.186
Odor 2b311000.276
Totals32511517
Twins000 000 000—042
Texas011 000 03x—5110
E—Fuld (2), Florimon (2). LOB—Twins 5, Texas 5. 2B—Beltre (18), Martin (10), Gimenez (6). RBI—Andrus (19), Sardinas (4), Martin 2 (22), Gimenez (8). SB—Odor (2). CS—A.Beltre (1). S—Sardinas. DP—Twins 1.
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Hughes L, 8-47 2/3115516983.58
Fien1/30000142.41
TEXASIPHRERBBSONPERA
Darvish W, 8-484001101102.42
Cotts100001123.41
Inherited runners-scored—Fien 1-0. IBB—off P.Hughes (A.Beltre). WP—Darvish. Umpires—Home, Bill Welke; First, Paul Nauert; Second, John Tumpane; Third, James Hoye. T—2:27. A—30,620 (48,114).
The Gophers played with more urgency, but it wasn’t enough to keep them from another conference sweep, and they lost LJ Mooney to injury in the process.
