Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
May 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 5 0 3 0
Burleson dh 4 0 1 0
  Lynn ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 2 2 0
Murray 1b 3 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 1
Simmons rf 3 0 0 1
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
Shelby cf 3 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 1 0
Gerhart lf 3 0 0 0
  Sheets ph 1 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman ss 4 2 1 0
Gladden cf 2 2 2 1
Puckett dh 4 1 1 2
Gaetti 3b 4 0 3 2
Hrbek 1b 4 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 0 0
Davidson lf 4 0 1 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Baltimore 000 001 010292
Minnesota 200 000 30x591
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (0-5) 6.0 8 5 5 3 1
  Arnold   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williamson   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (2-4) 7.1 6 2 2 2 6
  Frazier   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  SV (7) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
9

  E–Wiggins (2), Knight (4), Viola (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore C Ripken (10,off Viola), Minnesota Gladden (4,off Flanagan); Newman (3,off Flanagan).  SF–Simmons (2,off Viola).  HBP–Kennedy (1,by Viola).  IBB–Murray (1,by Viola).  SH–Laudner (1,off Flanagan).  CS–Wiggins (3,2nd base by Viola/Laudner).  SB–Newman (1,2nd base off Flanagan/Kennedy); Puckett (4,2nd base off Arnold/Kennedy); Davidson (5,2nd base off Williamson/Kennedy).  HBP–Viola (1,Kennedy).  IBB–Viola (1,Murray).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:44.  A–14,198.
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