Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
September 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1981 at Metropolitan 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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Texas Rangers 3, Minnesota Twins 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 0 2 0
Rivers cf 4 1 2 2
Oliver dh 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 4 0 1 0
Poquette lf 4 1 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 2 1
Roberts rf 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 1 1 0
  Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0
Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell lf 4 1 1 0
Wilfong 2b 3 2 1 0
Engle rf 4 1 1 0
Adams dh 2 1 0 1
Castino 3b 4 1 2 3
Wynegar c 4 1 2 2
Ward cf 4 0 1 1
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
Texas 010 000 0203102
Minnesota 000 201 04x790
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (9-9) 7.2 7 6 4 1 6
  Kern   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
5
1
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  W (7-9) 9.0 10 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
4

  E–Putnam (5), Poquette (1).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Texas Sundberg 2 (16,off Arroyo 2); Grubb (9,off Arroyo), Minnesota Wynegar (5,off Kern).  3B–Minnesota Castino (9,off Darwin).  HR–Texas Rivers (3,8th inning off Arroyo 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Wilfong (5,off Darwin).  SF–Adams (2,off Darwin).  IBB–Adams (4,by Darwin).  SB–Rivers (9,2nd base off Arroyo/Wynegar).  CS–Sundberg (5,2nd base by Arroyo/Wynegar).  WP–Kern (1).  IBB–Darwin (5,Adams).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:05.  A–4,959.
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