Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
September 20, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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 3, Texas Rangers 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell lf 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 3 0 2 0
Hatcher cf 4 1 1 0
Adams dh 3 0 0 0
Corcoran 1b 4 0 0 1
Engle rf 3 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 2
Butera c 3 0 0 0
Washington ss 2 0 0 0
Havens p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 1 3 0
Stein lf 4 0 1 1
Oliver dh 3 0 1 0
  Tolleson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Roberts rf 4 0 1 1
Sundberg c 5 0 1 1
Ellis 1b 2 0 0 0
  Norman pr 0 0 0 0
  Putnam 1b 1 0 1 0
Sample cf 3 1 1 0
  Poquette ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Wagner ss 3 1 1 0
  Rivers ph 1 0 0 0
  Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 3
Minnesota 020 100 000351
Texas 001 000 1024121
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Havens   6.0 7 2 1 2 3
  Corbett  L (2-5) 2.2 5 2 2 3 1
Totals
8.2
12
4
3
5
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (2-1) 9.0 5 3 2 4 6
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
4
6

  E–Butera (9), Stein (2).  DP–Minnesota 2, Texas 1.  PB–Sundberg (7).  2B–Minnesota Hatcher (23,off Hough); Engle (13,off Hough), Texas Wagner (3,off Havens); Oliver (27,off Havens); Wills (13,off Corbett).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti (1,2nd inning off Hough 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Stein (3,off Havens).  HBP–Ellis (1,by Havens).  IBB–Oliver (9,by Corbett).  CS–Wilfong 2 (4,2nd base by Hough/Sundberg 2).  HBP–Havens (1,Ellis).  IBB–Corbett (12,Oliver).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:26.  A–7,441.
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