TEXAS 7, MINNESOTA 2 IN TEXAS (GAME 2 OF DOUBLEHEADER)

Date:  Saturday, June 27.

Batting stars:  Gary Gaetti was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Mark Davidson was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Greg Gagne was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Juan Berenguer struck out six in six innings, giving up two runs on five hits and three walks.

Opposition stars:  Charlie Hough pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  Mike Stanley hit a pinch-hit grand slam in his only at-bat (his second homer).  Pete O'Brien was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring once.

The game:  Each team scored two runs in the second inning and it stayed 2-2 until the eighth.  Dan Schatzeder retired the first batter of the inning, but then a walk, a single, and a walk loaded the bases.  Jeff Reardon then came in and gave up a pinch-hit grand slam to Stanley.  Later in the inning he gave up a home run to Curtis Wilkerson to make it 7-2.

Of note:  Roy Smalley was 1-for-4 to make his average .328...Gene Larkin was 0-for-4, dropping his average to .303...Berenguer's ERA was 2.93 after the game.

Record:  The Twins were 42-32, in first place, two games ahead of Oakland.

Notes:  Al Newman was at second base in place of Steve Lombardozzi and batted second.  He went 0-for-4 to drop his average to .197...Randy Bush played right field in place of Tom Brunansky and batted third...Gaetti was the DH, with Smalley at third base...Davidson played center in place of Kirby Puckett.