California Angels vs Minnesota Twins
April 26, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1986 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The California Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 7, Minnesota Twins 6

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Grich 2b 5 0 0 0
  Narron c 0 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 5 2 3 2
DeCinces 3b 5 0 1 0
Downing dh 3 1 1 1
Hendrick rf,cf 4 1 2 2
Schofield ss 2 0 0 0
  Wilfong ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 1 1 1 2
Miller lf 2 0 0 0
  Burleson ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Pettis cf 3 0 1 0
  Jackson ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Bryden p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 2 3 1
Bush lf 3 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph,lf 1 0 0 1
Hrbek 1b 3 0 1 1
Brunansky rf 5 0 1 0
Smalley dh 5 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 5 0 2 0
Salas c 2 0 0 1
Lombardozzi 2b 3 2 1 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 2
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
California 000 001 0067100
Minnesota 000 113 0106110
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   5.2 9 5 5 2 4
  Forster   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Bryden  W (1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Moore  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   8.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Davis  L (1-2) 1.0 3 4 4 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
3
5

  E–None.  2B–California Downing (5,off Viola), Minnesota Gaetti 2 (4,off Sutton 2); Hrbek (6,off Sutton).  HR–California Hendrick (4,9th inning off Viola 1 on, 0 out); Jones (1,9th inning off Davis 1 on, 0 out); Joyner (5,9th inning off Davis 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Gagne (1,6th inning off Sutton 1 on, 2 out); Puckett (6,6th inning off Sutton 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Downing (2,off Viola); Salas (1,off Sutton); Hatcher (2,off Bryden).  CS–Pettis (4,2nd base by Viola/Salas).  SB–Puckett (1,2nd base off Sutton/Boone).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:03.  A–31,966.
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