Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
September 1, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 9, Minnesota Twins 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 6 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 5 3 3 1
Boggs 3b 4 2 3 3
Evans 1b 4 0 2 1
Greenwell lf 4 1 3 4
Rice dh 5 0 0 0
Benzinger rf 5 0 2 0
Owen ss 3 1 2 0
Marzano c 4 1 1 0
Sellers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 17 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Brunansky lf 3 0 1 0
Bush rf 3 0 0 0
Smalley dh 3 0 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
Butera c 2 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Laudner c 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Boston 003 022 0209172
Minnesota 000 000 000050
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sellers  W (6-6) 9.0 5 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (6-11) 4.0 8 5 5 2 1
  Schatzeder   3.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Frazier   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
5
4

  E–Evans (6), Owen (12).  DP–Boston 3, Minnesota 2.  2B–Boston Boggs (34,off Schatzeder); Barrett (17,off Frazier); Owen (15,off Frazier).  HR–Boston Boggs (22,3rd inning off Niekro 1 on, 0 out); Greenwell (16,3rd inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Barrett (4,off Schatzeder).  HBP–Owen (1,by Niekro).  IBB–Evans (4,by Schatzeder).  SB–Barrett (14,3rd base off Niekro/Butera).  CS–Owen (5,2nd base by Niekro/Butera); Puckett (7,3rd base by Sellers/Marzano).  WP–Niekro (9), Schatzeder (7).  HBP–Niekro (10,Owen).  IBB–Schatzeder (3,Evans).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:04.  A–25,508.
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