Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
July 26, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Texas Rangers 3, Minnesota Twins 11

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 3 1 1 0
  Cedeno ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Greer lf 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 2
  Simms rf 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 0 1
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
  Haselman c 0 0 0 0
Stevens dh 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 0 3 0
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 0 0 1
Gates 3b 5 0 1 0
Lawton rf 4 2 1 0
Molitor dh 4 2 1 1
  Hocking ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ortiz 1b 3 2 1 1
Cordova lf 4 2 2 4
Walker 2b 4 3 4 3
Valentin c 3 0 2 0
Meares ss 4 0 2 1
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 14 11
Texas 000 002 010380
Minnesota 000 501 50x11140
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  L (13-6) 6.0 9 6 6 2 6
  Bailes   0.0 5 5 5 1 0
  Crabtree   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gunderson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
3
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  W (7-9) 6.1 6 2 2 1 3
  Guardado   2.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Texas Tatis (16,off Hawkins), Minnesota Gates (7,off Helling); Molitor (18,off Bailes).  3B–Minnesota Lawton (5,off Bailes).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (31,6th inning off Hawkins 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Walker (8,4th inning off Helling 2 on, 0 out); Cordova (8,7th inning off Bailes 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Clark (6,off Guardado).  HBP–Elster (2,by Hawkins).  SH–Valentin (2,off Helling).  IBB–Ortiz (2,by Helling).  SB–Lawton (11,2nd base off Helling/Rodriguez).  CS–Meares (2,2nd base by Helling/Rodriguez).  WP–Helling 2 (8).  HBP–Hawkins (4,Elster).  IBB–Helling (4,Ortiz).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:03.  A–13,802.
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