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Twins
@ Rangers
The Ballpark in Arlington
May 25, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Minnesota Twins, played on May 25, 1998 at The Ballpark in Arlington.
Game Summary
| Date | May 25, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 25, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Morgan |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Darren Oliver |
| Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 30,887 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Jim Joyce 2B: Al Clark 3B: Ed Hickox |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Denny Hocking | Left Fielder |
| Paul Molitor | DH |
| Ron Coomer | First Baseman |
| Alex Ochoa | Right Fielder |
| Matt Lawton | Center Fielder |
| Jon Shave | Third Baseman |
| Todd Walker | Second Baseman |
| Javier Valentin | Catcher |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
| Mark McLemore | Second Baseman |
| Rusty Greer | Left Fielder |
| Juan Gonzalez | Right Fielder |
| Will Clark | First Baseman |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
| Lee Stevens | DH |
| Kevin Elster | Shortstop |
| Fernando Tatis | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Oates | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Rangers
The Ballpark in Arlington
May 25, 1998
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Oliver
Meares strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Oliver
Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Oliver
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oliver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Morgan
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Morgan
McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Morgan
Greer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Oliver
Coomer hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ochoa vs. Oliver
Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Oliver
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Morgan
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Morgan
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Morgan
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Shave vs. Oliver
Shave hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Oliver
Walker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Shave moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Valentin vs. Oliver
There goes Shave. The throw from Rodriguez and he is out, Tatis applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Valentin vs. Oliver
Valentin takes first base on ball four. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Meares vs. Oliver
Meares hits a line drive beyond short. Elster can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Walker scores. Valentin moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Hocking vs. Oliver
Hocking hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Valentin scores. Meares moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Molitor vs. Oliver
Molitor hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Greer. Molitor reaches second base with a double. Meares scores. Hocking moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Coomer vs. Oliver
Coomer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hocking scores. Molitor scores. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ochoa vs. Oliver
There's a wild pitch. Coomer moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Ochoa vs. Oliver
Ochoa strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Lawton vs. Oliver
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis juggles the ball. That's an error on Tatis. Coomer moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Shave vs. Oliver
Shave hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Oliver
Walker strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 8 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stevens vs. Morgan
Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Morgan
Elster hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Morgan
Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 8 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Oliver
Valentin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Valentin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meares vs. Oliver
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Valentin moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Hocking vs. Oliver
Hocking strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Molitor vs. Oliver
Molitor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valentin scores. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Coomer vs. Levine
Al Levine now pitching.
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards second base. McLemore fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Morgan
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Morgan
McLemore strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Morgan
Greer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Morgan
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Morgan, and towards Walker, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ochoa vs. Levine
Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Levine
Lawton hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Shave vs. Levine
Shave hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Levine
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Morgan
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Morgan
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stevens vs. Morgan
Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Levine
Valentin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Levine
Meares hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hocking vs. Levine
Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards second. McLemore scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Morgan
Elster hits a line drive into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Morgan
Tatis hits a fly ball into center field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Morgan
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
McLemore vs. Morgan
McLemore hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Levine
Molitor hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Levine
Coomer hits a line drive towards short. Elster reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ochoa vs. Levine
Ochoa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Levine
There's a wild pitch. Ochoa moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Lawton vs. Levine
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Morgan
Greer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Morgan
Gonzalez hits a popup in front of the plate. Valentin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Morgan
Clark strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shave vs. Levine
Al Levine now pitching. Bill Haselman now catching. Lee Stevens now playing first base. Luis Alicea now playing left field. Mike Simms now playin
Shave hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Levine
Walker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Valentin vs. Levine
Valentin hits a popup into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Levine
Meares hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Alicea vs. Morgan
Alicea hits a line drive beyond second. Walker can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Stevens vs. Morgan
Stevens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alicea moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Cedeno vs. Morgan
Domingo Cedeno pinch hits for Kevin Elster.
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields it and throws to second for the out. Alicea scores. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tatis vs. Morgan
Tatis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hocking. Tatis reaches second base with a double. Cedeno moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Goodwin vs. Carrasco
Hector Carrasco now pitching.
Goodwin hits a line drive towards first. Coomer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
McLemore vs. Carrasco
McLemore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Tatis scores. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Simms vs. Carrasco
Simms strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Patterson
Danny Patterson now pitching. Domingo Cedeno now playing shortstop.
Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Patterson
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Patterson
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 9 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Haselman vs. Aguilera
Rick Aguilera now pitching.
Haselman strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Witt vs. Aguilera
Bobby Witt pinch hits for Danny Patterson.
Witt hits a popup towards first. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alicea vs. Aguilera
Alicea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/25/1998 -- Minnesota at Texas (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Meares P, ss 5 1 1 1 Goodwin T, cf 4 0 1 0
Hocking D, lf 5 1 1 1 McLemore M, 2b 4 0 1 2
Molitor P, dh 5 1 2 2 Greer R, lf 3 0 1 0
Coomer R, 1b 5 1 1 2 Simms M, rf 1 0 0 0
Ochoa A, rf 4 0 1 0 Gonzalez J, rf 3 0 0 0
Lawton M, cf 4 1 0 0 Haselman B, c 1 0 0 0
Shave J, 3b 4 1 3 3 Clark W, 1b 3 0 0 0
Walker T, 2b 3 1 1 0 Levine A, p-p 0 0 0 0
Valentin J, c 3 2 2 0 Patterson D, p 0 0 0 0
Witt B, ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez I, c 2 0 0 0
Alicea L, lf 2 1 1 0
Stevens L, dh-1b 3 0 1 0
Elster K, ss 2 0 0 0
Cedeno D, ph-ss 1 1 0 1
Tatis F, 3b 3 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 9 12 9 33 3 6 3
Minnesota 008 100 000 -- 9
Texas 000 000 030 -- 3
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan M (W) 7.1 5 3 3 0 3
Carrasco H 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Aguilera R 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver D (L) 3.2 9 9 6 1 4
Levine A 4.1 3 0 0 1 0
Patterson D 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Tatis F
DP -- Texas 1
LOB -- Minnesota 4, Texas 3
2B -- Molitor P, Valentin J, Tatis F
HR -- Shave J
CS -- Shave J
WP -- Oliver D, Levine A
T -- 2:23
A -- 30887
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