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Rangers

Mazara lined out to second baseman Schoop.

Odor homered to center on the first pitch, Gallo scored, A.Cabrera scored.

Homered to center on the first pitch, Gallo scored, A.Cabrera scored.

Twins

Da.Santana singled to center, Gallo scored.

Twins second.  Arraez lined out to right fielder Mazara.  Sanó singled to left.  Schoop struck out.  Buxton tripled to left, Sanó scored.  Jurado pitching.  Kepler grounded out, first baseman Da.Santana unassisted.

Rangers fourth.  Gallo doubled to right.  A.Cabrera struck out.  Odor grounded out, shortstop Polanco to first baseman Sanó, Gallo to third.  Da.Santana singled to center, Gallo scored.  Da.Santana was caught stealing, pitcher Smeltzer to first baseman Sanó to second baseman Schoop, Da.Santana out.

Rangers eleventh.  Cave in as right fielder.  A.Mejía pitching.  Mazara lined out to second baseman Schoop.  Gallo walked.  On A.Mejía's wild pitch, Gallo to second.  A.Cabrera walked on a full count.  Odor homered to center on the first pitch, Gallo scored, A.Cabrera scored.  Da.Santana doubled to left.  Guzmán struck out.  Magill pitching.  DeShields struck out.

The Rangers took two out of three in both series against the Twins last season and have not lost a series at Target Field since July 2016. The Rangers won the teams' last meeting, 18-4, in Arlington last September, scoring at least one run against all seven Twins pitchers.

Texas won the series finale against the Angels, 9-3, to snap a four-game losing streak in which they scored 10 runs in total. The Rangers are 12-5 against AL Central opponents this season, second only to the Athletics (10-2) among AL teams.

Minnesota dropped two of three in both series on its six-game road trip, but three of the losses came by two runs or fewer. They return home where they've posted an AL-best 3.26 ERA and allowed just 38 home runs, fewest in MLB.

Adrian Sampson has posted a 5.16 ERA in his 12 starts compared to a 2.15 ERA in seven relief appearances this season. However, he's allowed just four runs in 13 innings in his last two starts after allowing nine runs in eight innings over his previous two starts.

Since leaving the Rangers after the 2013 season, Nelson Cruz is slashing .307/.392/.584 in 77 games against his former team. His 21 home runs against Texas in that span rank fourth in MLB, behind only Khris Davis (29), George Springer (24), and Mike Trout (24).

Former Ranger Martin Perez will get the start for the Twins in the series opener, his first against Texas. His .352 opponent slugging percentage ranks fifth in the AL this season after he posted a .527 mark last season; that 175-point decrease is the largest improvement among pitchers with at least 80 innings pitched in each season.

HP - Davis, 1B - Knight, 2B - Miller, 3B - Hoberg

Sunday's series finale between Texas and Minnesota in Minneapolis was originally going to feature a battle of two All-Star pitchers.
Left-hander Mike Minor (8-4, 2.54 ERA) was penciled in for the Rangers, while Jake Odorizzi (10-4, 3.15) was scheduled for the Twins. But both will skip their starts to rest up for the second half of the season.

Rangers, Twins piecing together pitching for finale

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  The Texas Rangers were going to count on their bullpen Sunday after deciding to give All-Star pitcher Mike Minor extra rest heading into the break.
The relievers handled the job, even with added duty tacked on in the form of extra innings.

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MIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins on July 7, 2019

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