Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
June 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1988 at Kingdome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Seattle Mariners 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 6 1 2 2
Lombardozzi 2b 2 1 0 0
Herr dh 2 0 2 0
  Hrbek pr,dh 2 0 0 0
Puckett cf 5 0 2 1
Gaetti 3b 5 1 1 1
Larkin 1b 4 1 3 0
Laudner c 5 1 1 0
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
Davidson rf 2 1 1 2
  Moses ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 4 1 1 0
Cotto cf 3 0 0 0
  Hengel lf 1 0 1 2
Kingery lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 1
Phelps dh 3 1 0 0
Presley 3b 4 0 1 0
Wilson rf 4 1 2 1
Bradley c 3 0 1 1
  Balboni ph 1 0 0 0
Quinones ss 3 1 1 0
Langston p 0 0 0 0
  Solano p 0 0 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Minnesota 200 003 0117130
Seattle 020 000 120580
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (4-6) 7.1 7 5 5 1 5
  Reardon  SV (15) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Langston  L (5-6) 6.0 10 5 5 4 5
  Solano   1.1 1 1 0 2 1
  Scurry   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Reed   1.2 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
8
8

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2.  PB–Bradley (4).  2B–Minnesota Herr (8,off Langston); Davidson (7,off Langston); Moses (3,off Solano), Seattle Presley (7,off Blyleven); Quinones (13,off Blyleven); Hengel (1,off Blyleven).  3B–Minnesota Gladden (3,off Langston).  HR–Minnesota Gladden (4,1st inning off Langston 0 on, 0 out); Gaetti (11,9th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Davis (11,7th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Lombardozzi 2 (2,by Langston,by Solano); Moses (1,by Reed).  SB–Puckett (1,2nd base off Langston/Bradley).  IBB–Langston (1,Lombardozzi); Solano (2,Lombardozzi); Reed (1,Moses).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:54.  A–9,506.
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