Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
May 6, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 0

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 5 1 1 0
Dwyer dh 4 1 1 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 3
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Sheets lf 2 1 0 0
  Shelby cf 1 1 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 2 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 2
Simmons rf 4 0 1 0
Gerhart cf,lf 4 1 1 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 1 0
Puckett cf 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 2 0 0 0
Laudner dh 3 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
Nieto c 3 0 2 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 3 0
Baltimore 014 000 001690
Minnesota 000 000 000030
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (1-4) 9.0 3 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (2-2) 8.1 7 6 6 1 1
  Klink   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Atherton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
1
1

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Knight (6,off Blyleven).  HR–Baltimore C Ripken (9,3rd inning off Blyleven 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Gladden (1,by McGregor).  CS–Gaetti (3,2nd base by McGregor/Kennedy).  HBP–McGregor (1,Gladden).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:21.  A–10,840.
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