Rangers @ Twins
August 21, 1988

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 2 6 4
Twins 12 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 2 6 4
Twins 12 8 0

Jeff Kunkel Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .265
OBP .333 .272
At Bats 3 102
Hits 1 27
• Singles 0 16
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 10

German Gonzalez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - August 21, 1988
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Strikeout
German Gonzalez
Brian Harper
Tim Laudner
Steve Lombardozzi
Al Newman
Greg Gagne
Dan Gladden
John Moses
John Christensen
Jeff Kunkel

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 2 6 4 7
Minnesota Twins 12 8 0 8
Winning Pitcher Bert Blyleven
Losing Pitcher Charlie Hough
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Kent Hrbek
Attendance 39,073
Time of Game 3 hours 19 minutes
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Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Kunkel strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wilkerson strikes out.
Top 9 Brian Harper now catching. John Christensen now playing right field. Tim Laudner now playing first base. German Gonzalez now pitching. Stanley hits a line drive towards short. Gagne reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gagne hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Laudner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 John Christensen pinch hits for Randy Bush. Christensen is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Tom Herr pinch hits for Gene Larkin. Herr hits a popup, foul, towards first. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hrbek hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Espy. Hrbek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Guy Hoffman now pitching. Geno Petralli now playing third base. Mike Stanley now catching. Moses hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petralli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Espy hits a fly ball into center field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Petralli strikes out.
Top 8 John Moses now playing center field. Sierra strikes out.
Bottom 7 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele juggles the ball. That's an error on Buechele. Gagne moves to third. Lombardozzi moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lombardozzi is hit by the pitch. Gagne moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Laudner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Barbaro Garbey now playing left field. Cecil Espy now playing center field. Bush hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bush for the out.
Top 7 O'Brien hits a popup towards third. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McDowell strikes out.
Top 7 Roy Smith now pitching. Kunkel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Kunkel reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Larkin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Buechele settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hrbek hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gladden tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. Gladden moves to third.
Bottom 6 Newman takes first base on ball four. Gladden moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gladden takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wilkerson hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards third. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Espy hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lombardozzi strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Gagne. The throw from Petralli and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 5 Dale Mohorcic now pitching. Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher throws to second for one, and Wilkerson throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Hrbek scores. Larkin scores.
Bottom 5 Laudner takes first base on ball four. Hrbek moves to third. Larkin moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ed Vande Berg now pitching. Bush hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Larkin takes first base on ball four. Hrbek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hrbek takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Petralli hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sierra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Brien moves to second.
Top 5 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McDowell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Puckett hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first, with Hough covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Gladden strikes out.
Top 4 Kunkel strikes out.
Top 4 Wilkerson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buechele moves to third.
Top 4 Buechele hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Espy scores.
Top 4 Espy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gladden. Espy reaches second base with a double. Sierra goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Petralli hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sierra takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Lombardozzi. The throw from Petralli and he is out, Wilkerson applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Lombardozzi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Laudner strikes out. Petralli drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Laudner out.
Top 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McDowell strikes out.
Top 3 Kunkel strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first, with Hough covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Larkin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hrbek strikes out.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Petralli for a passed ball. Puckett moves to second.
Bottom 2 Puckett takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Wilkerson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Espy moves to second.
Top 2 Espy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Petralli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Newman for the out.
Bottom 1 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Buechele. Bush scores. Laudner scores. Gagne moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lombardozzi strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gagne takes first base on ball four. Laudner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Laudner hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Larkin scores. Bush moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bush hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hrbek scores. Larkin moves to third.
Bottom 1 Larkin is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Petralli for a passed ball. Hrbek moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hrbek hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McDowell. Hrbek reaches second base with a double. Newman scores. Puckett goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Puckett takes first base on ball four. Newman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Newman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gladden hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sierra hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 1 McDowell bunts towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.