Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
June 11, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 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 9, Minnesota Twins 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 2 1
Greer lf 4 2 2 1
Gonzalez dh 5 2 3 3
Clark 1b 5 2 3 0
Palmer 3b 5 2 2 1
Simms rf 4 0 1 0
  Newson rf 1 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 5 0 2 1
Gil ss 4 0 3 2
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 18 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 1 1 0
Becker cf 5 1 3 0
Molitor dh 5 1 1 1
Steinbach c 5 0 1 1
Stahoviak 1b 4 1 1 1
Coomer 3b 5 2 2 1
Cordova lf 3 0 3 1
Lawton rf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Meares ss 3 0 0 1
Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Jarvis p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Texas 000 351 0009181
Minnesota 001 120 2006120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  W (5-5) 6.1 12 6 5 1 4
  Gunderson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
1
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aldred  L (2-9) 4.0 11 6 6 0 3
  Jarvis   1.2 7 3 3 0 2
  Rodriguez   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Guardado   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Aguilera   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
9
9
1
6

  E–Gil (9).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Texas Rodriguez (19,off Aldred); Palmer 2 (14,off Aldred,off Jarvis); Greer (17,off Aldred); Gonzalez (7,off Jarvis), Minnesota Becker 2 (7,off Burkett 2); Steinbach (10,off Burkett); Knoblauch (9,off Burkett).  3B–Minnesota Coomer (1,off Burkett).  HR–Texas Gonzalez 2 (12,4th inning off Aldred 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Aldred 1 on, 0 out); Rodriguez (9,5th inning off Aldred 0 on, 0 out); Greer (7,6th inning off Jarvis 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Meares (5,off Burkett); Stahoviak (1,off Burkett).  HBP–Knoblauch (6,by Burkett).  CS–Greer (3,2nd base by Guardado/Steinbach).  HBP–Burkett (1,Knoblauch).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:17.  A–11,498.
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