Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins
September 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 5 0 0 0
Redus lf 4 2 3 2
Baines dh 4 0 0 0
Calderon rf 4 1 2 0
Walker 1b 3 0 1 1
Hassey c 1 0 0 1
Lyons 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams cf 4 1 1 0
Manrique 2b 4 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 0 0
  Smalley ph 1 0 0 0
Davidson lf 4 0 1 1
Puckett cf 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 2 2 1
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 0 3 1
Larkin 1b 4 0 1 0
  Newman pr 0 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
  Hrbek ph 0 0 0 0
  Beane pr 0 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 1 1 0
  Bush ph 1 0 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Chicago 000 101 200480
Minnesota 010 110 000390
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (12-10) 7.0 7 3 3 1 5
  Thigpen  SV (9) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (13-11) 9.0 8 4 4 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Redus (22,off Blyleven); Williams (17,off Blyleven), Minnesota Gaetti (31,off Bannister); Baylor (9,off Bannister).  3B–Chicago Calderon (2,off Blyleven).  HR–Chicago Redus (10,7th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Gaetti (29,4th inning off Bannister 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Hassey (1,off Blyleven).  SH–Lombardozzi (8,off Bannister).  SB–Redus (47,2nd base off Blyleven/Laudner).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:28.  A–12,360.
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