Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
May 30, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1985 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."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Boston Red Sox 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 6 1 2 3
Hatcher dh 6 0 3 1
Hrbek 1b 6 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 0 0
Gagne ss 4 0 1 0
  Smalley ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Laudner c 5 1 2 1
Washington 2b 5 2 2 0
Meier lf 5 1 1 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Wardle p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 7 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 3 1
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 5 1 1 1
Buckner 1b 5 1 2 3
Armas cf 5 0 1 0
Easler dh 4 1 2 0
  Lyons pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Gedman c 4 1 2 2
Barrett 2b 5 1 2 1
Hoffman ss 4 1 0 0
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Trujillo p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 14 8
Minnesota 032 002 000 007140
Boston 010 041 010 018143
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson   7.0 11 7 7 2 4
  Wardle   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Davis  L (1-5) 2.2 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
10.1
14
8
8
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda   2.0 8 5 4 0 2
  Trujillo   3.1 2 2 1 1 0
  Stanley  W (1-2) 5.2 4 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
14
7
5
1
4

  E–Boggs (6), Armas (3), Ojeda (2).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Puckett (7,off Stanley), Boston Barrett (7,off Smithson); Boggs (7,off Wardle).  3B–Minnesota Puckett (5,off Ojeda); Brunansky (2,off Ojeda), Boston Gedman (3,off Smithson); Boggs (1,off Smithson).  HR–Boston Buckner (5,5th inning off Smithson 2 on, 2 out); Gedman (4,6th inning off Smithson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Gaetti (3,by Ojeda); Hoffman (1,by Davis); Evans (1,by Davis).  SH–Gedman (2,off Wardle); Boggs (2,off Davis).  CS–Gagne (1,2nd base by Trujillo/Gedman).  SB–Buckner (3,2nd base off Smithson/Laudner).  HBP–Davis 2 (3,Hoffman,Evans); Ojeda (1,Gaetti).  T–3:18.  A–13,234.
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