New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
April 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Minnesota Twins 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 2 0
Meacham 2b,ss 4 1 1 0
Mattingly 1b 5 1 1 2
Clark dh 4 2 1 1
Winfield rf 4 1 1 3
Kelly cf 5 0 2 0
Pagliarulo 3b 5 0 0 0
Skinner c 3 0 0 0
  Washington ph 1 1 1 1
  Slaught c 0 0 0 0
Santana ss 2 0 1 0
  Randolph pr,2b 1 0 1 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 11 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 6 2 3 0
Gagne ss 4 2 2 0
Puckett cf 3 1 1 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 1
Laudner c 5 0 0 0
Larkin dh 4 1 3 2
Hrbek 1b 5 0 2 1
Brunansky rf 5 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
  Bush ph 1 0 0 0
  Newman 2b 1 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 12 5
New York 101 003 001 17110
Minnesota 104 000 001 06121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John   2.2 7 5 5 1 1
  Stoddard   2.2 3 0 0 0 3
  Dotson   2.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Righetti  W (1-0) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
12
6
6
3
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   8.0 8 5 4 3 6
  Reardon  L (0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
10.0
11
7
6
4
8

  E–Gagne (2).  DP–New York 1, Minnesota 3.  PB–Laudner (3).  2B–New York Meacham (5,off Viola); Mattingly (7,off Viola); Kelly (2,off Viola), Minnesota Larkin 2 (3,off John 2); Gagne (3,off Stoddard); Hrbek (2,off Stoddard).  3B–New York Henderson (1,off Viola).  HR–New York Winfield (5,6th inning off Viola 2 on, 0 out); Washington (2,9th inning off Reardon 0 on, 1 out); Clark (1,10th inning off Reardon 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Gagne (1,by John); Puckett (1,by Stoddard).  SB–Henderson (13,2nd base off Viola/Laudner); Gladden (3,2nd base off John/Skinner); Gaetti (1,2nd base off John/Skinner).  CS–Henderson (4,3rd base by Viola/Laudner).  WP–Stoddard (1), Viola (1).  BK–John (2), Reardon (2).  HBP–John (1,Gagne); Stoddard (2,Puckett).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:28.  A–22,369.
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