Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
August 31, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1985 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 0 1
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 3 0
Armas lf 4 1 3 0
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Easler dh 4 1 1 4
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Lyons cf 4 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 2 2 0
Hatcher lf 3 0 1 0
  Meier pr 0 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 3 1
Brunansky rf 2 0 0 0
  Bush ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Salas c 5 1 0 0
Stenhouse dh 5 0 1 1
Smalley 3b 1 1 0 0
  Gaetti pr,3b 1 0 1 0
Washington 2b,ss 4 1 2 1
Espinoza ss 3 0 1 2
  Engle ph 1 0 0 0
  Teufel 2b 0 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Boston 000 004 100591
Minnesota 120 010 0026122
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd   7.0 9 4 4 2 1
  Crawford  L (5-4) 1.2 3 2 2 3 2
Totals
8.2
12
6
6
5
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (13-13) 9.0 9 5 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
9
5
1
0
6

  E–Barrett (10), Washington 2 (7).  DP–Boston 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Boston Lyons (10,off Blyleven), Minnesota Puckett (17,off Boyd); Espinoza (1,off Boyd); Gaetti (28,off Crawford).  HR–Boston Easler (13,6th inning off Blyleven 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Evans (6,off Blyleven).  SH–Hatcher (3,off Boyd); Washington (3,off Boyd).  HBP–Smalley (1,by Boyd).  IBB–Gaetti (3,by Crawford).  HBP–Boyd (4,Smalley).  IBB–Crawford (5,Gaetti).  T–2:38.
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