Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
July 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 7, Minnesota Twins 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 1 2 0
Moseby cf 4 0 1 1
Barfield rf 3 1 0 0
Bell lf 3 1 0 0
Mulliniks dh 4 2 2 3
McGriff 1b 2 1 0 0
Whitt c 4 1 2 3
Gruber 3b 4 0 0 0
Lee 2b 4 0 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 1 1 0
Newman 2b 3 1 0 1
Puckett cf 4 1 2 1
Hrbek 1b 3 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 2
Smalley dh 4 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 1 1
Laudner c 4 0 1 0
Gagne ss 3 1 1 0
  Bush ph 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Toronto 010 230 100781
Minnesota 003 000 011580
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (8-5) 7.0 5 3 2 3 3
  Henke   2.0 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
3
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (5-7) 6.0 7 7 6 3 2
  Frazier   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
3
3

  E–McGriff (1).  DP–Toronto 2, Minnesota 3.  PB–Laudner 2 (5).  2B–Toronto Mulliniks (11,off Niekro); Fernandez (20,off Niekro); Moseby (13,off Niekro), Minnesota Gaetti 2 (17,off Stieb,off Henke); Laudner (3,off Stieb).  HR–Toronto Whitt (7,4th inning off Niekro 1 on, 1 out); Mulliniks (5,5th inning off Niekro 2 on, 2 out), Minnesota Brunansky (19,9th inning off Henke 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Barfield (3,by Niekro); Bell (3,by Niekro).  SB–Fernandez (25,2nd base off Niekro/Laudner); Newman 2 (9,2nd base off Stieb/Whitt,3rd base off Stieb/Whitt).  WP–Henke (4), Niekro (5).  HBP–Niekro 2 (6,Barfield,Bell).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:55.  A–38,365.
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