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Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins

1988-08-19 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 41675 · dome, dry · 3:00

Texas Rangers defeated Minnesota Twins 5–0. Texas Rangers put up 3 in the 2nd. Bobby Witt earned the win. Pete O'Brien went 4-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	10
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Bobby Witt L: Freddie Toliver SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rick Reed · 1B: Rich Garcia · 2B: Dale Scott · 3B: John Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oddibe McDowell	5	0	1	1	0	1
Scott Fletcher	4	1	0	0	1	1
Ruben Sierra	5	0	0	0	0	2
Pete O'Brien	4	1	4	1	1	0
Pete Incaviglia	5	1	1	0	0	2
Geno Petralli	5	1	1	1	0	0
Cecil Espy	3	1	1	0	1	1
Steve Buechele	4	0	1	1	0	0
Curt Wilkerson	3	0	1	0	1	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Dan Gladden	4	0	0	1
John Moses	4	0	0	3
Kent Hrbek	3	0	1	1
Kirby Puckett	4	1	0	1
Randy Bush	4	0	0	0
Tim Laudner	3	1	1	0
Tom Herr	2	0	1	2
Greg Gagne	3	1	0	2
Al Newman	3	2	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Witt	9.0	5	3	10

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Toliver	6.0	8	1	5
Keith Atherton	1.2	2	2	0
German Gonzalez	1.1	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Oddibe McDowell: 43
Scott Fletcher: 3/P3F
Ruben Sierra: 43

Bot 1

Dan Gladden: 8/F8
John Moses: K
Kent Hrbek: W
Kirby Puckett: 8/L8S

Top 2

Pete O'Brien: S9/L9
Pete Incaviglia: D9/F89D.1-3
Geno Petralli: S7/L7S.3-H;2-3
Cecil Espy: PB.3-H;1-2
Cecil Espy: 43.2-3
Steve Buechele: S9/G34.3-H
Curt Wilkerson: S7/G56.1-2
Oddibe McDowell: K
Scott Fletcher: WP.2-3;1-2
Scott Fletcher: W
Ruben Sierra: K

Bot 2

Randy Bush: 3/P3
Tim Laudner: S9/L89
Tom Herr: K
Greg Gagne: BK.1-2
Greg Gagne: K

Top 3

Pete O'Brien: S8/L8S
Pete Incaviglia: K
Geno Petralli: WP.1-2
Geno Petralli: 7/F7
Cecil Espy: K

Bot 3

Al Newman: S8/G1
Dan Gladden: 6/P7S
John Moses: K
Kent Hrbek: 8/P8S

Top 4

Steve Buechele: 9/F9
Curt Wilkerson: 6/F7S
Oddibe McDowell: 9/L9

Bot 4

Kirby Puckett: 8/F8D
Randy Bush: 43
Tim Laudner: W
Tom Herr: BK.1-2
Tom Herr: K

Top 5

Scott Fletcher: 8/F8
Ruben Sierra: K
Pete O'Brien: S8/L8
Pete Incaviglia: 2/P2F

Bot 5

Greg Gagne: S9/G34
Al Newman: S9/L9L.1-3
Dan Gladden: 6/L56
John Moses: 36(1)1/G34/GDP

Top 6

Geno Petralli: 8/F8
Cecil Espy: S8/G1
Steve Buechele: SB2
Steve Buechele: 9/F89S
Curt Wilkerson: 4/L4

Bot 6

Kent Hrbek: K23
Kirby Puckett: K
Randy Bush: 3/G3

Top 7

Oddibe McDowell: 6/P6D
Scott Fletcher: E6/G56.B-1
Ruben Sierra: 2/P2F
Pete O'Brien: D9/F9D.1-H(UR)
Pete Incaviglia: 8/F8

Bot 7

Tim Laudner: 3/G3
Tom Herr: W
Greg Gagne: K
Al Newman: 9/F89

Top 8

Geno Petralli: 9/F9
Cecil Espy: W
Steve Buechele: 63/OBS.1-3(E6)
Curt Wilkerson: W
Oddibe McDowell: S8/L8.3-H;1-2
Scott Fletcher: K

Bot 8

Dan Gladden: K
John Moses: K
Kent Hrbek: 5/P5D

Top 9

Ruben Sierra: 43/L4S
Pete O'Brien: W
Pete Incaviglia: K
Geno Petralli: 8/F8

Bot 9

Kirby Puckett: S8/P8S
Randy Bush: 3/P3
Tim Laudner: 4(1)3/G4M/GDP

Notes & reviews

Greg Gagne and Dan Gladden collided and Gagne stepped on Gladden's ankle
2B umpire Dale Scott overruled double play because Greg Gagne called for obstruction on Cecil Espy

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