The Minnesota Twins beat down the Texas Rangers, 12 to 2, on August 21, 1988.

1988 Minnesota Twins

Final

TEX

Rangers

55-67

2

MIN

Twins

69-54

12

1

0

6

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

2

0

5

0

2

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

3

9

0

R

2

12

H

6

8

E

4

0

Bottom 1st

TEX

MIN

Twins

Double by Kent Hrbek; Al Newman and Kirby Puckett scored.

0

2

Twins

Single by Randy Bush; Kent Hrbek scored.

0

3

Twins

Single by Tim Laudner; Gene Larkin scored.

0

4

Twins

Single by Dan Gladden; Error by Steve Buechele; Randy Bush and Tim Laudner scored.

0

6

Top 4th

TEX

MIN

Rangers

Double by Cecil Espy; Ruben Sierra scored.

1

6

Rangers

Single by Steve Buechele; Cecil Espy scored.

2

6

Bottom 5th

TEX

MIN

Twins

Greg Gagne grounded out; Error by Curtis Wilkerson; Kent Hrbek and Gene Larkin scored.

2

8

Bottom 6th

TEX

MIN

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Kent Hrbek; Dan Gladden scored.

2

9

Bottom 8th

TEX

MIN

Twins

Home run by Tim Laudner; Kent Hrbek and John Christensen scored.

2

12

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Oddibe McDowell CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Barbaro Garbey LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Fletcher SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pete O'Brien 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ruben Sierra RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Geno Petralli C,3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cecil Espy LF,CF 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Steve Buechele 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Stanley C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Wilkerson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jeff Kunkel DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
Totals 33 2 6 2 0 3 10 0 0 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Charlie Hough (L) 4.0 5 8 6 6 5 0
Ed Vande Berg 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dale Mohorcic 2.2 1 1 1 2 1 0
Guy Hoffman 1.0 2 3 3 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 8 12 10 9 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dan Gladden LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Al Newman 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kirby Puckett CF 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
John Moses CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent Hrbek 1B 3 3 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 4
Brian Harper C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Larkin DH 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Herr PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Bush RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Christensen PH,RF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Laudner C,1B 4 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 6
Greg Gagne SS 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Steve Lombardozzi 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
Totals 31 12 8 10 1 9 6 1 1 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bert Blyleven (W) 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0
Roy Smith 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0
German Gonzalez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 6 2 2 3 10 0

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

14

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Carlos Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Alcala

Jorge Alcala

K

38

Ryan

Joe Ryan

ERA

3.45

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Team Rankings

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HR

27

13th

R

97

25th

SO

254

2nd

ERA

3.90

16th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Mon
4/29
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Tue
4/30
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Wed
5/1
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM

Last Game

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LAA Angels

10-16

3

Final

5

MIN Twins

12-13

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM