Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
September 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1998 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 7, Texas Rangers 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 2 4 0
Gates 3b 5 0 2 1
Molitor dh 4 2 2 1
Lawton rf 5 2 2 1
Coomer 1b 5 1 1 1
Walker 2b 3 0 2 0
  Ochoa lf 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 3
Hocking lf,2b 4 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 0 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Serafini p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 5 1 3 1
McLemore 2b 5 1 1 0
Greer lf 5 0 0 0
Gonzalez dh 5 1 2 1
Clark 1b 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez c 4 0 3 1
Kelly rf 3 0 0 0
Zeile 3b 4 1 2 0
Clayton ss 4 0 1 0
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
Minnesota 000 200 0417140
Texas 201 001 0004130
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury   5.1 12 4 4 0 2
  Serafini   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Trombley  W (5-4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Guardado   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera  SV (35) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
0
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   7.1 8 3 3 0 3
  Hernandez  L (6-4) 0.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Wetteland   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Fossas   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Levine   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1, Texas 1.  2B–Minnesota Walker (38,off Stottlemyre); Gates (14,off Stottlemyre); Steinbach (23,off Wetteland), Texas Rodriguez (37,off Trombley).  3B–Minnesota Nixon (4,off Stottlemyre).  HR–Minnesota Molitor (2,4th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out), Texas Gonzalez (40,3rd inning off Tewksbury 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Kelly (3,by Tewksbury).  SB–Rodriguez (7,2nd base off Tewksbury/Steinbach).  HBP–Tewksbury (5,Kelly).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:56.  A–38,581.
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