Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
June 3, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 8, Minnesota Twins 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 1 3 1
Javier lf 5 1 2 0
Canseco rf 4 2 2 1
Parker dh 4 1 1 2
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 1
Henderson cf 5 0 1 2
Steinbach c 5 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 0 0
Weiss ss 4 1 2 1
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 0 2 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 0 0
Hrbek dh 3 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 0
Bush rf 4 1 2 0
Larkin 1b 4 0 1 0
Laudner c 3 2 1 1
Gagne ss 3 1 1 4
Straker p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Best p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Oakland 003 400 0108130
Minnesota 040 000 001581
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (9-3) 8.0 6 4 4 4 6
  Plunk   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (18) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Straker  L (2-3) 3.1 7 6 6 2 0
  Portugal   4.0 5 2 2 0 2
  Atherton   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Best   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
2
3

  E–Straker (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Henderson (11,off Straker); Parker (10,off Portugal), Minnesota Gladden (20,off Stewart).  HR–Oakland Canseco (14,3rd inning off Straker 0 on, 2 out); Weiss (2,8th inning off Portugal 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Gagne (5,2nd inning off Stewart 3 on, 2 out); Laudner (5,9th inning off Plunk 0 on, 0 out).  SF–McGwire (2,off Portugal).  HBP–Canseco (4,by Portugal).  CS–Lansford (5,2nd base by Portugal/Laudner).  HBP–Portugal (1,Canseco).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:01.  A–43,177.
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