MINNESOTA TWINS (53-56) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (53-58) SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017 – TARGET FIELD – MINNEAPOLIS, MN FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB WINNING PITCHER: Berríos (10-5, 3.86) LOSING PITCHER: Bibens-Dirkx (3-2, 4.70) Texas Rangers 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 5 SAVE: Belisle (1) Minnesota Twins 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 7 0 3 FIRST PITCH: 1:12 pm GAME TIME TEMP: 74 degrees, wind NNW at 6 mph TIME OF GAME: 2:53 ATTENDANCE: 29,056 HOME RUNS: Beltre (10th, 1st inning off Berríos, 2-2 pitch, two on, one out, 352 feet to left) Gallo (30th, 1st inning off Berríos, 2-2, one on, two outs, 438 feet to right) Kepler (11th, 2nd inning off Martínez, 1-1, one on, no outs, 410 feet to right) Brian Dozier (20th, 2nd inning off Martínez, one on, two outs, 378 feet to left) Eddie Rosario (12th, 3rd inning off Martínez, none on, one out, 395 feet to right) P ITCHING LINES: TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR WP PITCHES/K José Berríos (W, 10-5) 5.0 6 5 5 1 6 2 0 92/57 NEXT GAME: Trevor Hildenberger 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 29/18 Twins vs. Brewers Taylor Rogers 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/6 Monday, August 7 – 7:10 pm (CT) Matt Belisle (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13/9 --------------------------------------------- Ervin Santana (R, 12-10, 3.28) RANGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR WP PITCHES/K vs. Nick Martínez 4.0 5 5 5 2 5 3 0 82/46 Matt Garza (R, 5-5, 3.68) Austin Bibens-Dirkx (L, 3-2) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 14/8 Matt Bush 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10/7 Alex Claudio 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 24/18 TWINS NOTES: • THE TWINS defeated the Rangers this afternoon finishing 4-3 against Texas this season…Minnesota is 9-7 in their last 16 home games…today marked the Twins sixth rain delay at Target Field this season after a 32-minute delay in the bottom of the second inning…is ninth game affected overall by weather this season at Target Field (3 postponements). • JOSÉ BERRÍOS allowed five runs on six hits in 5.0 innings, earning his 10th win of the season…Beltre’s home run in the first inning marked the first home run Berríos has given up in 24.2 innings…improved to 7-0 in day games this season. • MATT BELISLE recorded his fourth save of his career…is the third Twin with a save this season, behind former Twins Brandon Kintzler and Justin Haley…Belisle extended his scoreless innings streak to 13.1…the Twins bullpen combined to pitch 4.0 innings with one hit allowed. • BRIAN DOZIER (1-for-3) recorded his 20th home run of the season…Dozier now joins Harmon Killebrew, Kent Hrbek, Tom Brunansky, Bob Allison, Justin Morneau, Jimmie Hall, Gary Gaetti and Torii Hunter, as the ninth Twin to hit 20-plus home runs in four consecutive seasons…needs four home runs to tie Michael Cuddyer for 10th in Twins History…has hit safely in seven of his last nine games. • BYRON BUXTON (1-for-3) has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games with multiple hits in three of those. • EDDIE ROSARIO (1-for-4) recorded his 12th home run of the season…has hit 10 of his 12 home runs at Target Field this season…11 of his 12 home runs have been against right-handed pitchers…has a hit in 17 of his last 18 career games vs. Texas…is batting .360 (27-for-75) in 18 career games against Texas. • ROBBIE GROSSMAN (2-for-4) has reached base safely in 70 of 90 games this season. • EHIRE ADRIANZA (0-for-1) entered today’s game in the sixth inning at second base…is his fifth time this season at second base…he replaced Brian Dozier who left today’s game with illness. RANGERS NOTES: • THE RANGERS lost to the Twins this afternoon making them 3-6 in their last nine…the Rangers collectively scored 10 runs in the first inning of the series (scored 17 total runs this series). • NICK MARTÍNEZ allowed five runs on five hits in 4.0 innings with five strikeouts and three home runs, suffering his fifth loss of the season…ties a career- high with three home runs allowed…has not surrendered three home runs in a game since May 3 at Houston. • ELVIS ANDRUS (3-for-4) extended his hitting streak to seven games, with multiple hits in four of those…is batting .444 (12-for-27) this season vs. the Twins…has recorded five doubles in this series…is 11-for-16 in his last five games…has recorded extra base hits in four of his last six games. • JOEY GALLO (1-for-4) recorded his 30th home run of the season, leading the Rangers in home runs…has hit safely in all seven games against the Twins this season, batting .304 (7-for-23) with three home runs and seven RBI. • ADRIAN BELTRE (1-for-3) recorded his 10th home run of the season in the first inning…is hitting .393 (22-for-66) in his last 16 games…is a career .305 (112- for-367) hitter against the Twins in 91 games…recorded his 1613 career RBI, passing Goose Goslin (1612) for 31st on the Rangers all-time list. .