Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
September 16, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1977 at Arlington Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Texas Rangers 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Smalley ss 5 1 1 1
Norwood cf,rf 4 2 2 1
Ford rf 3 0 0 0
  Carew ph,1b 2 1 2 2
Kusick 1b 3 0 0 0
  Perlozzo 2b 1 0 0 0
Wolfe 3b 5 0 1 2
Gorinski lf 4 1 0 0
Wynegar c 3 2 1 0
Terrell dh 2 1 1 2
Randall 2b 0 1 0 1
  Bostock ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 8 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 3 3 1 0
Campaneris ss 4 1 2 1
Wills 2b 3 0 2 1
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 1
Horton dh 3 0 1 1
  Miller pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Grieve ph,dh 2 1 1 0
Henderson cf 5 0 2 1
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
May rf 3 0 0 1
Beasley lf 4 1 1 0
Moret p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Poloni p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 6
Minnesota 001 001 601980
Texas 101 001 0137111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern   2.2 2 2 2 3 0
  Schueler   2.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Johnson  W (16-7) 4.0 8 5 5 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Moret  L (3-3) 6.1 3 5 4 2 4
  Barker   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Knowles   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Cuellar   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Poloni   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
9
8
4
7

  E–Beasley (2).  DP–Minnesota 1.  PB–Sundberg (4).  2B–Minnesota Wynegar (21,off Moret); Terrell (6,off Moret); Norwood (2,off Poloni); Carew (35,off Poloni), Texas Grieve (8,off T Johnson); Henderson (13,off T Johnson).  SH–Terrell (7,off Moret); Randall (13,off Moret); Wills (6,off Redfern); Campaneris (31,off Redfern); Sundberg (18,off T Johnson).  SF–Randall (1,off Moret); May (3,off T Johnson).  SB–Campaneris (24,3rd base off T Johnson/Wynegar); Wills (24,2nd base off T Johnson/Wynegar).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:00.  A–20,632.
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