Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
May 7, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1986 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 0 3 1
Lacy rf 1 0 0 0
  Young lf 2 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 2 0
Dwyer dh 4 1 1 0
Shelby lf,rf 4 1 1 1
Rayford 3b 3 0 0 0
  Sheets ph 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 2 0 1 0
Hatcher dh 3 1 0 1
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 2 2 3
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 1 2 0
Beane lf 3 0 1 1
Gagne ss 2 0 0 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Baltimore 000 020 000291
Minnesota 012 000 11x571
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (1-4) 7.0 6 4 3 4 2
  Bordi   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
5
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (4-2) 9.0 9 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
3

  E–Murray (2), Gagne (4).  DP–Baltimore 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Lombardozzi (5,off Flanagan).  3B–Baltimore Dwyer (1,off Smithson); Lynn (1,off Smithson).  HR–Minnesota Brunansky 2 (6,3rd inning off Flanagan 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Bordi 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Wiggins (2,off Smithson); Hatcher (3,off Flanagan).  HBP–Sheets (1,by Smithson).  SH–Gagne (2,off Flanagan).  IBB–Puckett (1,by Flanagan).  SB–Wiggins (8,2nd base off Smithson/Laudner); Laudner (1,2nd base off Bordi/Dempsey).  CS–Wiggins (1,2nd base by Smithson/Laudner); Gaetti (4,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey).  HBP–Smithson (1,Sheets).  IBB–Flanagan (1,Puckett).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:53.  A–9,257.
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