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September 4, 1989

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Top 9 R H E
Twins 5 9 2
Rangers 8 8 1
Top 9 R H E
Twins 5 9 2
Rangers 8 8 1

Wally Backman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .236
OBP .667 .314
At Bats 2 263
Hits 1 62
• Singles 0 51
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 29
RBI’s 1 23

Jeff Russell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 31
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Arlington Stadium - September 4, 1989
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Jeff Russell
Geno Petralli
Rafael Palmeiro
Fred Manrique
Steve Buechele
Jeff Kunkel
Pete Incaviglia
Juan Gonzalez
Ruben Sierra
Wally Backman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 5 9 2 4
Texas Rangers 8 8 1 8
Winning Pitcher Brad Arnsberg
Losing Pitcher Mike Dyer
Save Jeff Russell
Game Winning RBI Julio Franco
Attendance 13,693
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count: 2-1, 2 Outs
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Moses strikes out.
Top 9 Rafael Palmeiro now playing first base. Jeff Russell now pitching. Randy Bush pinch hits for Carmelo Castillo. Bush strikes out.
Bottom 8 Sierra hits a fly ball into right field. Castillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Manrique hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores.
Bottom 8 Dean Palmer pinch hits for Jack Daugherty. Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kunkel bunts towards first. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first, with Backman covering, for the out. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Shane Rawley now pitching. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Manrique fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Harper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Manrique settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fred Manrique now playing second base. Puckett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Buechele hits a fly ball into right field. Castillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Petralli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Incaviglia strikes out.
Bottom 7 Baines hits a line drive into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mielke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Newman hits a line drive into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Geno Petralli now catching. Steve Buechele now playing third base. Gary Mielke now pitching. Backman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sierra hits a fly ball into right field. Castillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Juan Berenguer now pitching. Franco hits a ball on the ground into left field. Gladden picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gladden. Gonzalez scores. Kunkel scores. Daugherty moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 6 Daugherty takes first base on ball four. Bosley scores. Gonzalez moves to third. Kunkel moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Kunkel takes first base on ball four. Baines scores. Bosley moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. Baines moves to third. Bosley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Harper settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Harper.
Bottom 6 Thad Bosley pinch hits for Scott Coolbaugh. Bosley takes first base on ball four. Baines moves to second.
Bottom 6 Geno Petralli pinch hits for Mike Stanley. Petralli hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Incaviglia hits a popup, foul, towards first. Larkin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baines takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Moses hits a line drive into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coolbaugh fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larkin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sierra for the out.
Bottom 5 Franco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Daugherty hits a popup, foul, towards third. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mike Dyer now pitching. Kunkel hits a fly ball into right field. Castillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Harper hits a fly ball into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Puckett moves to second.
Top 5 Puckett hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gladden hits a line drive towards the mound. Arnsberg reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Coolbaugh hits a line drive into right field. Castillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanley strikes out. There goes Incaviglia. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 4 Mike Cook now pitching. Incaviglia takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Newman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sierra throws the ball in to Kunkel who tags Newman trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 4 Backman strikes out.
Top 4 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daugherty scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out.
Bottom 3 Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larkin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baines for the out.
Bottom 3 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields it and throws to second for the out. Daugherty scores.
Bottom 3 Franco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Daugherty moves to third.
Bottom 3 Daugherty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Kunkel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Castillo hits a line drive into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Larkin hits a line drive into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Harper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gladden scores.
Top 3 Puckett bunts towards the mound. Arnsberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brad Arnsberg now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Gladden moves to third.
Top 3 Gladden hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Gladden reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Newman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Coolbaugh strikes out.
Bottom 2 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Gagne hits a popup towards short. Kunkel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Newman hits a popup towards short. Kunkel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Backman hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Sierra. Backman reaches second base with a double. Castillo scores.
Top 2 Moses bunts towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it and throws to first for the out. Castillo moves to second.
Top 2 Castillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Daugherty scores. Franco scores.
Bottom 1 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Franco hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gladden. Franco reaches second base with a double. Daugherty moves to third.
Bottom 1 Daugherty is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Kunkel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Backman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Larkin. The throw from Stanley and he is out, Franco applying the tag.
Top 1 Larkin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Harper hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 1 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gagne scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Gladden hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Gladden reaches second base with a double. Gagne moves to third.
Top 1 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kunkel.
Top 1 Newman bunts towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it and throws to first for the out.