Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
August 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1988 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 5, Minnesota Twins 0
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 0 1 1
Fletcher ss 4 1 0 0
Sierra rf 5 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 4 1
Incaviglia dh 5 1 1 0
Petralli c 5 1 1 1
Espy lf 3 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 4 0 1 1
Wilkerson 2b 3 0 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Moses rf 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 3 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 1 0
Bush dh 4 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 0 1 0
Herr 2b 2 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 1 0
Newman 3b 3 0 2 0
Toliver p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Texas 030 000 110–5100
Minnesota 000 000 000–052
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (5-8) 9.0 5 0 0 3 10
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Toliver  L (4-3) 6.0 8 3 3 1 5
  Atherton   1.2 2 2 1 2 0
  Gonzalez   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
4
7
  E–Gagne 2 (13).  DP–Texas 2.  PB–Laudner (7).  SB–Espy (23,2nd base off Toliver/Laudner).  WP–Toliver 2 (7).  BK–Witt 2 (7).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:00.  A–41,675.
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