Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1986 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 1, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 4 0 1 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Smalley dh 4 1 1 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 2 0
Reed c 1 0 0 0
  Lombardozzi 2b 1 0 0 0
  Bush ph 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 1 1
Espinoza 2b 1 0 0 0
  Salas ph,c 2 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 2 2
Iorg 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson C. dh 5 1 1 0
Bell lf 3 1 2 0
Barfield rf 4 1 1 0
Martinez c 5 2 2 2
Shepherd cf 2 1 1 0
  Moseby ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 2 1 1 1
Lee 2b 4 1 3 3
Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 8
Minnesota 000 010 000160
Toronto 030 040 10x8141
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  L (13-10) 4.1 10 7 7 2 3
  Jackson   3.2 4 1 1 3 2
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
5
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (4-1) 5.1 5 1 1 0 3
  Caudill   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lamp  SV (2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
5

  E–Iorg (10).  DP–Minnesota 2, Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Iorg (8,off Viola).  3B–Toronto Lee (1,off Viola).  SH–Reed (2,off J Johnson).  HBP–Gaetti (3,by J Johnson); Bell (1,by Jackson).  HBP–Jackson (3,Bell); J Johnson (2,Gaetti).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:45.  A–43,556.
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