Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
April 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins 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 10, Minnesota Twins 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 5 1 2 0
Tabler 1b 3 1 0 0
Carter cf 5 3 3 6
Jacoby 3b 5 1 1 1
Snyder rf 4 1 1 0
Castillo dh 5 0 1 1
Hall lf 5 1 1 0
Washington ss 3 1 1 0
Allanson c 4 1 2 1
Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 12 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 0 1 1
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 1
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Larkin dh 4 0 1 0
Bush rf 3 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 0
Laudner c 3 1 2 0
  Lowry c 0 0 0 0
Carlton p 0 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Cleveland 401 014 00010120
Minnesota 000 000 020281
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell  W (3-0) 9.0 8 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (0-1) 5.0 9 9 8 3 4
  Niekro   4.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
4
6

  E–Bush (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Laudner (4).  2B–Cleveland Castillo (2,off Carlton); Carter (4,off Carlton); Allanson (2,off Carlton), Minnesota Gladden (5,off Farrell); Puckett (6,off Farrell).  HR–Cleveland Carter 2 (5,1st inning off Carlton 2 on, 0 out,6th inning off Niekro 2 on, 2 out); Jacoby (2,1st inning off Carlton 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Gladden (1,off Farrell).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:46.  A–41,297.
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