Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium. 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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Minnesota Twins 6, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Newman 2b 4 0 1 0
Puckett cf 3 1 0 0
Hrbek 1b 3 1 1 0
  Larkin 1b 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 1
Smalley dh 4 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 3 2 1 0
Gagne ss 3 1 2 2
  Bush ph 1 0 0 0
Butera c 3 0 1 2
  Laudner ph 1 0 0 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 2 3 0
Moseby cf 3 1 1 0
Barfield rf 4 1 2 1
Bell lf 3 0 0 1
Mulliniks 3b 3 0 1 0
  Beniquez ph 1 1 1 3
  Gruber 3b 1 0 0 0
Whitt c 3 0 1 0
  Moore ph,c 0 1 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
  Fielder ph 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw ph,1b 1 1 1 0
Leach dh 4 1 1 3
Iorg 2b 3 0 1 0
Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 13 8
Minnesota 001 500 000681
Toronto 100 000 70x8130
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson   4.0 6 1 1 1 0
  Atherton   2.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Schatzeder   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Reardon  L (5-5) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Frazier   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
5
1
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Nunez   3.2 5 6 6 2 3
  Eichhorn  W (9-5) 3.1 3 0 0 0 1
  Henke  SV (20) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
2
7

  E–Brunansky (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Minnesota Brunansky (12,off Nunez); Gaetti (19,off Nunez); Gagne (18,off Nunez); Butera (4,off Eichhorn), Toronto Fernandez (21,off Smithson); Moseby (14,off Frazier).  HR–Toronto Beniquez (4,7th inning off Schatzeder 2 on, 2 out); Leach (2,7th inning off Reardon 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Brunansky (4,by Nunez); Bell (3,by Frazier).  SF–Bell (6,off Atherton).  HBP–Iorg (2,by Smithson).  SB–Newman (10,2nd base off Eichhorn/Whitt); Fernandez (30,2nd base off Smithson/Butera).  WP–Frazier (5).  HBP–Smithson (8,Iorg).  IBB–Frazier (3,Bell); Nunez (4,Brunansky).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:00.  A–30,382.
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