Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
June 3, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 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 6, Boston Red Sox 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 0 1 2
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
  Bush ph 0 0 0 0
  Newman 2b 1 0 0 0
Puckett cf 5 0 2 0
Hrbek 1b 5 1 1 1
Larkin dh 4 1 2 0
Brunansky rf 5 0 1 0
Smalley 3b 5 2 4 1
Salas c 4 2 2 1
Gagne ss 3 0 1 0
Straker p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 3 0 0 2
Barrett 2b 5 0 2 0
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 1
Rice lf 3 2 1 1
Greenwell dh 4 3 2 2
Evans rf 5 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 1 0
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 1 0 0 0
  Baylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Romero pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 6
Minnesota 000 120 210 06140
Boston 010 001 022 17100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Straker   5.2 5 2 2 4 4
  Frazier   1.1 2 2 2 3 2
  Atherton   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Reardon   1.0 1 2 2 1 2
  Klink  L (0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.2
10
7
7
11
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley   6.0 10 5 5 0 2
  Gardner   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Bolton   1.1 3 1 1 0 2
  Schiraldi  W (4-3) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
14
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 3, Boston 1.  PB–Gedman (2).  2B–Minnesota Smalley (11,off Stanley), Boston Barrett (3,off Straker).  HR–Minnesota Hrbek (12,4th inning off Stanley 0 on, 1 out), Boston Rice (4,8th inning off Frazier 0 on, 0 out); Greenwell (6,9th inning off Reardon 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Gagne (1,off Stanley).  SF–Henderson (1,off Straker).  HBP–Baylor (10,by Atherton).  IBB–Boggs (9,by Straker).  CS–Puckett (4,2nd base by Stanley/Gedman).  BK–Frazier (1).  HBP–Atherton (1,Baylor).  IBB–Straker (2,Boggs).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:37.  A–20,638.
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