Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
June 5, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1987 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 15, Minnesota Twins 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 3 1 0 0
  Wilkerson ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 2 1 0
Sierra rf 4 4 2 2
Incaviglia lf 5 1 2 2
  Brower pr,lf 1 1 0 0
O'Brien 1b 5 2 3 7
  Petralli 3b 1 0 1 0
Parrish dh 4 0 2 0
McDowell cf 4 1 2 2
Stanley c,1b 5 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 4 3 3 1
  Slaught c 2 0 0 0
Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
  Loynd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 15 17 14
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 0 2 1
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
  Salas ph 1 0 0 0
Puckett cf 3 1 1 0
  Davidson cf 1 2 1 0
Hrbek 1b 3 1 1 1
  Larkin 1b 2 1 2 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 2 0
  Newman 3b 2 1 1 3
Smalley dh 4 1 1 3
Brunansky rf 3 1 2 1
  Bush rf 1 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 1 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 9
Texas 311 114 40015170
Minnesota 000 012 5019130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W (2-4) 5.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Meridith   1.2 5 5 5 1 2
  Loynd   2.1 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
3
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (4-5) 3.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Anderson   2.1 4 5 5 3 2
  Portugal   1.0 5 5 5 2 1
  Niemann   2.2 2 0 0 4 0
Totals
9.0
17
15
15
10
4

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Fletcher (9,off Blyleven); Sierra (10,off Blyleven); Incaviglia 2 (10,off Anderson,off Portugal); Buechele 2 (10,off Anderson,off Portugal), Minnesota Gaetti (10,off Harris); Brunansky 2 (6,off Harris,off Meridith); Gladden (7,off Harris); Puckett (7,off Harris).  HR–Minnesota Smalley (3,7th inning off Meridith 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Parrish (4,by Anderson); Sierra (3,by Anderson).  SB–Sierra (5,2nd base off Blyleven/Laudner).  WP–Portugal (2), Niemann (1).  IBB–Anderson 2 (2,Parrish,Sierra).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:03.  A–16,092.
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