Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
June 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Boston Red Sox 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 1 2 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 0
Puckett cf 4 1 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 1 2 3
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Larkin dh 4 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 1 1 1
Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 3 2 0 0
Barrett 2b 3 1 1 0
  Baylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Romero 2b 0 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 3 1 2 1
Rice lf 3 0 0 0
Greenwell dh 4 0 1 1
  Burks pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 1
Buckner 1b 3 0 1 3
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 3 1 1 0
Leister p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 6 6
Minnesota 000 013 010571
Boston 210 100 002662
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer   3.2 3 4 4 9 5
  Portugal   3.1 0 0 0 3 1
  Reardon  L (2-4) 1.2 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.2
6
6
6
12
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Leister   5.1 5 4 4 1 5
  Crawford   2.0 0 1 1 3 0
  Sambito   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi  W (3-3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
7

  E–Puckett (1), Owen 2 (6).  DP–Minnesota 1, Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Gagne (6,off Leister), Boston Owen (5,off Berenguer); Boggs (11,off Berenguer); Greenwell (8,off Reardon).  HR–Minnesota Brunansky (13,5th inning off Leister 0 on, 1 out); Hrbek (11,6th inning off Leister 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Barrett (5,off Berenguer).  IBB–Boggs 2 (8,by Berenguer 2).  SB–Gladden (8,2nd base off Schiraldi/Gedman).  CS–Brunansky (3,2nd base by Crawford/Gedman).  WP–Berenguer (3), Schiraldi (3).  IBB–Berenguer 2 (4,Boggs 2).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:33.  A–16,910.
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