Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
May 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Minnesota Twins 2, Texas Rangers 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 4 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 3 0
Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0
Wynegar dh 4 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 1 1 0
Mackanin 2b 4 1 1 0
Engle rf 3 0 1 1
Baker ss 3 0 0 0
Butera c 3 0 1 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 0 2 0
Rivers cf 3 0 0 0
Oliver dh 3 1 2 0
Bell 3b 3 1 1 1
Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0
Grubb rf 3 2 1 1
Roberts lf 3 1 2 3
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 4 1 1 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 5
Minnesota 000 020 000271
Texas 001 100 04x6100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (1-5) 7.1 8 5 4 2 0
  Cooper   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
2
1
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  W (4-1) 9.0 7 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
1

  E–Baker (2).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Minnesota Butera (6,off Honeycutt); R Jackson (7,off Honeycutt), Texas Oliver (12,off Erickson).  HR–Texas Roberts (2,8th inning off Cooper 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Rivers (2,off Erickson); Roberts (1,off Erickson).  SF–Bell (4,off Erickson).  IBB–Oliver (3,by Erickson).  BK–Cooper (2).  IBB–Erickson (2,Oliver).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:12.  A–15,604.
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