Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
April 30, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1981 at Fenway Park. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Minnesota Twins 8, Boston Red Sox 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 5 0 1 2
Castino 3b 4 0 0 0
Hatcher cf 5 2 2 0
Smalley ss 3 3 2 2
Engle rf 5 0 1 0
Mackanin 2b 2 1 1 0
  Wilfong ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Adams dh 4 0 1 2
Jackson 1b 3 1 0 0
Butera c 4 1 2 1
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 1 1 0
Stapleton 2b 4 0 2 2
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 1
Perez 1b 4 1 2 1
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Allenson c 4 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 3 1 1 0
  Hancock ph 1 0 0 0
Miller cf 3 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
Minnesota 230 020 1008112
Boston 100 000 012470
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (1-2) 8.0 7 4 3 0 4
  Corbett   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
0
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (0-3) 1.1 5 5 5 0 1
  Stanley   3.2 4 2 2 2 1
  Clear   2.0 2 1 1 2 3
  Rainey   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
5

  E–Smalley (5), Butera (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Mackanin (1,off Tanana); Butera (3,off Tanana), Boston Evans (3,off Erickson).  HR–Minnesota Smalley (6,1st inning off Tanana 1 on, 2 out), Boston Rice (3,9th inning off Erickson 0 on, 0 out); Perez (2,9th inning off Erickson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–R Jackson (1,by Tanana).  SB–Castino (1,2nd base off Clear/Allenson).  BK–Erickson (3).  HBP–Tanana (1,R Jackson).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:25.  A–15,506.
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