Lineups: Adrian Beltre looks to stay hot

August, 25, 2012
8/25/12
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Adrian Beltre has had a memorable week. He had a three-homer game against Baltimore and followed that up with a cycle on Friday. He has a five-game hitting streak this homestand and is 13-for-22 (.591) with three doubles, a triple, five homers, nine RBIs and seven runs scored. Beltre looks to keep that going against Brian Duensing. Beltre is 2-for-3 with a walk off him in his career. Mitch Moreland is also in the lineup vs. a lefty, a rarity. Read more about that here. The lineups:

MINNESOTA TWINS
CF Denard Span (L)
RF Ben Revere (L)
DH Joe Mauer (L)
LF Josh Willingham
1B Justin Morneau (L)
C Ryan Doumit (S)
3B Trevor Plouffe
2B Jamey Carroll
SS Pedro Florimon (S)

TEXAS RANGERS
2B Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
LF Josh Hamilton (L)
3B Adrian Beltre
DH Nelson Cruz
RF David Murphy (L)
C Geovany Soto
CF Craig Gentry
1B Mitch Moreland (L)
Richard Durrett joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He writes about colleges, the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers. Richard spent nine years at The Dallas Morning News covering the Rangers, Stars, colleges, motorsports and high schools.

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TEAM LEADERS

WINS LEADER
Yu Darvish
WINS ERA SO IP
7 2.84 137 101
OTHER LEADERS
BAA. Beltre .305
HRN. Cruz 18
RBIN. Cruz 50
RA. Beltre 41
OPSN. Cruz .861
ERAY. Darvish 2.84
SOY. Darvish 137

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