Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
May 29, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brookens 3b 3 1 1 0
  Bergman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Morrison 1b,3b 4 1 1 0
Salazar lf 4 0 1 2
Trammell ss 4 0 2 0
Lemon rf 4 0 1 0
Herndon dh 3 1 2 1
  Evans ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 1 0
  Nokes ph 1 0 0 0
Sheridan cf 2 0 0 0
Walewander 2b 2 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 1 1 1
Herr 2b 4 1 1 0
Puckett cf 4 2 2 3
Hrbek dh 3 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Bush rf 4 1 1 0
  Davidson rf 0 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 3 1 1 0
Harper c 4 0 1 1
Gagne ss 4 0 2 1
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Detroit 200 100 000390
Minnesota 101 020 02x6100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (4-4) 7.2 9 6 6 4 3
  King   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (2-3) 7.0 8 3 3 1 4
  Berenguer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reardon  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Detroit Morrison (5,off Anderson); Heath (1,off Anderson); Lemon (16,off Reardon), Minnesota Gagne (5,off Alexander).  3B–Minnesota Bush (1,off Alexander).  HR–Detroit Herndon (2,4th inning off Anderson 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Gladden (3,1st inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out); Puckett 2 (8,3rd inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Alexander 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Walewander (1,off Anderson).  IBB–Larkin (2,by Alexander).  CS–Trammell (2,2nd base by Anderson/Harper).  IBB–Alexander (3,Larkin).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:21.  A–43,727.
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