Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
July 20, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1986 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 3, Baltimore Orioles 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 0 1 0
Smalley dh 4 1 2 1
Hrbek 1b 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 1 0
Bush lf 4 1 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 1
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 0 0
  Washington ph,2b 1 0 0 1
Reed c 4 0 0 0
Gagne ss 2 0 0 0
  Salas ph 1 0 1 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bonilla ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Lacy rf 5 1 1 0
Lynn cf 4 1 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 2 1
Dwyer lf 1 1 0 0
  Shelby ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Traber 1b 4 2 3 4
Sheets dh 4 1 2 2
O'Malley 3b 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 1 2 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 13 8
Minnesota 000 010 002380
Baltimore 400 001 12x8131
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  L (8-9) 1.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Pastore   3.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Anderson   2.0 5 2 2 0 0
  Davis   1.1 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
2
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  W (12-5) 8.0 4 1 1 1 4
  Snell   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
4

  E–Traber (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Minnesota Bush (11,off Snell).  HR–Minnesota Smalley (16,5th inning off Boddicker 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Traber (1,1st inning off Smithson 2 on, 2 out); Sheets (10,8th inning off Davis 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Washington (1,off Snell); Ripken (4,off Smithson).  HBP–Hrbek (5,by Boddicker).  SH–Wiggins 2 (5,off Pastore,off Anderson); Shelby (2,off Anderson).  HBP–Boddicker (7,Hrbek).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:32.  A–25,045.
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