Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
August 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1988 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 12

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
  Garbey lf 0 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 1 0
Sierra rf 3 1 1 0
Petralli c,3b 4 0 0 0
Espy lf,cf 3 1 1 1
Buechele 3b 3 0 1 1
  Stanley c 1 0 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 0 1 0
Kunkel dh 4 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 1 1 1
Newman 3b 4 1 1 0
Puckett cf 2 1 0 0
  Moses cf 1 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 3 3 2 3
  Harper c 0 0 0 0
Larkin dh 2 2 0 0
  Herr ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bush rf 4 1 1 1
  Christensen ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Laudner c,1b 4 2 3 4
Gagne ss 4 0 0 1
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 12 8 10
Texas 000 200 000264
Minnesota 600 021 03x1280
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (10-14) 4.0 5 8 6 6 5
  Vande Berg   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Mohorcic   2.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Hoffman   1.0 2 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
12
10
9
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (9-11) 6.0 5 2 2 3 5
  Smith   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Gonzalez   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
10

  E–Petralli (7), Buechele 2 (13), Wilkerson (13).  PB–Petralli 2 (20).  2B–Texas Espy (11,off Blyleven); Kunkel (8,off Smith), Minnesota Hrbek 2 (21,off Hough,off Hoffman).  HR–Minnesota Laudner (12,8th inning off Hoffman 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Hrbek (7,off Mohorcic).  HBP–Larkin (13,by Hough); Lombardozzi (2,by Mohorcic); Christensen (1,by Hoffman).  SB–Gagne (13,2nd base off Mohorcic/Petralli).  CS–Lombardozzi (4,2nd base by Hough/Petralli).  HBP–Hough (10,Larkin); Mohorcic (5,Lombardozzi); Hoffman (1,Christensen).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:19.  A–39,073.
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