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Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins

1996-08-25 · Day game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 14818 · 67°F, dome, dry · 2:37

Texas Rangers defeated Minnesota Twins 13–2. Texas Rangers put up 7 in the 1st. Bobby Witt earned the win. Kevin Elster went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	7	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	13	14
MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7

W: Bobby Witt L: Travis Miller SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Durwood Merrill · 1B: Dale Scott · 2B: Dave Phillips · 3B: Rocky Roe · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darryl Hamilton	6	0	0	0	0	0
Mark McLemore	3	2	0	0	2	0
Rusty Greer	4	2	2	2	1	0
Juan Gonzalez	5	1	1	1	0	0
Will Clark	5	2	3	2	0	0
Dean Palmer	5	2	2	0	0	1
Mickey Tettleton	4	1	0	0	1	1
Kevin Elster	5	2	4	5	0	1
Dave Valle	5	1	2	2	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rich Becker	3	1	1	0	1	1
Paul Molitor	4	0	2	0	0	0
Scott Stahoviak	4	0	1	1	0	0
Marty Cordova	4	0	0	0	0	2
Greg Myers	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Hollins	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Lawton	3	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Meares	3	1	0	0	0	0
Ron Coomer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chip Hale	1	0	1	1	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Witt	8.0	6	1	3
Kevin Gross	1.0	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Travis Miller	1.0	5	2	0
Jose Parra	4.0	6	0	3
Dave Stevens	4.0	3	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Darryl Hamilton: 7/F7D
Mark McLemore: W
Rusty Greer: HR/F7LD.1-H;B-H
Juan Gonzalez: 43/G6M
Will Clark: S7/L7M/R6
Dean Palmer: S9/F89S/R4.1-2
Mickey Tettleton: W.2-3;1-2
Kevin Elster: D8/L89M/R4.3-H;2-H;1-H
Dave Valle: HR/F7LD.2-H;B-H
Darryl Hamilton: 63/G6

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6
Rich Becker: W
Paul Molitor: S9/L4D/R5.1-3
Scott Stahoviak: 3/G3/R4.3-H;1-2
Marty Cordova: 9/F9S

Top 2

Mark McLemore: 9/F89XD
Rusty Greer: S8/G6M/R6
Juan Gonzalez: 4/P9LS/R3
Will Clark: 3/G3S

Bot 2

Greg Myers: 8/F89XD
Dave Hollins: 8/F8LXD
Matt Lawton: 43/G34D

Top 3

Dean Palmer: K
Mickey Tettleton: 8/L8RXD
Kevin Elster: S8/L8LM/R4
Dave Valle: K

Bot 3

Pat Meares: 9/F9S
Chuck Knoblauch: S8/G6M/R4
Rich Becker: CS2(26)
Rich Becker: K/C

Top 4

Darryl Hamilton: 43/G4
Mark McLemore: 43/G34
Rusty Greer: 7/F7LDF

Bot 4

Paul Molitor: 43/G4M
Scott Stahoviak: 7/F7LM
Marty Cordova: 3/P3F

Top 5

Juan Gonzalez: HR/L7LD.B-H
Will Clark: HR/F89XD.B-H
Dean Palmer: S9/L9S/R4
Mickey Tettleton: K
Kevin Elster: D7/G5L/R6.1-H
Dave Valle: 63/G6M.2-3
Darryl Hamilton: 3/L3

Bot 5

Greg Myers: 8/F78D
Dave Hollins: 31/G3
Matt Lawton: K

Top 6

Mark McLemore: W
Rusty Greer: W.1-2
Juan Gonzalez: 9/F9M
Will Clark: DGR/F78XD.2-H;1-3
Dean Palmer: 6/P6M
Mickey Tettleton: E3/G3.3-H(UR)(NR);2-3;B-1
Kevin Elster: K

Bot 6

Pat Meares: 53/G56S
Chuck Knoblauch: 9/F89M
Rich Becker: S8/L15/R4
Paul Molitor: 43/G4

Top 7

Dave Valle: S8/L6MD/R4
Darryl Hamilton: 7/F78S
Mark McLemore: 8/F8LXD
Rusty Greer: 43/G4

Bot 7

Scott Stahoviak: S8/G6M/R6
Marty Cordova: K/C
Greg Myers: 3/G3.1-2
Ron Coomer: 43/G4M

Top 8

Juan Gonzalez: 2/P2LF
Will Clark: 8/F78D
Dean Palmer: 3/P34S

Bot 8

Matt Lawton: 53/G56
Pat Meares: E4/TH/G4M.B-2
Chip Hale: S7/L7LM/R4.2-H(UR)
Rich Becker: 36(1)/FO/G3/R1.B-1
Paul Molitor: S8/L6MD/R6.1-2
Scott Stahoviak: 7/F7LD

Top 9

Mickey Tettleton: 31/G3D
Kevin Elster: HR/F7D.B-H
Dave Valle: 8/F8RM
Darryl Hamilton: 43/G4M

Bot 9

Marty Cordova: K
Greg Myers: S9/L9M/R4
Ron Coomer: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Notes & reviews

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