Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
August 22, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1996 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Texas Rangers 11, Minnesota Twins 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 1 0 0
Rodriguez c 5 2 1 0
Greer lf 5 3 3 2
Gonzalez rf 5 3 3 1
  Buford rf 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 1 2 3
Tettleton dh 3 0 1 3
McLemore 2b 2 0 0 1
  Stillwell 2b 1 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 0 0 1
Hill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 10 11
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 0 3 0
Becker cf 3 0 1 0
  Lawton cf 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
Molitor dh 3 0 1 1
Stahoviak 1b 4 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 0 0 0
Hollins 3b 4 0 1 0
Kelly rf 4 1 1 1
Walbeck c 4 0 1 0
Meares ss 4 1 2 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Parra p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Hansell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Texas 103 320 02011100
Minnesota 000 000 2002100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  W (14-7) 9.0 10 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  L (6-12) 2.2 1 4 4 7 1
  Parra   0.1 2 3 3 3 0
  Aldred   5.0 7 4 4 1 8
  Hansell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
11
11
11
9

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Gonzalez (26,off Parra); Rodriguez (43,off Aldred); Greer (38,off Aldred), Minnesota Becker (24,off Hill); Molitor (33,off Hill); Hollins (24,off Hill).  HR–Texas Greer (16,5th inning off Aldred 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Kelly (4,7th inning off Hill 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Tettleton (8,off Aldred).  SB–Gonzalez (2,2nd base off Robertson/Walbeck); Knoblauch (36,2nd base off Hill/Rodriguez).  BK–Hill (4).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:00.  A–17,342.
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