Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
August 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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 3, Minnesota Twins 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 3 0 0 1
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Stanley dh 2 0 0 0
  Espy pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Buechele 3b 4 1 2 2
Sundberg c 4 1 2 0
Kunkel 2b 4 0 2 0
Kilgus p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 3b 4 0 0 0
  Gaetti ph 1 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
Gladden lf 3 0 1 0
Puckett cf 3 0 0 0
Harper dh 4 1 1 0
Hrbek 1b 3 1 1 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 1
  Moses pr 0 0 0 0
Christensen rf 4 0 1 1
Gagne ss 4 0 1 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Texas 001 000 200–370
Minnesota 020 000 000–262
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilgus  W (10-11) 7.1 6 2 2 3 1
  Williams  SV (16) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  L (19-5) 9.0 7 3 2 2 10
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
2
10
  E–Herr (3), Hrbek (3).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Christensen (3,off Kilgus).  HR–Texas Buechele (14,7th inning off Viola 1 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:35.  A–48,325.
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