Game One: Tex 7, Min 5
W: Medich (3-2)
L: Smithson (5-6)
S: Harris (1)
Doc Medich holds Twins' hitters at bay for eight innings before tiring in the ninth. Texas scores its runs early off Mike Smithson, plating seven runs in the first five innings and then keeping the hard-hitting Twins from rallying. Geno Petralli (you'll hear that name again in this series) goes four for four, and Pete O'Brien and Larry Parrish hit back to back homers to lead the scoring.
Game Two: Tex 8, Min 5 (12 innings)
W: Harris (4-1)
L: Davis (2-2)
Texas, behind their ace Frank Tanana, takes a 5-3 lead into the bottom of the eighth before the Twins' Kent Hrbek clubs his ninth homer to tie it up. Good relief pitching keeps the score knotted until the bottom of the 12th, when Gary Ward pounds a double into left center that clears the base and brings home three. Greg Harris pitches three innings of scoreless relief for the win.
Game Three: Tex 3, Min 2 (10 innings)
W: Schmidt (1-0)
L: Blyleven (1-6)
A nice pitching duel between Allan Anderson and Danny Darwin leads to a 2-2 score after nine, fueled in part by Tom Brunansky's two run homer, his eighth. The Rangers prevail in the bottom of the 10th as catcher Geno Petralli, batting .375 for the year to nail down starting duties, blasts a walkoff homer off Bert Blyleven, who has struggled this season.
Game Four: Tex 9, Min
W: Matlack (1-2)
L: Viola (6-3)
Minnesota ace Frank Viola is belted in his season ending start, giving up six runs in five innings. Texas's Jon Matlack, who has pitched much better than his record indicates, was masterful in eight innings of three-hit shutout ball on the Texas side of the ledger. Curiously, of Texas's 15 hits, 14 were singles, as the entire team got into the scoring.
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