Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins
April 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 5, Minnesota Twins 13

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Moses cf 5 1 4 1
Bradley P. lf 4 0 1 1
  Nixon lf 1 0 0 0
Bradley S. c 4 0 0 0
Phelps dh 3 1 1 2
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 0
Kingery rf 4 0 1 0
Quinones ss 3 1 1 0
  Renteria 2b 1 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 1 1 1
  Ramos ss 1 0 0 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Monteleone p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman ss,3b 4 2 2 2
Bush rf 2 1 1 2
  Davidson ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Puckett cf 3 1 0 0
  Gladden cf 1 1 1 0
Hrbek 1b 5 1 1 1
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 3
  Gagne ss 0 0 0 1
Smalley dh 5 1 1 1
Brunansky lf 4 1 1 1
Lombardozzi 2b 5 2 2 1
Nieto c 3 1 1 0
  Laudner c 0 0 0 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 12 12
Seattle 001 300 0105103
Minnesota 602 030 02x13121
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  L (0-3) 0.0 4 6 6 1 0
  Monteleone   4.0 3 2 2 3 1
  Huismann   2.0 2 3 2 0 2
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson   1.0 3 2 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
13
11
4
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (3-0) 7.0 8 4 3 1 0
  Klink   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
1
1

  E–Moses (1), Quinones (4), Renteria (1), Hrbek (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Seattle Quinones (2,off Smithson), Minnesota Bush (2,off Morgan); Hrbek (2,off Morgan); Newman (2,off Huismann).  3B–Seattle P Bradley (1,off Smithson).  HR–Seattle Phelps (4,8th inning off Klink 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Gaetti (3,1st inning off Morgan 2 on, 0 out); Smalley (1,1st inning off Morgan 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bush (1,off Huismann); Gagne (1,off Wilkinson).  HBP–Brunansky (1,by Monteleone); Nieto (1,by Huismann).  WP–Smithson (1).  HBP–Monteleone (1,Brunansky); Huismann (1,Nieto).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:41.  A–11,927.
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