Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
June 6, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 2, Minnesota Twins 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 7 0 1 0
Fletcher ss 5 0 3 0
Sierra rf 7 1 3 0
Incaviglia lf 6 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 2 0
Parrish dh 6 0 0 0
Slaught c 4 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,c 2 0 0 0
McDowell cf 3 1 2 1
Buechele 3b 4 0 0 0
  Porter ph 0 0 0 0
  Brower pr 0 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 3b 1 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 2 12 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Gladden lf 5 0 0 0
Puckett cf 5 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 5 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 0
Larkin dh 5 0 3 0
  Davidson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 0 0
Gagne ss 2 0 0 0
  Salas ph,c 3 1 2 1
Laudner c 3 0 1 0
  Smalley ph 1 0 0 0
  Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 1 1
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 10 2
Texas 010 010 000 000 02121
Minnesota 000 100 001 000 13102
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough   9.0 7 2 2 5 3
  Mohorcic   2.1 2 0 0 3 0
  Williams  L (3-3) 1.1 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
12.2
10
3
3
10
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   7.0 10 2 1 3 9
  Frazier   3.0 1 0 0 3 5
  Reardon   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Atherton  W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
13.0
12
2
1
8
17

  E–Browne (3), Gagne 2 (8).  DP–Texas 4, Minnesota 2.  PB–Slaught 4 (11).  2B–Texas Sierra (11,off Viola), Minnesota Hrbek (4,off Mohorcic).  HR–Texas McDowell (5,2nd inning off Viola 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Salas (3,9th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Porter (2,by Frazier); Fletcher (1,by Atherton); Gaetti (3,by Mohorcic); Puckett (3,by Mohorcic).  SH–Newman (6,off Hough).  SB–Incaviglia (7,2nd base off Frazier/Salas); McDowell 2 (8,2nd base off Frazier/Salas,2nd base off Atherton/Salas); Browne (9,2nd base off Reardon/Salas); Gladden (9,2nd base off Mohorcic/Petralli).  CS–Fletcher (4,2nd base by Viola/Laudner).  WP–Frazier 2 (3).  IBB–Mohorcic 2 (5,Gaetti,Puckett); Frazier (2,Porter); Atherton (2,Fletcher).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–4:53.  A–24,992.
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