Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
September 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 0, Minnesota Twins 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 3 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 3 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0
  Slaught c 0 0 0 0
  McDowell ph 1 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 3 0 1 0
Incaviglia dh 3 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 2 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 1 0 0 0
Buechele 2b,3b 3 0 1 0
Petralli c 2 0 1 0
  Browne ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b 4 0 0 0
Davidson lf 4 1 1 0
Puckett cf 3 0 1 0
Hrbek 1b 2 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 1
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 1 1 0
Gagne ss 3 1 1 2
Nieto c 4 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 3
Texas 000 000 000031
Minnesota 011 002 00x460
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (17-12) 8.0 6 4 4 3 8
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (17-9) 8.0 3 0 0 3 10
  Berenguer   1.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
5
13

  E–Buechele (9).  DP–Texas 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Gaetti (35,off Hough).  HR–Minnesota Gagne (10,6th inning off Hough 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Gaetti (3,off Hough).  HBP–Baylor (27,by Hough); Puckett (6,by Hough); Gagne (4,by Hough).  WP–Hough (10).  HBP–Hough 3 (18,Baylor,Puckett,Gagne).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:40.  A–23,496.
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