MIN 4, TEX 18 | Sep 2, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, September 2, 2018•Globe Life Park in Arlington•91°F, Cloudy

MIN

Twins

TEX

Rangers

Final

WIN

Yohander Méndez

LOSS

Gabriel Moya

SAVE

Eddie Butler

The Rangers cruised past the Twins 18-4 in a dominant performance.

★Drew Robinson3 RBI

★Jurickson Profar4-for-5, 2 RBI

★Ronald Guzmán3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Jake Cave homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 91°F, CloudyWind: 9 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 7:05 PM UTCT: 3:09Att: 23,423Venue: Globe Life Park in Arlington

Ump Audit

Alan Porter

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92.6%B

13 missed calls

+18.8% MIN

+0.30 runs MIN

Win Probability

TEX WinMIN Win

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

Game 531456 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Logan Forsythe2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.243/.317/.315	101.2	.127	.140
Ehire Adrianza3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.249/.303/.381	100.2	.453	.439
Jorge PolancoSS	3	0	1	0	1	1	.270/.333/.403	98.2	.247	.251
Mitch Garver1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264/.333/.418	-	-	-
Max KeplerRF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.226/.316/.419	83.6	.044	.040
Willians AstudilloC	4	0	1	0	0	0	.258/.281/.419	107.4	.486	.468
Jake CaveCF	4	2	2	1	0	0	.268/.316/.505	101.5	.436	.547
Chris GimenezP	3	1	1	2	1	0	.161/.250/.258	104	.319	.570
Johnny FieldLF	4	1	0	0	0	0	.196/.235/.339	99.5	.128	.178
Bench
Robbie GrossmanDH	4	0	2	0	0	1	.259/.340/.362	101.8	.185	.182
Gabriel MoyaP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	33	4	8	4	3	4	-	-	-	-

HR:Cave (8th off Butler, 0 on, 0 out); Gimenez (9th off Butler, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Polanco

TB:15

RBI:Gimenez 2; Adrianza; Cave

GIDP:Astudillo

Team LOB:5

Texas Rangers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Carlos TocciCF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.211/.259/.275	97.8	.387

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Gabriel MoyaL	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	22-13	85.1	5.20
Zack Littell	4.0	6	3	2	1	4	1	83-56	87.1	11.05
Tyler Duffey	0.1	4	5	4	0	0	1	29-17	88	8.31
Matt Belisle	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3-1	90.4	8.01
Alan Busenitz	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	13-8	92	4.76
Addison Reed	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	19-12	87.5	4.78
Chris Gimenez	1.0	6	5	5	0	1	2	29-21	66.2	36.00
Totals	8.0	19	18	16	2	8	6	198-128	-	-

HBP:Chirinos (by Littell); Odor (by Littell); Beltré (by Belisle)

Inherited runners-scored:Busenitz 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Moya 22-13; Littell 83-56; Duffey 29-17; Belisle 3-1; Busenitz 13-8; Reed 19-12; Gimenez 29-21

Groundouts-flyouts:Moya 1-1; Littell 4-3; Duffey 0-2; Belisle 0-0; Busenitz 0-0; Reed 0-3; Gimenez 0-2

Texas Rangers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Yohander MéndezW	6.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	79-49	89.2	5.59

Game Notes

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T4Replay review: Twins challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Twins challenged (home-plate collision), call on the field was upheld: Max Kepler grounds into a double play, first baseman Ronald Guzman to catcher Robinson Chirinos. Jorge Polanco out at home. Robbie Grossman to 2nd. Max Kepler out at 1st.

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • TEX

0-2

Elvis Andrus homers (5) on a line drive to left center field. Rougned Odor scores.

EV: 106.8 mph💣 428 ftLA: 21°

Bot 5 • TEX

0-3

Elvis Andrus reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Logan Forsythe. Rougned Odor scores. Elvis Andrus to 2nd. Elvis Andrus advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by right fielder Max Kepler.

EV: 99.1 mph28 ftLA: -6°

Bot 6 • TEX

0-5

Robinson Chirinos homers (17) on a fly ball to right center field. Jurickson Profar scores.

EV: 99.3 mph💣 405 ftLA: 30°

0-6

Shin-Soo Choo doubles (29) on a line drive to left fielder Johnny Field. Ronald Guzman scores. Drew Robinson to 3rd.

EV: 98.5 mph356 ftLA: 24°

0-8

Rougned Odor reaches on a fielding error by first baseman Chris Gimenez. Drew Robinson scores. Shin-Soo Choo scores. Rougned Odor to 2nd.

EV: 78.1 mph115 ftLA: 9°

0-10

Nomar Mazara homers (19) on a fly ball to left field. Rougned Odor scores.

EV: 99.5 mph💣 377 ftLA: 31°

0-12

Jurickson Profar homers (15) on a line drive to right center field. Adrian Beltre scores.

EV: 105.0 mph💣 391 ftLA: 22°

Bot 7 • TEX

0-13

Rougned Odor out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Cave. Carlos Tocci scores.

EV: 92.7 mph335 ftLA: 41°

Top 8 • MIN

2-13

Ehire Adrianza singles on a line drive to right fielder Nomar Mazara. Johnny Field scores.

EV: 89.8 mph181 ftLA: 12°

1-13

Jake Cave homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 101.5 mph💣 422 ftLA: 33°

Bot 8 • TEX

2-14

Nomar Mazara homers (20) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 106.6 mph💣 431 ftLA: 28°

2-15

Ronald Guzman singles on a ground ball to shortstop Jorge Polanco. Delino DeShields scores. Jurickson Profar to 2nd.

EV: 91.5 mph66 ftLA: 2°

2-18

Drew Robinson homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Jurickson Profar scores. Ronald Guzman scores.

EV: 102.4 mph💣 407 ftLA: 29°

Top 9 • MIN

4-18

Chris Gimenez homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jake Cave scores.

EV: 103.2 mph💣 398 ftLA: 27°

HR:Andrus (1st off Moya, 1 on, 1 out); Chirinos (6th off Littell, 1 on, 0 out); Mazara (6th off Duffey, 1 on, 1 out); Profar (6th off Busenitz, 1 on, 1 out); Mazara (8th off Gimenez, 0 on, 0 out); Robinson (8th off Gimenez, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Choo; Profar 2; Odor; Guzmán; Mazara

3B:Tocci

TB:45

RBI:Chirinos 2; Choo; Robinson 3; Profar 2; Odor; Guzmán; Mazara 3; Andrus 2

SF:Odor

GIDP:Guzmán

Team LOB:6

Bench
Shin-Soo ChooLF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.275/.384/.465	98.5	.300	.347
Elvis AndrusSS	5	1	1	2	0	1	.265/.315/.385	106.8	.361	.546
Adrian BeltréDH	4	1	1	0	0	1	.270/.330/.386	99.9	.121	.129
Yohander MéndezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Eddie ButlerP							.000/.333/.000	-	-	-