Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
September 6, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 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 6, Texas Rangers 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 1 3 1
Gates 3b 5 0 1 1
Molitor dh 4 0 1 1
Lawton rf 5 0 0 0
Coomer 1b 5 2 2 0
Walker 2b 4 1 2 2
  Hocking 2b 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 1 1
Ochoa lf 4 1 3 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Serafini p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 3 1 1 0
Kelly cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Greer lf 5 1 3 1
Gonzalez rf 4 0 3 1
  Goodwin pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 0
  Newson pr 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 2 3 2
Zeile 3b 2 0 0 0
Simms dh 2 0 0 0
  Stevens ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Clayton ss 4 0 0 0
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 4
Minnesota 000 100 2306130
Texas 022 001 0005111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton   4.1 7 4 4 2 3
  Carrasco  W (4-2) 2.2 3 1 1 3 2
  Serafini   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Trombley   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Aguilera  SV (36) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
7
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   7.0 10 3 3 0 5
  Hernandez  L (6-5) 0.0 2 3 2 1 0
  Crabtree   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Gunderson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Levine   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
5
3
5

  E–Zeile (11).  DP–Minnesota 1, Texas 1.  2B–Texas Clark (36,off Milton); McLemore (13,off Milton); Gonzalez (40,off Milton); Rodriguez (38,off Aguilera).  3B–Minnesota Nixon (5,off Loaiza).  HR–Minnesota Walker (11,8th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 0 out), Texas Rodriguez (17,2nd inning off Milton 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Walker (17,2nd base off Loaiza/Rodriguez).  WP–Carrasco (6), Loaiza (2).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–3:27.  A–35,328.
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