Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
September 13, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1986 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 14, Minnesota Twins 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 2 2 0
Wilkerson ss 5 1 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 2 2 1
Porter dh 4 2 3 5
  Kunkel ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Sierra lf,rf 5 2 2 2
Incaviglia rf 3 1 1 1
  Brower ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Petralli c 3 1 1 0
  Mercado ph,c 2 0 0 0
Stanley 3b 2 1 0 0
  Browne 2b 2 0 1 1
Buechele 2b,3b 5 1 2 3
Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 14 16 14
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 3 0 0 0
  Beane cf 2 0 0 0
Davidson lf 5 0 2 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 1
  Espinoza ss 0 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 2 0
Hrbek 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bush 1b 1 0 0 0
Hatcher dh 2 0 1 0
Laudner c 4 0 1 0
Gagne ss 2 0 0 0
  Washington ph,ss,3b 2 0 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 1 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Latham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Texas 113 007 00214161
Minnesota 000 010 000180
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mason  W (7-3) 7.0 8 1 1 3 4
  Henry   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (15-12) 5.1 9 9 9 3 4
  Atherton   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Latham   3.2 4 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
16
14
14
3
7

  E–Wilkerson (13).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Porter (4,off Blyleven); McDowell (23,off Blyleven); Brower (1,off Latham); Buechele (18,off Latham), Minnesota Davidson (1,off Mason); Lombardozzi (20,off Mason); Brunansky (26,off Mason); Washington (3,off Mason).  3B–Texas McDowell (7,off Blyleven).  HR–Texas O Brien (21,1st inning off Blyleven 0 on 2 out); Incaviglia (25,2nd inning off Blyleven 0 on 0 out); Porter 2 (11,3rd inning off Blyleven 1 on 2 out,6th inning off Atherton 2 on 1 out); Sierra 2 (13,3rd inning off Blyleven 0 on 2 out,9th inning off Latham.  WP–Blyleven (4).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:45.  A–10,820.
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