Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins
April 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 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 1, Minnesota Twins 6

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Moses cf 5 0 0 0
Bradley P. lf 3 1 2 0
Bradley S. c 4 0 1 0
Phelps dh 2 0 1 1
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingery rf 4 0 2 0
Quinones ss 4 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 4 0 1 0
Trujillo p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b 4 0 0 0
Bush rf 2 1 0 0
  Davidson ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Puckett cf 3 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 3 2 1 1
Gaetti 3b 4 2 2 1
Smalley dh 4 0 1 0
Brunansky lf,rf 4 1 1 3
Salas c 2 0 0 1
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
Straker p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 6 6
Seattle 000 000 010172
Minnesota 032 001 00x660
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Trujillo  L (1-1) 5.0 5 6 5 3 2
  Morgan   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wilkinson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Nunez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
6
5
3
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Straker  W (1-0) 7.0 3 0 0 3 5
  Atherton   2.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
8

  E–Presley (2), Quinones (5).  PB–Salas (1).  2B–Seattle P Bradley (1,off Atherton).  3B–Seattle Kingery (1,off Straker).  HR–Minnesota Brunansky (2,2nd inning off Trujillo 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Salas (1,off Morgan).  SB–Hrbek (1,2nd base off Trujillo/S Bradley); Davidson (4,2nd base off Wilkinson/S Bradley).  WP–Trujillo (1).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:32.  A–10,776.
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