Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
August 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1988 at Arlington Stadium. 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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Minnesota Twins 10, Texas Rangers 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 1 0 1
Herr 2b 5 2 3 2
  Lombardozzi 2b 0 0 0 0
Puckett cf 5 2 3 4
Larkin dh 4 1 0 0
Hrbek 1b 5 1 3 1
Laudner c 4 0 2 2
Christensen rf 2 1 0 0
  Moses ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Gagne ss 5 1 1 0
Newman 3b 4 1 1 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 13 10
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 3 1 1 0
  Espy cf,ss 2 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 2 0 1 0
  Petralli 3b 1 0 1 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 1 0 0 0
  Garbey lf 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 2 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
Stanley c,1b 3 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 2b 2 0 0 0
Kunkel 2b,3b,ss,p 4 0 1 0
Brower dh,cf 3 0 2 0
Kilgus p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 0
Minnesota 051 101 02010132
Texas 000 001 000181
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (20-6) 7.0 5 1 0 3 5
  Gonzalez   2.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
3
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilgus  L (11-12) 1.2 4 5 5 3 0
  Hoffman   4.1 6 3 3 2 3
  McMurtry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   1.0 3 2 0 0 1
  Kunkel   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
10
8
5
5

  E–Gladden (3), Gagne (17), Petralli (9).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Herr (12,off Kilgus); Hrbek (26,off Hoffman); Laudner (16,off Hoffman); Newman (4,off Hoffman).  HR–Minnesota Puckett 2 (21,4th inning off Hoffman 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Hoffman 0 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:57.  A–10,286.
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