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Retrosheet Boxscore: Minnesota Twins 8, Texas Rangers 6

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Minnesota Twins 8, Texas Rangers 6

Day

Game Played on Tuesday, May 31, 1988 (N) at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

TEX A    2  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   6 13  1
MIN A    0  0  1    3  0  3    0  1  x  -   8 13  1
BATTING
Texas Rangers                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Espy dh                       5   0   1   0       0   2       0   0
Fletcher ss                   5   2   2   0       0   1       1   1
Sierra rf                     5   2   3   2       0   0       0   0
Incaviglia lf                 4   0   0   0       0   2       2   0
O'Brien 1b                    3   1   1   1       1   1       7   0
McDowell cf                   3   0   0   1       0   1       6   0
Stanley c                     3   0   0   0       0   2       5   0
  Petralli ph,c               1   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Buechele 3b                   4   1   2   0       0   0       0   0
Wilkerson 2b                  4   0   3   0       0   0       2   4
Kilgus p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Cecena p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Mohorcic p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Williams p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       37   6  13   4       1   9      24   6
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Fletcher-Wilkerson-O'Brien.
E: Kilgus (2).
BATTING - 
2B: O'Brien (4,off Lea); Buechele (6,off Lea).
HR: Sierra (6,1st inning off Lea 1 on 1 out).
SF: McDowell (2,off Lea).
HBP: Incaviglia (4,by Lea).
GDP: Wilkerson (1,off Atherton).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Wilkerson (2,2nd base off Lea/Laudner); Sierra (4,2nd base off Berenguer/Laudner);
Espy (8,2nd base off Reardon/Harper).
Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Gladden lf                    5   1   4   2       0   0       1   0
Lombardozzi 2b                4   0   2   1       1   2       3   1
Herr dh                       5   0   0   0       0   3       0   0
Puckett cf                    5   1   1   0       0   0       5   0
Gaetti 3b                     4   1   1   0       0   0       0   0
Larkin 1b                     3   1   0   0       0   0       4   0
Laudner c                     3   1   2   1       1   0       9   0
  Moses pr,rf                 0   1   0   0       0   0       1   0
Davidson rf                   1   0   0   0       0   0       3   1
  Bush ph,rf                  2   0   0   1       0   0       0   0
  Harper c                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Gagne ss                      3   2   3   2       1   0       1   1
Lea p                         0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Berenguer p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Atherton p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Reardon p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       35   8  13   7       3   5      27   4
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Gagne-Lombardozzi-Larkin.
E: Davidson (2).
PB: Laudner (6).
BATTING - 
2B: Gladden 3 (19,off Kilgus 2,off Mohorcic).
HR: Gagne (4,6th inning off Cecena 1 on 2 out).
SF: Bush (1,off Cecena).
HBP: Larkin (8,by Kilgus).
GDP: Herr (4,off Kilgus).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Gagne (2,2nd base off Cecena/Stanley); Gladden (10,2nd base off Mohorcic/Stanley).
PITCHING
Texas Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Kilgus                        3     7   4   4   0   2   0  16
Cecena                        2.2   1   2   2   2   2   1  11
Mohorcic L(2-2)               1.2   5   2   2   0   0   0  10
Williams                      0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3
Totals                        8    13   8   8   3   5   1  40
Kilgus faced 4 batters in the 4th inning
BK: Kilgus (1).
HBP: Kilgus (6,Larkin).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Cecena 2-1; Williams 2-0.
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Minnesota Twins              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Lea                           4     8   6   4   0   4   1  20
Berenguer W(5-3)              2.2   3   0   0   1   5   0  12
Atherton                      1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   4
Reardon SV(13)                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4
Totals                        9    13   6   4   1   9   1  40
WP: Lea (5).
HBP: Lea (1,Incaviglia).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Atherton 2-0.
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Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Terry Craft, 3B - Don Denkinger
Ejections: Paul Kilgus by Ken Kaiser [Balk call]
Time of Game: 3:39   Attendance: 15151
Starting Lineups:

   Texas Rangers                 Minnesota Twins          
1. Espy                dh        Gladden             lf
2. Fletcher            ss        Lombardozzi         2b
3. Sierra              rf        Herr                dh
4. Incaviglia          lf        Puckett             cf
5. O'Brien             1b        Gaetti              3b
6. McDowell            cf        Larkin              1b
7. Stanley             c         Laudner             c
8. Buechele            3b        Davidson            rf
9. Wilkerson           2b        Gagne               ss
   Kilgus              p         Lea                 p

RANGERS 1ST: Espy flied to left; Fletcher singled to center;
Sierra homered to center [Fletcher scored]; Incaviglia was hit
by a pitch; Lea threw a wild pitch [Incaviglia to second];
O'Brien struck out; McDowell grounded out (first unassisted); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Gladden doubled to left; Lombardozzi was called out
on strikes; Herr was called out on strikes; Puckett grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Stanley was called out on strikes; Buechele flied
to center; Wilkerson singled to right; Wilkerson stole second;
Espy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Gaetti flied to center; Larkin lined to center;
Laudner flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins
0.

RANGERS 3RD: Fletcher singled to right; Sierra singled to right
[Fletcher to second]; Incaviglia flied to right; O'Brien doubled
to right [Fletcher scored, Sierra scored (error by Davidson),
O'Brien to third]; McDowell out on a sacrifice fly to center
[O'Brien scored (unearned)]; Stanley flied to right; 3 R (2 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Davidson grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Gagne singled to pitcher [Gagne to second (error by Kilgus)];
Gladden doubled to right [Gagne scored]; Lombardozzi singled to
left [Gladden to third]; Herr grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Lombardozzi out at second]; 1 R,
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Twins 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Buechele doubled to left; Wilkerson singled to
right [Buechele to third, Wilkerson out at second (right to
first)]; Espy popped to right; Laudner allowed a passed ball
[Buechele scored (unearned)]; Fletcher struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Puckett singled to right; Gaetti singled to left
[Puckett to second]; Larkin was hit by a pitch [Puckett to
third, Gaetti to second]; Laudner singled to center [Puckett
scored, Gaetti to third, Larkin to second]; Kilgus balked
[Gaetti scored, Larkin to third, Laudner to second]; Paul
Kilgus ejected by 1B umpire Ken Kaiser; CECENA REPLACED
KILGUS (PITCHING); BUSH BATTED FOR DAVIDSON; Bush hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Larkin scored, Laudner to third]; Gagne
walked; Gagne stole second; Gladden popped to second;
Lombardozzi struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins
4.

RANGERS 5TH: BUSH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BERENGUER
REPLACED LEA (PITCHING); Sierra popped to shortstop; Incaviglia
was called out on strikes; O'Brien grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Herr struck out; Puckett flied to center; Gaetti
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 4.

RANGERS 6TH: McDowell struck out; Stanley struck out; Buechele
singled to center; Wilkerson singled to left [Buechele to
second]; Espy struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Larkin flied to left; Laudner walked; Bush flied to
center; Gagne homered to left [Laudner scored]; MOHORCIC
REPLACED CECENA (PITCHING); Gladden singled to left; Gladden
stole second; Lombardozzi singled to left [Gladden scored,
Lombardozzi to second (on throw to home)]; Herr grounded out
(first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 7.

RANGERS 7TH: Fletcher lined to second; Sierra singled to right;
Incaviglia was called out on strikes; Sierra stole second;
O'Brien walked; ATHERTON REPLACED BERENGUER (PITCHING); McDowell
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: Puckett grounded out (pitcher to first); Gaetti
popped to catcher; Larkin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 7.

RANGERS 8TH: PETRALLI BATTED FOR STANLEY; Petralli singled to
center; Buechele flied to center; Wilkerson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Petralli out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: PETRALLI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Laudner singled
to left; Bush popped to shortstop; Gagne singled to right
[Laudner to second]; MOSES RAN FOR LAUDNER; Gladden doubled to
left [Moses scored, Gagne to third]; WILLIAMS REPLACED MOHORCIC
(PITCHING); Lombardozzi walked; Herr struck out; Puckett
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers
6, Twins 8.

RANGERS 9TH: MOSES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HARPER REPLACED
BUSH (PLAYING C ); REARDON REPLACED ATHERTON (PITCHING); Espy
singled to right; Fletcher popped to second; Espy stole second;
Sierra popped to center; Incaviglia flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 8.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Rangers          6  13   1    7
 Twins            8  13   1    8
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