Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
April 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1986 at Kingdome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Seattle Mariners 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 1 1 0
Bush lf 3 1 1 0
Hrbek 1b 4 1 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 2 2
Smalley dh 4 1 1 1
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 0
Salas c 4 0 2 1
Gagne ss 3 0 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Pittaro 2b 1 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull 2b 2 0 0 0
Bradley lf 4 0 0 0
Calderon rf 4 0 1 0
Thomas dh 3 1 2 2
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Henderson cf 1 0 0 0
Bonnell 1b 3 0 0 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
Owen ss 3 1 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Swift p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 4 2
Minnesota 100 102 100591
Seattle 000 101 000241
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (3-1) 9.0 4 2 2 5 9
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (0-3) 5.2 5 4 3 4 6
  Mirabella   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Swift   3.1 3 1 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
7
7

  E–Gaetti (3), Owen (5).  DP–Minnesota 4, Seattle 1.  PB–Yeager (2).  2B–Minnesota Salas (1,off Wilcox); Puckett (4,off Wilcox).  HR–Minnesota Smalley (1,4th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Thomas (4,4th inning off Viola 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Smalley (2,by Swift).  SB–Brunansky (1,2nd base off Swift/Yeager).  CS–Gaetti (2,2nd base by Wilcox/Yeager); Thomas (2,2nd base by Viola/Salas).  IBB–Swift (1,Smalley).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:46.  A–13,106.
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