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Twins
@ Rangers
The Ballpark in Arlington
September 4, 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 September 4, 1998 at The Ballpark in Arlington.
Game Summary
| Date | September 4, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 4, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Frankie Rodriguez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Aaron Sele |
| Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 25,580 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Clark 1B: Jim Joyce 2B: Jim McKean 3B: Ed Hickox |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Otis Nixon | Center Fielder |
| Matt Lawton | Right Fielder |
| Paul Molitor | DH |
| David Ortiz | First Baseman |
| Marty Cordova | Left Fielder |
| Todd Walker | Second Baseman |
| Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
| Brent Gates | Third Baseman |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| 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 |
| Todd Zeile | Third Baseman |
| Royce Clayton | Shortstop |
| Johnny Oates | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Rangers
The Ballpark in Arlington
September 4, 1998
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Sele
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Sele
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore misplays the ball. That's an error on McLemore. Nixon moves to third. Lawton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Molitor vs. Sele
Molitor hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Ortiz vs. Sele
Ortiz is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Cordova vs. Sele
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Rodriguez
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, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Rodriguez
McLemore strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Rodriguez
Greer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Rodriguez
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Sele
Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Sele
Steinbach hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Sele
Gates hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Gates reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Meares vs. Sele
Meares 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: 1-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Rodriguez
Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Rodriguez
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Stevens vs. Rodriguez
Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Clark moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Zeile vs. Rodriguez
Zeile hits a popup towards first. Ortiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Sele
Nixon hits a line drive towards short. Clayton reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Sele
Lawton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Sele
Molitor 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 3
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clayton vs. Rodriguez
Clayton hits a line drive into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Rodriguez
Goodwin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
McLemore vs. Rodriguez
McLemore takes first base on ball four. Goodwin moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Greer vs. Rodriguez
Greer takes first base on ball four. Goodwin moves to third. McLemore moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Gonzalez vs. Rodriguez
Gonzalez is hit by the pitch. Goodwin scores. McLemore moves to third. Greer moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Clark vs. Rodriguez
Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McLemore scores. Greer scores. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Rodriguez
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Stevens vs. Rodriguez
Rodriguez fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Rodriguez. Gonzalez scores. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Stevens vs. Rodriguez
Stevens hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lawton who is chasing the ball. Stevens reaches third base with a triple. Clark scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Zeile vs. Rodriguez
Zeile hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Sele
Ortiz strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Sele
Cordova strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Sele
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clayton vs. Rodriguez
Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gates fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Rodriguez
Goodwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
McLemore vs. Rodriguez
There's a wild pitch. Goodwin moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
McLemore vs. Rodriguez
McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Goodwin moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Greer vs. Baptist
Travis Baptist now pitching.
Greer hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Goodwin tags and scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Baptist
Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McLemore moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Baptist
Clark strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Sele
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Steinbach for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Sele
Gates hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Sele covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Sele
Meares hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Meares reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Sele
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeile fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Meares moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Lawton vs. Sele
Lawton takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Molitor vs. Sele
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Meares scores. Nixon moves to third. Lawton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Ortiz vs. Sele
Ortiz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Baptist
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortiz scoops it up and throws to first, with Baptist covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stevens vs. Baptist
Stevens strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Zeile vs. Baptist
Zeile hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova. Zeile reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Clayton vs. Baptist
Clayton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ortiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Sele
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Sele
Walker hits a line drive into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Sele
Steinbach hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Baptist
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, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Baptist
McLemore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Greer vs. Baptist
Greer takes first base on ball four. McLemore moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Baptist
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Baptist
Clark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lawton. Clark reaches second base with a double. McLemore scores. Greer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Baptist
Rodriguez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stevens vs. Baptist
Stevens hits a popup towards third. Gates settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 1 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gates vs. Sele
Gates hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Sele
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore misplays the ball. That's an error on McLemore. Gates moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Sele
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Lawton vs. Sele
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Sele covering, for the out. Gates moves to third. Meares moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Molitor vs. Sele
Molitor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gates scores. Meares scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Ortiz vs. Sele
Ortiz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Zeile vs. Ritchie
Todd Ritchie now pitching.
Zeile hits a line drive into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clayton vs. Ritchie
Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gates fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Ritchie
Goodwin strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Crabtree
Tim Crabtree now pitching.
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeile fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Crabtree
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Crabtree
Steinbach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gates vs. Crabtree
Gates hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Crabtree covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Ritchie
McLemore strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Ritchie
Greer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker misplays the ball. That's an error on Walker. Greer moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Ritchie
Gonzalez hits a line drive off the glove of Gates, and into shallow left field. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. Greer scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Ritchie
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Rodriguez vs. Ritchie
Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ortiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 3 - Rangers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Cadaret
Greg Cadaret now pitching.
Meares hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Cadaret
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rangers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Cadaret
Lawton hits a line drive towards first. Clark catches it and steps on first to double up Meares. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/4/1998 -- Minnesota at Texas (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Nixon O, cf 5 0 2 0 Goodwin T, cf 4 2 1 0
Lawton M, rf 4 0 0 0 McLemore M, 2b 4 2 2 0
Molitor P, dh 4 0 2 3 Greer R, lf 2 3 1 1
Ortiz D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez J, rf 4 1 2 2
Cordova M, lf 4 0 0 0 Clark W, 1b 5 1 3 4
Walker T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Rodriguez I, c 4 0 1 0
Steinbach T, c 4 0 1 0 Stevens L, dh 4 0 1 1
Gates B, 3b 4 1 2 0 Zeile T, 3b 4 0 1 0
Meares P, ss 4 2 2 0 Clayton R, ss 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 9 3 35 9 12 8
Minnesota 000 010 200 -- 3
Texas 005 102 01x -- 9
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez F (L) 3.1 7 6 6 3 1
Baptist T 2.2 4 2 2 2 2
Ritchie T 2.0 1 1 0 0 2
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Sele A (W) 7.0 7 3 1 2 5
Crabtree T 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Cadaret G 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- McLemore M 2, Rodriguez F, Walker T
DP -- Minnesota 1, Texas 2
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Texas 9
2B -- Gates B, Meares P, Zeile T, Clark W, Gonzalez J
3B -- Stevens L
SF -- Greer R
HBP -- by Rodriguez F (Gonzalez J)
WP -- Rodriguez F
T -- 2:38
A -- 25580
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