Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
September 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Texas Rangers 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 6, Texas Rangers 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward cf 2 1 0 0
Engle rf 4 1 2 4
Hatcher 1b,lf 5 1 1 0
Smalley dh 1 0 0 0
  Hrbek ph,dh 4 0 1 0
Castino 3b 4 1 1 0
Wynegar c 4 0 1 1
Mackanin 2b 4 1 1 0
Funderburk lf 3 1 1 1
  Corcoran 1b 0 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 0 0 1
Rivers cf 4 0 0 1
Oliver dh 3 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0
Poquette lf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 1 0 0
Roberts rf 4 2 3 1
Wagner ss 1 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 3
Minnesota 140 000 100691
Texas 001 000 200341
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern  W (6-8) 6.0 3 3 3 5 1
  Corbett  SV (14) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
5
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (10-5) 1.2 4 5 5 2 0
  Jenkins   7.1 5 1 1 4 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
6
2

  E–Washington (5), Wagner (3).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Funderburk (1,off Honeycutt); Engle (12,off Honeycutt), Texas Roberts (14,off Redfern).  HR–Minnesota Engle (2,1st inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Washington (1,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg).  CS–Wynegar (1,2nd base by Jenkins/Sundberg).  WP–Corbett (2).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:17.  A–10,509.
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