Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
June 24, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 11, Oakland Athletics 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 1 1 2
Moses rf 4 1 1 0
  Harper ph,c 0 1 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 1
Bush dh 5 1 1 1
Gaetti 3b 5 2 3 4
Larkin 1b 5 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 1 2 0
  Davidson pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 1 0 0
Gagne ss 3 2 2 2
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 12 10
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 0 0 0
Polonia lf 4 2 3 1
Henderson cf 4 0 1 1
Parker dh 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 2
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Javier rf 4 1 2 0
Hubbard 2b 4 1 1 0
Weiss ss 3 1 1 1
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Minnesota 000 031 01611120
Oakland 102 200 000590
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   4.0 9 5 5 0 4
  Portugal   3.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Atherton  W (5-2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   5.0 7 4 4 0 3
  Cadaret   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson  L (5-3) 2.2 3 2 2 1 3
  Honeycutt   0.0 1 4 4 1 0
  Plunk   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
11
11
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Hassey (2).  2B–Minnesota Gladden (22,off Honeycutt).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti 2 (15,5th inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Plunk 1 on, 2 out); Gagne (8,5th inning off Davis 1 on, 2 out); Bush (7,8th inning off Nelson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Lombardozzi (4,off Honeycutt).  SF–Puckett (4,off Plunk).  HBP–Harper (1,by Honeycutt); Weiss (3,by Blyleven).  SB–Polonia (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Laudner); Javier (13,2nd base off Blyleven/Laudner).  CS–Lansford (7,3rd base by Blyleven/Laudner).  WP–Blyleven (2), Honeycutt (2).  BK–Honeycutt (7).  HBP–Blyleven (8,Weiss); Honeycutt (3,Harper).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:57.  A–30,826.
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