New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
May 1, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 1 1
Mattingly 1b 3 1 1 1
Winfield rf 3 1 0 0
Pasqua dh 4 1 1 2
Washington cf 4 0 1 0
Pagliarulo 3b 4 0 0 0
Skinner c 3 1 2 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
Tolleson ss 4 0 1 0
Rhoden p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Clements p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Lombardozzi 2b 4 3 2 2
Bush rf 4 1 1 2
  Davidson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Puckett cf 3 0 1 1
Hrbek 1b 2 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 1
Smalley dh 4 0 1 0
Brunansky lf 2 0 2 0
  Gladden ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Salas c 4 1 1 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 6
New York 000 100 012481
Minnesota 100 501 00x7100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  L (2-3) 3.2 7 6 5 3 2
  Shirley   3.1 3 1 1 2 0
  Clements   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
5
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (2-1) 8.0 8 4 4 2 10
  Reardon  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
11

  E–Washington (1).  DP–New York 1, Minnesota 2.  HR–New York Mattingly (3,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out); Pasqua (2,9th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 0 out), Minnesota Lombardozzi 2 (3,1st inning off Rhoden 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Shirley 0 on, 0 out); Gaetti (7,4th inning off Rhoden 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Mattingly (2,by Blyleven).  SB–Henderson (7,2nd base off Blyleven/Salas); Brunansky (2,2nd base off Rhoden/Skinner).  WP–Rhoden (2).  IBB–Blyleven (1,Mattingly).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:40.  A–23,531.
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