New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
May 3, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 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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New York Yankees 3, Minnesota Twins 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 4 0 3 0
Mattingly 1b 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 5 0 0 0
Pasqua lf 3 0 0 0
Ward dh 3 1 1 0
Pagliarulo 3b 4 1 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 2 1
Skinner c 3 0 1 2
  Washington ph 1 0 0 0
  Cerone c 0 0 0 0
Tolleson ss 4 0 1 0
Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Clements p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf,rf 3 1 1 1
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 1
Hrbek 1b 2 0 1 0
Brunansky dh 4 1 1 1
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
Davidson rf 2 0 0 0
  Newman ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
New York 000 300 0003100
Minnesota 000 111 01x470
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen   5.2 6 3 3 3 3
  Stoddard  L (0-1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Clements   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Guante   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal   4.1 7 3 3 3 2
  Atherton   2.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Frazier  W (3-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–New York Pagliarulo (3,off Portugal); Skinner (3,off Portugal).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti (8,4th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 0 out); Gladden (1,5th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 1 out); Brunansky (3,6th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 2 out); Puckett (7,8th inning off Stoddard 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Mattingly (3,by Portugal).  SB–Henderson 4 (12,2nd base off Portugal/Laudner 2,3rd base off Portugal/Laudner,2nd base off Atherton/Laudner); Hrbek (3,2nd base off Guante/Cerone).  CS–Gladden (3,2nd base by Rasmussen/Skinner).  IBB–Portugal (1,Mattingly).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:02.  A–23,798.
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