Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
April 27, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1997 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 7, Minnesota Twins 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 1 1
Greer lf 4 1 1 1
Clark 1b 5 1 1 0
Palmer 3b 5 1 1 0
Stevens dh 3 0 1 1
  Simms ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Newson rf 4 2 3 3
  Sagmoen rf 1 0 0 0
Buford cf 3 1 2 1
Gil ss 4 1 1 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 0 0
Becker cf 3 0 0 0
Lawton lf 4 1 2 0
Colbrunn 1b 4 1 1 0
Myers c 3 1 1 0
  Steinbach ph 1 0 0 0
Kelly dh 4 0 1 2
Walker 3b 2 0 0 0
  Coomer ph 0 0 0 0
  Hocking pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Meares ss 2 0 1 1
Brede rf 3 0 1 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Texas 020 000 0507110
Minnesota 000 000 300370
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett   6.0 6 3 3 1 7
  Vosberg   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Patterson  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gunderson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke   7.0 7 2 2 1 5
  Guardado   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Naulty  L (1-1) 0.1 3 4 4 2 0
  Aguilera   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Swindell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Newson (1,off Radke); Buford (4,off Radke); Greer (6,off Guardado), Minnesota Kelly (5,off Burkett).  3B–Texas Rodriguez (1,off Radke).  HR–Texas Newson (1,8th inning off Naulty 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Stevens (2,off Naulty); Meares (2,off Patterson).  IBB–Coomer (2,by Vosberg).  CS–Meares (1,3rd base by Burkett/Rodriguez).  IBB–Vosberg (1,Coomer).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:49.  A–17,118.
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