Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox
June 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1987 at Comiskey Park I. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 1
Puckett cf 3 1 1 0
Hrbek 1b 4 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 1
Smalley dh 4 1 2 3
Brunansky rf 3 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 0 2 0
Newman 2b 4 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 3 0 0 1
Royster 3b 4 0 1 1
Baines dh 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 2 0
Calderon rf 4 0 0 0
Walker 1b 4 0 0 0
Hulett 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams cf 4 1 2 0
Guillen ss 3 1 1 0
Long p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Minnesota 000 004 010580
Chicago 000 000 020271
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (5-5) 7.0 4 0 0 0 2
  Frazier   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Reardon  SV (12) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Long  L (3-2) 7.0 8 5 5 2 3
  Clark   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
3

  E–Hulett (6).  DP–Chicago 3.  2B–Minnesota Laudner (2,off Long), Chicago Fisk (5,off Viola); Royster (5,off Viola); Guillen (7,off Frazier); Hulett (8,off Reardon).  HR–Minnesota Smalley (4,6th inning off Long 2 on, 2 out); Gagne (4,8th inning off Long 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Laudner (2,off Clark).  SF–Redus (2,off Frazier).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:45.
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