Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
June 2, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1996 at The Ballpark in Arlington. 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 6, Texas Rangers 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 1 1 0
Reboulet rf 3 0 1 1
  Becker ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Molitor dh 5 0 2 0
Cordova lf 5 1 1 0
Hollins 3b 5 1 1 2
Coomer 1b 1 1 1 0
  Stahoviak ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Kelly cf,rf 5 1 3 0
Meares ss 4 0 1 1
Durant c 5 0 1 1
Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Milchin p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 13 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 2 1 0
McLemore 2b 3 2 2 2
Clark 1b 5 0 2 2
Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 1
  Buford rf 1 0 0 0
Tettleton dh 3 0 0 0
  Frazier pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 0 0 0
Greer lf 4 0 0 0
Valle c 3 0 0 0
Gonzales ss 4 0 1 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Minnesota 020 010 0036130
Texas 002 200 100581
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Mahomes   4.0 5 4 4 5 2
  Bennett   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Milchin   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Naulty   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Guardado  W (3-2) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
8
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver   4.0 4 3 2 5 4
  Brandenburg   2.2 3 0 0 1 3
  Cook   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Russell  L (1-1) 1.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Heredia   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
5
6
11

  E–McLemore (5).  DP–Minnesota 1, Texas 2.  2B–Minnesota Knoblauch (13,off Oliver); Molitor (14,off Brandenburg), Texas Hamilton (11,off Mahomes); Clark (10,off Mahomes).  HR–Minnesota Hollins (8,9th inning off Russell 1 on, 2 out), Texas McLemore (2,3rd inning off Mahomes 1 on, 0 out); Gonzalez (7,7th inning off Milchin 0 on, 0 out).  WP–Russell (2).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:37.  A–33,809.
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