Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
July 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Minnesota Twins 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 0 0 1
Davidson rf 4 0 1 1
Puckett cf 4 1 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 2
Larkin dh 4 0 0 0
Harper c 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 3 1 0 0
Gagne ss 3 1 2 0
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 0 0
Lea p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hughes rf 4 0 1 0
Gerhart cf 4 0 2 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Murray dh 4 0 2 0
Traber 1b 4 0 0 0
Sheets lf 4 1 1 0
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
Schu 3b 4 1 1 1
Ripken 2b 3 0 2 1
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Minnesota 220 000 000460
Baltimore 010 000 100290
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Lea  W (6-4) 6.1 9 2 2 1 3
  Atherton   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  SV (24) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  L (4-7) 9.0 6 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Baltimore Sheets (14,off Lea); Hughes (4,off Lea).  3B–Baltimore B Ripken (1,off Lea).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti (20,1st inning off Ballard 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Schu (4,7th inning off Lea 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Gladden (3,off Ballard).  SB–Puckett (4,2nd base off Ballard/Kennedy).  CS–Lombardozzi (2,Home by Ballard/Kennedy).  BK–Ballard (1).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:33.  A–26,775.
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