Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
September 19, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 1, Minnesota Twins 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 1 3 0
Carter lf 4 0 1 1
Jacoby 3b 4 0 2 0
Tabler 1b 4 0 0 0
Castillo dh 4 0 0 0
Snyder rf 3 0 0 0
Bando c 3 0 1 0
Noboa 2b 1 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Hinzo 2b 0 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Davidson lf 4 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 2 2 1
Bush 1b 3 0 1 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 1
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 1
Brunansky rf 3 0 1 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 1 0
Nieto c 3 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Cleveland 000 001 000170
Minnesota 100 101 00x381
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (7-17) 8.0 8 3 3 1 7
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
1
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (16-9) 7.0 6 1 0 1 4
  Reardon  SV (27) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
1
7

  E–Lombardozzi (14).  DP–Cleveland 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Cleveland Jacoby (26,off Viola), Minnesota Lombardozzi (18,off Candiotti); Gagne (28,off Candiotti).  HR–Minnesota Gagne (8,1st inning off Candiotti 0 on, 1 out); Gaetti (30,4th inning off Candiotti 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Noboa (3,off Viola).  SB–Bush (9,2nd base off Candiotti/Bando); Puckett (12,2nd base off Candiotti/Bando).  WP–Candiotti (13).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:21.  A–23,581.
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