Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
June 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1980 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 3 0
Stapleton 2b 5 2 2 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 1
Perez 1b 5 1 3 1
Yastrzemski dh 5 0 2 1
Rice lf 3 0 1 0
Dwyer rf 3 1 1 2
  Evans ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Rader c 4 0 2 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 15 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Wilfong 2b 4 1 1 1
Sofield cf 4 0 2 0
Smalley ss 0 0 0 0
  Mackanin ss 0 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph,1b 3 0 1 1
Landreaux lf 4 0 0 0
Adams dh 4 0 0 0
Cubbage 1b,3b 4 0 0 0
Powell rf 4 0 0 0
Wynegar c 2 1 0 0
Castino 3b,ss 3 0 2 0
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Boston 002 120 0016151
Minnesota 002 000 000261
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  W (4-5) 9.0 6 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern  L (6-3) 4.1 8 5 4 2 2
  Marshall   1.2 3 0 0 1 1
  Zahn   2.2 4 1 1 0 0
  Verhoeven   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
6
5
4
4

  E–Perez (3), Castino (10).  DP–Minnesota 3.  2B–Boston Stapleton (2,off Zahn); Perez (9,off Zahn).  HR–Boston Dwyer (5,4th inning off Redfern 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Burleson (3,2nd base by Zahn/Wynegar).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:33.  A–6,322.
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