Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
August 30, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1988 at Arlington Stadium. 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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Minnesota Twins 6, Texas Rangers 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Moses lf 3 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 2 2 0
Puckett cf 5 0 1 0
Hrbek 1b 5 1 1 2
Larkin dh 3 1 0 0
Bush rf 2 1 1 0
  Christensen ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Laudner c 2 1 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 0 1
Newman 3b 3 0 2 2
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 5 1 5 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 1 2
Sierra rf 4 2 2 2
Petralli c 3 0 1 0
  Brower pr 0 1 0 0
Incaviglia dh 4 0 0 0
Espy lf 5 2 2 3
Buechele 3b 4 0 1 1
Wilkerson 2b 3 1 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Minnesota 000 420 000671
Texas 302 001 0028130
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   2.2 7 5 5 2 0
  Portugal   2.2 4 1 1 1 2
  Berenguer  L (8-4) 3.0 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
8.1
13
8
8
5
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   8.0 6 6 6 8 5
  Vande Berg  W (1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
9
5

  E–Gagne (16).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Fletcher (19,off Smith).  HR–Minnesota Hrbek (25,5th inning off Witt 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Moses (1,off Witt).  HBP–Moses (2,by Witt).  SF–Sierra (6,off Berenguer).  CS–Moses (6,2nd base by Witt/Petralli).  SB–Sierra (14,2nd base off Smith/Laudner); Espy (25,2nd base off Smith/Laudner); Brower (5,2nd base off Berenguer/Laudner).  WP–Witt 2 (10).  BK–Smith (3), Portugal (2).  HBP–Witt (1,Moses).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:24.  A–15,245.
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