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Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins

1986-09-11 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 6875 · 2:44

Minnesota Twins defeated Texas Rangers 6–2. Minnesota Twins put up 2 in the 1st. Frank Viola earned the win. Mark Salas went 3-for-3 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10
MIN	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0		6	11

W: Frank Viola L: Charlie Hough SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Barnett · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: John Hirschbeck · 3B: Nick Bremigan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Scott Fletcher	3	0	1	0	2	0
Mike Stanley	5	1	3	1	0	1
Ruben Sierra	4	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Parrish	4	0	0	0	0	2
Pete O'Brien	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Incaviglia	3	0	1	0	0	2
Don Slaught	4	0	1	0	0	2
Tom Paciorek	4	1	3	1	0	0
Steve Buechele	3	0	0	0	0	2
Oddibe McDowell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Porter	1	0	1	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kirby Puckett	4	2	1	0	0	0
Mark Salas	3	2	3	4	0	0
Kent Hrbek	2	0	0	0	2	2
Gary Gaetti	4	1	2	1	0	1
Tom Brunansky	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Hatcher	4	1	3	0	0	0
Greg Gagne	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jeff Reed	3	0	0	1	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Washington	1	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Hough	4.0	6	2	4
Jeff Russell	2.0	2	0	1
Mitch Williams	1.0	1	0	2
Dale Mohorcic	1.0	2	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Viola	7.0	8	3	10
George Frazier	2.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Scott Fletcher: 4
Mike Stanley: HR/9
Ruben Sierra: 8
Larry Parrish: K

Bot 1

Kirby Puckett: 9
Mark Salas: HR/9
Kent Hrbek: K/C
Gary Gaetti: HR/7
Tom Brunansky: K

Top 2

Pete O'Brien: 41
Pete Incaviglia: K
Don Slaught: K

Bot 2

Mickey Hatcher: 53
Greg Gagne: K/C
Jeff Reed: 53

Top 3

Tom Paciorek: D9
Steve Buechele: K
Scott Fletcher: W
Mike Stanley: K
Ruben Sierra: 8

Bot 3

Steve Lombardozzi: S7
Kirby Puckett: 46(1)/FO
Mark Salas: SB2
Mark Salas: HR/9.2-H
Kent Hrbek: W
Gary Gaetti: K
Tom Brunansky: 43

Top 4

Larry Parrish: 8
Pete O'Brien: 43
Pete Incaviglia: S8
Don Slaught: K

Bot 4

Mickey Hatcher: S8
Greg Gagne: 34/SH.1-2
Jeff Reed: 2
Steve Lombardozzi: 7

Top 5

Tom Paciorek: HR/7
Steve Buechele: K
Scott Fletcher: S8
Mike Stanley: CS2(24)
Mike Stanley: D7
Ruben Sierra: K

Bot 5

Kirby Puckett: E9.B-3
Mark Salas: S9.3-H(UR)
Kent Hrbek: W.1-2
Gary Gaetti: 7
Tom Brunansky: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Larry Parrish: K
Pete O'Brien: W
Pete Incaviglia: K/C
Don Slaught: 9

Bot 6

Mickey Hatcher: T8
Greg Gagne: 63
Jeff Reed: 13/SH.3-H
Steve Lombardozzi: K/C

Top 7

Tom Paciorek: S8
Steve Buechele: 54(1)3/GDP
Scott Fletcher: W
Mike Stanley: D9.1-3
Ruben Sierra: 53

Bot 7

Kirby Puckett: S8
Ron Washington: OA.1X2(24)
Ron Washington: K/C
Kent Hrbek: K/C

Top 8

Larry Parrish: 3
Pete O'Brien: 8
Oddibe McDowell: 31

Bot 8

Gary Gaetti: S7
Tom Brunansky: 54(1)3/GDP
Mickey Hatcher: S5
Greg Gagne: S4.1-2
Jeff Reed: 63

Top 9

Don Slaught: S7
Tom Paciorek: 6
Darrell Porter: S3.1-2
Scott Fletcher: 8
Mike Stanley: 64(1)/FO/G

Notes & reviews

Incaviglia ejected by HP umpire Barnett for arguing called strike 3
Rangers manager Valentine ejected by HP umpire Barnett for arguing balls and strikes to Stanley

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