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Article: TEXAS 5, TWINS 3 (12 INNINGS); Kinsler's bookend homers drop Twins; The second baseman's blasts were two of several unusual occurrences in the 12-inning contest.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- July 20, 2009
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Byline: JOE CHRISTENSEN; STAFF WRITER
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - There was nothing ordinary about Sunday night's Twins game, unless you're used to seeing a call overturned by replay, an unassisted double play, a home run by Nick Punto and six fruitless at-bats by Joe Mauer.
And so it figured that in the 12th inning, the Twins would call upon knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to face Ian Kinsler, and Dickey would throw a fastball -- not a knuckleball -- and watch Kinsler smash it for a home run.
Kinsler, who also led off the first inning with a home run, drilled the two-run walk-off shot just over the left-field wall, and the Rangers mobbed him at home plate, ...