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 7, Chicago White Sox 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf,lf 2 1 1 2
Lombardozzi 2b 5 0 1 0
Bush rf 4 1 1 0
  Davidson cf 1 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 5 0 2 2
Smalley dh 3 1 1 0
Larkin 1b 4 1 1 0
Brunansky lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 1
Butera c 3 1 1 1
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boston lf 4 2 1 0
Guillen ss 5 1 2 0
Baines dh 5 1 3 3
Walker 1b 3 0 2 1
Calderon rf 4 0 0 0
Royster 2b,3b 4 0 0 0
Keedy 3b 2 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 1 0
  Manrique pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Williams cf 4 0 1 0
Karkovice c 3 0 0 0
  Fisk ph,c 1 0 0 0
Nielsen p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Minnesota 040 020 001790
Chicago 002 020 0004103
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson   4.1 6 4 4 3 3
  Berenguer  W (4-0) 3.1 4 0 0 0 4
  Atherton  SV (2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
9
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nielsen  L (0-1) 4.2 6 6 6 3 1
  Winn   3.1 3 0 0 5 1
  James   1.0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
8
3

  E–Boston (1), Calderon (2), Karkovice (3).  DP–Minnesota 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Minnesota Butera (2,off Nielsen); Smalley (12,off Winn), Chicago Hairston (1,off Berenguer).  HR–Chicago Baines (7,3rd inning off Smithson 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Gladden 2 (6,3rd base by Nielsen/Karkovice,2nd base by Winn/Karkovice); Brunansky (5,2nd base by Winn/Karkovice); Williams (2,2nd base by Berenguer/Butera).  SB–Boston (11,2nd base off Smithson/Butera).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:08.  A–18,906.
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