Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
August 16, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1984 at Fenway Park. 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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Minnesota Twins 5, Boston Red Sox 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 1
Hrbek 1b 5 1 1 0
Bush dh 3 1 1 0
Brunansky rf 3 1 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 3
Teufel 2b 2 1 0 0
Laudner c 3 1 1 1
Jimenez ss 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington ss 0 0 0 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Whitehouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 3 1 0 0
Evans rf 3 1 1 1
Rice lf 4 2 2 4
Armas dh 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 4 1 2 0
Miller cf 2 1 2 0
Barrett 2b 4 1 1 1
Gutierrez ss 2 0 1 0
  Nichols ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman ss 0 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 6
Minnesota 000 310 100571
Boston 000 002 50x790
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson   6.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Davis  L (4-9) 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Whitehouse   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
3
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   6.2 6 5 5 3 5
  Crawford  W (4-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Clear  SV (6) 2.0 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
6
8

  E–Gaetti (16).  DP–Minnesota 2, Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Bush (16,off Clemens); Gaetti (24,off Clemens); Brunansky (15,off Clemens), Boston Barrett (13,off Davis).  HR–Minnesota Laudner (7,5th inning off Clemens 0 on, 0 out), Boston Rice 2 (21,6th inning off Smithson 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Davis 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Evans (6,off Davis).  WP–Davis (8).  T–2:55.  A–9,293.
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