Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
April 9, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1976 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 1, Texas Rangers 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 5 0 0 0
Ford rf 5 0 0 0
Braun dh 5 1 1 0
Hisle lf 4 0 1 0
Bostock cf 4 0 2 0
Wynegar c 4 0 1 1
McKay 3b 4 0 2 0
Terrell 2b 3 0 0 0
Thompson ss 4 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 7 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Randle lf 4 0 1 0
Beniquez cf 5 0 3 0
Hargrove 1b 5 0 0 0
Harrah ss 4 0 1 1
Burroughs rf 4 1 2 1
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Grieve dh 4 0 0 0
Smalley 2b 4 0 2 0
  Moates pr 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 9 2
Minnesota 000 001 000 00170
Texas 010 000 000 01293
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   9.0 6 1 1 0 8
  Campbell  L (0-1) 1.2 3 1 1 2 3
Totals
10.2
9
2
2
2
11
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (1-0) 11.0 7 1 1 0 4
Totals
11.0
7
1
1
0
4

  E–Harrah 2 (2), Smalley (1).  DP–Minnesota 3.  HR–Texas Burroughs (1,2nd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Terrell (1,off Perry).  CS–Bostock (1,2nd base by Perry/Sundberg); Hisle (1,2nd base by Perry/Sundberg).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:48.  A–28,947.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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