Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
July 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Minnesota Twins 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 3 1 1 0
Moseby cf 4 1 2 2
Barfield rf 4 0 1 0
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
Fielder dh 3 0 0 0
  McGriff ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 1 0
Iorg 2b 3 0 1 0
  Mulliniks ph 1 0 1 0
  Lee pr 0 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 3 0 1 0
  Whitt ph 1 0 0 0
Moore c 3 0 1 0
  Leach ph 1 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 0 1 0
Newman ss 4 1 2 1
Puckett cf 3 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 1
Smalley dh 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 0 0
Laudner c 2 0 2 0
  Davidson pr 0 1 0 0
  Butera c 1 0 1 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 2
Toronto 200 000 000290
Minnesota 010 001 10x390
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   5.1 4 2 2 3 4
  Eichhorn  L (8-5) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Musselman   1.2 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
5
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (9-6) 7.0 8 2 2 0 9
  Berenguer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  SV (18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
12

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1.  PB–Moore (1).  2B–Minnesota Hrbek (7,off Clancy); Newman (11,off Musselman).  HR–Toronto Moseby (15,1st inning off Viola 1 on, 0 out), Minnesota Gaetti (17,2nd inning off Clancy 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Fernandez (3,off Viola).  IBB–Smalley (1,by Eichhorn); Puckett (6,by Musselman).  SB–Newman (7,2nd base off Clancy/Moore); Brunansky (9,2nd base off Musselman/Moore).  WP–Clancy (4).  IBB–Eichhorn (9,Smalley); Musselman (7,Puckett).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:03.  A–28,234.
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