Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
April 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Minnesota Twins 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Landrum lf 3 1 1 1
  Gonzales 2b 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lynn ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 2 1
Gerhart cf,lf 3 0 0 0
  Orsulak ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Sheets dh 3 1 0 0
Nichols c 4 0 1 0
Worthington 3b 3 0 0 0
Hughes rf 2 0 1 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Moses lf 4 0 1 2
Herr 2b 5 0 0 0
Puckett cf 3 1 1 0
Hrbek dh 3 1 3 2
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Larkin 1b 3 1 0 0
Bush rf 0 1 0 0
  Davidson pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Gagne ss 2 0 0 0
Nieto c 4 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 6 4
Baltimore 100 000 100262
Minnesota 000 202 00x460
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (0-5) 7.1 6 4 4 6 6
  Niedenfuer   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
6
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (1-0) 6.1 4 2 2 3 4
  Mason   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Portugal  SV (1) 2.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
6

  E–Gonzales (2), C Ripken (4).  DP–Baltimore 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Baltimore Murray (5,off Anderson), Minnesota Hrbek (5,off Boddicker); Moses (1,off Boddicker).  HR–Minnesota Hrbek (4,4th inning off Boddicker 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Gagne (4,off Boddicker).  HBP–Bush 2 (2,by Boddicker 2); Larkin (2,by Boddicker).  IBB–Bush (2,by Boddicker).  SB–Gaetti 2 (3,2nd base off Boddicker/Nichols,3rd base off Boddicker/Nichols); Bush (2,2nd base off Boddicker/Nichols).  CS–Davidson (1,2nd base by Boddicker/Nichols).  BK–Anderson 2 (2).  HBP–Boddicker 3 (5,Bush 2,Larkin).  IBB–Boddicker (2,Bush).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:57.  A–23,006.
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