Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
September 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1986 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 9, Minnesota Twins 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 4 2 2 0
Butler cf 4 2 3 0
Carter 1b 6 0 2 3
Snyder ss 6 0 0 0
Tabler dh 6 1 2 1
Jacoby 3b 5 1 1 1
Bell 2b 3 1 2 0
  Mullins 2b 1 0 0 0
  Hall ph 0 0 0 0
  Franco 2b 0 0 0 0
Bando c 5 2 3 3
Clark rf 5 0 1 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 9 16 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 2 2 2
Bush lf 5 1 3 1
Hrbek 1b 6 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 5 0 2 0
Salas dh 4 0 2 0
  Davidson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Smalley ph,dh 2 1 2 1
Brunansky rf 6 0 1 2
Reed c 5 0 0 0
Espinoza ss 4 1 1 0
  Woods ph 1 1 1 1
  Gagne ss 0 0 0 0
Washington 2b 4 3 4 1
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Fontenot p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 10 20 9
Cleveland 000 104 030 19161
Minnesota 110 101 031 210200
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   6.1 11 4 3 1 1
  Wills   1.1 3 3 3 1 2
  Camacho  L (2-4) 1.2 6 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.1
20
10
9
2
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   5.1 10 5 5 1 5
  Atherton   1.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Fontenot   0.1 3 3 3 0 1
  Frazier   2.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Portugal  W (6-10) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
16
9
9
5
9

  E–Bell (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Butler (16,off Viola); Tabler (28,off Viola), Minnesota Salas (6,off Niekro); Brunansky (28,off Camacho).  HR–Cleveland Bando (2,6th inning off Viola 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Washington (4,6th inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out); Puckett (30,8th inning off Wills 1 on, 1 out); Woods (2,9th inning off Camacho 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Puckett (2,off Niekro).  HBP–Gaetti (5,by Niekro).  SB–Butler (32,Home off Frazier/Reed); Snyder (2,2nd base off Frazier/Reed); Carter (29,2nd base off Portugal/Reed).  WP–Viola (12).  HBP–Niekro (6,Gaetti).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:31.  A–5,605.
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