Rangers @ Twins
May 26, 1989

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 5 14 1
Twins 3 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 5 14 1
Twins 3 9 0

Kirby Puckett Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .335
OBP .250 .388
At Bats 4 179
Hits 1 60
• Singles 1 37
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 24

Jeff Russell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 8
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - May 26, 1989
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Out
Jeff Russell
Geno Petralli
Rafael Palmeiro
Julio Franco
Steve Buechele
Scott Fletcher
Pete Incaviglia
Cecil Espy
Ruben Sierra
Kirby Puckett
Al Newman
Dan Gladden
Wally Backman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 5 14 1 11
Minnesota Twins 3 9 0 9
Winning Pitcher Bobby Witt
Losing Pitcher Roy Smith
Save Jeff Russell
Game Winning RBI Rafael Palmeiro
Attendance 33,112
Time of Game 3 hours 23 minutes
View Box Score
Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Newman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Backman moves to third. Gladden moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gladden hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Backman moves to second.
Bottom 9 Backman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Jeff Russell now pitching. Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Petralli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Franco moves to third.
Top 9 Franco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Steve Shields now pitching. Sierra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Gary Wayne now pitching. Palmeiro hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 John Moses pinch hits for Jim Dwyer. Moses hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Espy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Leach moves to third. Buechele moves to second.
Top 8 Buechele hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leach moves to second.
Top 8 Leach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gene Larkin now playing right field. Tim Laudner now playing first base. Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kenny Rogers now pitching. Tim Laudner pinch hits for Randy Bush. Laudner strikes out.
Bottom 7 Puckett hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 7 Newman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Gladden hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Gladden reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Petralli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Franco takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to third. Palmeiro moves to second.
Top 7 Lee Tunnell now pitching. Sierra strikes out.
Top 7 Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 7 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Al Newman now playing shortstop. Wally Backman now playing second base. Espy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Carmelo Castillo pinch hits for Greg Gagne. Castillo strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gary Mielke now pitching. Harper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dwyer scores. Larkin moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Larkin hits a line drive into right field. Sierra picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Sierra. Gaetti scores. Dwyer moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dwyer takes first base on ball four. Gaetti moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gaetti takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Bush hits a line drive towards third. Buechele reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Puckett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Palmeiro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Buechele hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Leach hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Leach reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Incaviglia strikes out.
Top 6 Petralli hits a line drive towards first. Larkin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Newman strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gladden strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Franco strikes out.
Top 5 Sierra hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Palmeiro hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Harper hits a fly ball into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Larkin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Dwyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Newman scores. Puckett moves to third. Dwyer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bush strikes out.
Bottom 4 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Newman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Newman takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 4 The umpire calls a balk on Oliveras Espy moves to second.
Top 4 Espy hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Buechele hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Leach hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Incaviglia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Witt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gagne strikes out.
Bottom 3 Harper hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Petralli hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Franco hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sierra hits a popup towards short. Gagne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Larkin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Palmeiro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dwyer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sierra. Dwyer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Palmeiro hits a line drive into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Espy hits a line drive into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Puckett hits a line drive into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gladden hits a popup, foul, towards first. Palmeiro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Buechele hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Harper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Leach takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Incaviglia strikes out.
Top 1 Francisco Oliveras now pitching. Petralli hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Franco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gladden. Franco reaches second base with a double. Sierra scores.
Top 1 Sierra hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gladden who is chasing the ball. Sierra reaches third base with a triple. Fletcher scores. Palmeiro goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Espy scores. Fletcher moves to third.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Espy moves to third.
Top 1 Espy hits a line drive off the glove of Gagne, and into shallow left field. Espy reaches second base with a double.