California Angels vs Minnesota Twins
April 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 10

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing dh 4 1 2 1
White rf 4 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 3 2 2 3
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 0
Howell lf 4 0 2 0
Miller c 3 0 0 1
Schofield ss 3 0 1 0
Pettis cf 3 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 3 1 0 0
Lugo p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Buice p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 1 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 1 1 1
Puckett cf 5 2 2 1
Hrbek 1b 3 2 1 1
Gaetti 3b 3 2 1 2
Smalley dh 3 1 2 3
Brunansky rf 4 0 2 1
  Bush rf 0 0 0 0
Laudner c 4 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 1 1 1
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 11 10
California 100 210 100580
Minnesota 300 011 41x10111
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Lugo   5.0 6 5 5 4 7
  Cook  L (1-1) 1.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Buice   1.2 3 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
6
11
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   6.0 8 4 4 1 7
  Frazier  W (2-2) 3.0 0 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
9

  E–Lombardozzi (5).  DP–California 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–California Howell (3,off Blyleven), Minnesota Gladden (3,off Lugo); Smalley 2 (7,off Lugo,off Buice).  HR–California Joyner 2 (5,1st inning off Blyleven 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out); Downing (8,5th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Gaetti (6,1st inning off Lugo 1 on, 2 out); Puckett (6,5th inning off Lugo 0 on, 2 out); Lombardozzi (1,7th inning off Cook 0 on, 1 out); Gagne (3,8th inning off Buice 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Miller (1,off Blyleven); Joyner (3,off Frazier).  SB–McLemore (4,2nd base off Frazier/Laudner); Hrbek (2,2nd base off Lugo/Miller).  CS–White (2,2nd base by Frazier/Laudner); Gagne (4,2nd base by Lugo/Miller).  WP–Buice (1), Blyleven (3), Frazier (1).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:51.  A–19,116.
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