Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
June 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 11, Oakland Athletics 0

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 2 2 2
Lombardozzi 2b 4 2 1 0
Puckett cf 5 2 2 2
  Moses cf 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 3 3
  Gagne ss 0 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 5 1 1 1
Laudner dh 2 0 1 1
  Torve pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Harper c 3 1 1 0
Davidson rf 5 1 1 0
Newman ss,3b 5 1 3 0
Lea p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 5 0 3 0
Javier cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Canseco rf 4 0 0 0
  Henderson cf 0 0 0 0
Parker dh 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 0 0 0 0
  Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 2 0 0 0
  Jennings ph,1b 1 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 0
  Gallego 3b 0 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Minnesota 100 040 05111151
Oakland 000 000 000063
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Lea  W (4-3) 6.0 5 0 0 2 2
  Berenguer  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  L (5-5) 4.2 8 5 4 5 2
  Nelson   4.1 7 6 6 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
11
10
6
4

  E–Larkin (1), Steinbach (2), McGwire (6), Weiss (13).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Polonia (1,off Lea); McGwire (12,off Lea).  HR–Minnesota Gladden (6,1st inning off Young 0 on, 0 out); Gaetti (16,8th inning off Nelson 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Laudner (1,off Young); Javier (5,off Lea).  SF–Laudner (2,off Young).  IBB–Harper (1,by Young).  HBP–Lansford (4,by Lea).  SB–Polonia 2 (4,2nd base off Lea/Harper,2nd base off Berenguer/Harper); Lansford (14,2nd base off Lea/Harper).  WP–Young (3).  BK–Young (5).  HBP–Lea (3,Lansford).  IBB–Young (3,Harper).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:02.
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