Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
May 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1986 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 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 2 3 0
Washington dh 3 0 0 0
  Smalley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 1
Brunansky rf 3 0 2 1
Laudner c 1 0 0 0
  Salas ph,c 1 0 0 0
Beane lf 3 0 0 0
  Hrbek ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
Hatcher 1b 3 0 1 0
  Woods lf 1 0 1 0
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 1
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 3 0
  Stapleton pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 0
Baylor dh 3 1 1 0
Armas rf 3 0 1 1
Gedman c 2 0 0 0
Quinones ss 2 0 0 0
  Stenhouse ph 1 0 0 0
  Romero ss 0 0 0 0
Lyons cf 3 1 2 1
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Minnesota 100 010 000290
Boston 000 001 20x381
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson   5.0 4 1 1 0 3
  Portugal  L (0-5) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Pastore   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
1
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   5.0 7 2 2 3 6
  Stewart  W (3-1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Sambito   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Stanley  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
8

  E–Rice (1).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Gaetti (9,off Hurst); Brunansky (5,off Hurst), Boston Buckner 2 (13,off Smithson,off Pastore); Lyons (3,off Smithson); Baylor (5,off Portugal).  SH–Washington (1,off Hurst); Gagne (3,off Stanley).  SF–Brunansky (2,off Hurst).  HBP–Baylor (5,by Smithson).  IBB–Gedman (3,by Pastore).  WP–Portugal (2).  HBP–Smithson (6,Baylor).  IBB–Pastore (2,Gedman).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:43.  A–16,018.
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