Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
May 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1989 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 5, Texas Rangers 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 1 2 1
Bush rf,1b 4 1 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 1 1
Larkin 1b 2 0 0 0
  Moses rf 2 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 1 1
Dwyer dh 4 1 0 0
Laudner c 4 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 0 1 1
Newman 2b 3 1 0 0
Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Wayne p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 6 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kunkel cf 5 2 2 2
  Petralli c 1 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 5 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 6 1 2 1
Sierra rf 6 0 4 0
Franco 2b 6 1 3 1
Incaviglia lf 5 0 1 1
Bell dh 3 0 0 0
  Leach ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 5 0 1 0
Sundberg c 2 1 1 1
  Espy pr,cf 1 1 1 0
Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 6 16 6
Minnesota 210 100 001 00561
Texas 101 200 010 016162
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rawley   3.2 9 4 4 2 2
  Shields   3.1 3 0 0 1 2
  Wayne   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Reardon   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Gonzalez  L (3-2) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.2
16
6
6
4
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   9.0 6 5 4 3 10
  Rogers   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Russell  W (3-0) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
6
5
4
4
12

  E–Larkin (2), Fletcher (8), Palmeiro (4).  DP–Minnesota 2.  PB–Laudner (1).  2B–Minnesota Gladden (8,off Ryan).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti (7,9th inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out), Texas Kunkel 2 (2,1st inning off Rawley 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Rawley 0 on, 0 out); Sundberg (2,4th inning off Rawley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Larkin (1,off Ryan); Laudner (2,off Ryan).  IBB–Puckett (3,by Russell).  SB–Gladden (8,2nd base off Ryan/Sundberg); Newman (6,2nd base off Ryan/Sundberg); Espy (19,2nd base off Reardon/Laudner); Franco (3,2nd base off Gonzalez/Laudner).  CS–Newman (3,2nd base by Ryan/Sundberg); Moses (2,2nd base by Ryan/Sundberg).  WP–Ryan (6), Russell (3).  IBB–Russell (1,Puckett).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–3:49.  A–19,868.
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