Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
September 27, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1983 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, Minnesota Twins 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers dh 4 1 3 1
  Hostetler ph,dh 1 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 1
Wright cf 4 1 1 0
  Capra cf 0 0 0 0
Parrish rf 4 1 1 0
  Dunbar rf 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 1 1
Sample lf 3 0 3 2
Johnson c 4 1 0 0
Tolleson 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilkerson ss 4 1 2 1
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 14 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Teufel 2b 4 0 1 0
Hatcher rf 4 0 2 0
Ward lf 3 0 1 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Engle c 4 0 1 0
Bush dh 3 1 0 0
Brunansky cf 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 1
Faedo ss 2 0 0 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Walters p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Texas 131 000 0106140
Minnesota 010 000 000160
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (10-14) 9.0 6 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (10-14) 1.2 6 4 4 1 0
  Walters   6.1 5 2 2 1 1
  O'Connor   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
2
1

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2.  PB–Johnson (3); Engle (8).  2B–Texas Rivers (15,off Williams); G Wright (28,off Walters).  3B–Texas Wilkerson (1,off Williams), Minnesota Engle (4,off Smithson).  HR–Texas Bell (14,2nd inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:18.  A–3,000.
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