Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
April 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Minnesota Twins 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Lynn cf 4 1 1 1
Ripken 2b 3 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 2 0 1 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Gerhart lf 4 0 0 0
Sheets dh 3 0 0 0
Landrum rf 2 0 0 0
  Stone ph 0 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
  Nichols pr 0 0 0 0
Worthington 3b 3 0 0 0
  Orsulak ph 1 0 0 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 1 2 0
Hrbek 1b 4 2 2 3
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Larkin dh 4 0 1 0
Bush rf 2 1 2 1
  Davidson ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Baltimore 101 000 000231
Minnesota 000 003 01x480
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  L (0-4) 6.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Schmidt   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Scherrer   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sisk   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (2-1) 7.0 3 2 2 4 9
  Reardon  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
7
9

  E–Murray (4).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Baltimore C Ripken (4,off Viola), Minnesota Larkin (6,off Morgan); Davidson (2,off Scherrer).  HR–Baltimore Lynn (2,1st inning off Viola 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Hrbek 2 (2,6th inning off Morgan 1 on, 0 out,8th inning off Schmidt 0 on, 0 out); Bush (2,6th inning off Morgan 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Sheets (3,by Viola); Gagne (2,by Morgan).  WP–Morgan (2).  BK–Reardon (3).  HBP–Morgan (1,Gagne); Viola (1,Sheets).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:40.  A–21,172.
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