Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
July 16, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 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."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Baltimore Orioles 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 1 3 0
Moses rf 3 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Davidson rf 0 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 1 2 2
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 1
Bush dh 4 0 1 0
Laudner c 3 0 1 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 1
Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 1 0
Toliver p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gerhart cf 3 2 1 1
Hughes rf 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 1
Murray dh 4 0 0 0
Traber 1b 4 0 1 0
Tettleton c 4 1 1 1
Sheets lf 4 0 2 0
Schu 3b 3 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 0 0
Peraza p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Minnesota 200 011 0004100
Baltimore 000 001 110370
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Toliver  W (1-1) 7.0 5 2 2 0 4
  Berenguer   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Reardon  SV (25) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Peraza  L (2-4) 6.2 9 4 4 2 1
  Thurmond   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Niedenfuer   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Gladden (27,off Peraza); Bush (14,off Peraza); Lombardozzi (6,off Thurmond).  HR–Minnesota Puckett (12,1st inning off Peraza 1 on, 1 out); Gagne (9,5th inning off Peraza 0 on, 0 out); Gaetti (21,6th inning off Peraza 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Gerhart (8,6th inning off Toliver 0 on, 1 out); Tettleton (8,7th inning off Toliver 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Gladden (14,2nd base off Peraza/Tettleton).  CS–Gladden (5,2nd base by Peraza/Tettleton).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:47.  A–28,938.
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