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Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins

1998-04-27 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 8349 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:47

Texas Rangers defeated Minnesota Twins 9–4. Texas Rangers put up 3 in the 4th. Rick Helling earned the win. Lee Stevens went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rick Helling L: Mike Morgan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ken Kaiser · 1B: Ed Hickox · 2B: Larry Barnett · 3B: Greg Kosc · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Goodwin	4	1	1	1	1	0
Mark McLemore	5	1	1	1	0	1
Rusty Greer	5	0	1	1	0	2
Juan Gonzalez	3	1	0	1	1	0
Will Clark	4	2	3	1	1	0
Ivan Rodriguez	5	1	3	1	0	1
Lee Stevens	5	2	2	2	0	1
Kevin Elster	4	0	0	1	0	0
Luis Alicea	4	1	2	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Otis Nixon	5	1	3	0	0	1
Matt Lawton	5	0	1	2	0	1
Paul Molitor	5	0	1	0	0	1
David Ortiz	4	1	1	0	0	3
Ron Coomer	3	0	1	0	1	0
Orlando Merced	4	1	1	1	0	1
Terry Steinbach	3	0	0	0	1	1
Todd Walker	2	1	1	1	1	0
Pat Meares	4	0	0	0	0	2

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Helling	8.2	8	3	10
Eric Gunderson	0.1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Morgan	4.0	6	1	2
Dan Naulty	2.1	3	1	1
Hector Carrasco	2.2	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tom Goodwin: 63/G6
Mark McLemore: 13/G15S
Rusty Greer: K

Bot 1

Otis Nixon: S5/G5
Matt Lawton: 7/F7D
Paul Molitor: S5/BG5S.1-2
David Ortiz: K
Ron Coomer: 54(1)/FO/G5

Top 2

Juan Gonzalez: W
Will Clark: S8/L89M.1-3
Ivan Rodriguez: S8/L8RM.3-H;1-2
Lee Stevens: 36(1)/FO/G3.2-3
Kevin Elster: 6(1)/FO/G6M.3-H
Luis Alicea: D9/F9LD.1-3
Tom Goodwin: 43/G4

Bot 2

Orlando Merced: 43/G4
Terry Steinbach: K
Todd Walker: W
Pat Meares: K

Top 3

Mark McLemore: K
Rusty Greer: 63/G6S
Juan Gonzalez: 8/F8LXD

Bot 3

Otis Nixon: 2/P2RF
Matt Lawton: K
Paul Molitor: 8/F8LD

Top 4

Will Clark: HR/F89XD
Ivan Rodriguez: S6/G6
Lee Stevens: HR/F89XD.1-H
Kevin Elster: 63/G6
Luis Alicea: 341/G34
Tom Goodwin: 13/G15

Bot 4

David Ortiz: D9/G3L
Ron Coomer: W
Orlando Merced: 6/P56D
Terry Steinbach: W.2-3;1-2
Todd Walker: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H;2-3
Pat Meares: 3/P34S

Top 5

Mark McLemore: 43/G34
Rusty Greer: 43/G34
Juan Gonzalez: 7/F78S

Bot 5

Otis Nixon: K
Matt Lawton: 63/G6
Paul Molitor: K

Top 6

Will Clark: 8/F8LS
Ivan Rodriguez: 7/L7M
Lee Stevens: K

Bot 6

David Ortiz: K
Ron Coomer: 9/F89D
Orlando Merced: HR/F9LD
Terry Steinbach: 8/L8LM

Top 7

Kevin Elster: 63/G6S
Luis Alicea: D7/F7S
Tom Goodwin: W
Mark McLemore: S9/L9S.2-H;1-3
Rusty Greer: S9/G34.3-H;1-3
Juan Gonzalez: 7/SF/F78D.3-H
Will Clark: W.1-2
Ivan Rodriguez: K

Bot 7

Todd Walker: 43/G34
Pat Meares: K
Otis Nixon: S7/F78M
Matt Lawton: 7/F78D

Top 8

Lee Stevens: S7/L78M
Kevin Elster: 6/P6MD
Luis Alicea: 43/G4.1-2
Tom Goodwin: S8/G6M.2-H
Mark McLemore: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 8

Paul Molitor: 63/G56
David Ortiz: K
Ron Coomer: S8/L8RM
Orlando Merced: K

Top 9

Rusty Greer: K
Juan Gonzalez: 9/F89M
Will Clark: S4/G4MS
Ivan Rodriguez: S8/L8LM.1-2
Lee Stevens: 31/G3

Bot 9

Terry Steinbach: 53/G5
Todd Walker: D5/P5D
Pat Meares: 6/P6D
Otis Nixon: S7/G56.2-3
Matt Lawton: D9/L9LM.3-H;1-H
Paul Molitor: 8/F8LM