Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
July 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Boston Red Sox 9

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 1 4 0
Bush rf 5 1 2 1
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Puckett cf 5 0 1 1
Hrbek 1b 4 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 5 1 1 2
Larkin dh 4 0 1 1
  Davidson pr,dh,rf 0 1 0 0
Harper c 4 0 2 0
  Moses pr 0 0 0 0
  Laudner c 1 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 0 0
  Torve ph 1 0 0 0
  Gagne ss 1 1 0 0
Newman ss,2b 4 1 1 1
Lea p 0 0 0 0
  Toliver p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 3 1
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 5 0 0 1
Greenwell lf 4 1 0 0
Burks cf 4 1 1 0
Rice dh 3 0 1 0
  Owen ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Reed ss 5 2 3 2
Parrish 1b 3 2 2 2
  Benzinger 1b 1 1 1 3
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Minnesota 000 003 011 27141
Boston 120 110 000 49120
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Lea   4.0 7 4 3 0 0
  Toliver   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Portugal   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reardon   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Berenguer   0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Atherton  L (5-5) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.1
12
9
8
4
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   6.1 9 3 3 1 3
  Lamp   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Smith   1.2 3 3 3 3 2
  Bolton  W (1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
14
7
7
4
5

  E–Lombardozzi (3).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Hrbek (18,off Clemens); Newman (2,off Smith), Boston Boggs 2 (27,off Lea 2); Reed (6,off Atherton).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti (22,8th inning off Lamp 0 on, 1 out), Boston Parrish (9,2nd inning off Lea 1 on, 2 out); Benzinger (5,10th inning off Atherton 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Puckett (8,off Smith); Bush (3,off Bolton).  HBP–Larkin (11,by Smith).  IBB–Gladden (4,by Smith).  SH–Barrett (12,off Lea); Owen (7,off Reardon).  SB–Davidson (3,2nd base off Smith/Cerone).  WP–Smith (1).  HBP–Smith (1,Larkin).  IBB–Smith (4,Gladden).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:36.  A–35,313.
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