Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
July 7, 1986 Box Score

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

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Detroit Tigers 8, Minnesota Twins 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 2 2 2
Trammell ss 2 1 2 0
Gibson rf 4 2 0 0
Evans dh 4 1 1 1
Coles 3b 5 0 1 2
Bergman 1b 5 1 2 0
  Sheridan pr 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Collins lf 4 0 2 2
Lowry c 4 1 2 0
O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Pacella p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 2 3 2
Bush lf 4 0 1 1
  Davidson lf 1 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 2 1 1
Brunansky rf 4 1 2 0
Smalley dh 3 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 2
Lombardozzi 2b 3 1 1 0
Reed c 3 0 1 3
  Laudner ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 2 1 1
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 12 10
Detroit 111 010 4008121
Minnesota 102 223 00x10122
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
O'Neal  L (1-4) 3.1 6 5 4 1 2
  Pacella   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Campbell   1.1 3 3 3 4 2
  LaPoint   2.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
10
9
7
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (8-7) 6.0 8 7 6 2 3
  Atherton  SV (6) 3.0 4 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
4
6

  E–Trammell (11), Gagne (13), Smithson (2).  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Detroit Evans (9,off Smithson); Bergman (5,off Smithson); Trammell (15,off Smithson); Coles (18,off Atherton).  HR–Detroit Whitaker 2 (11,3rd inning off Smithson 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Smithson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lemon (1,off Smithson).  HBP–Trammell (1,by Smithson).  IBB–Hrbek (4,by Campbell).  SB–Gibson (13,2nd base off Smithson/Reed); Trammell (10,2nd base off Smithson/Reed); Brunansky (9,2nd base off Pacella/Lowry); Gaetti 2 (10,2nd base off Campbell/Lowry 2).  CS–Collins (6,2nd base by Atherton/Reed).  IBB–Campbell (2,Hrbek).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:09.  A–12,689.
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