Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
July 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 11, Minnesota Twins 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak lf 6 1 2 1
Ripken 2b 6 1 1 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 2 1 0
Murray 1b 3 3 3 5
Sheets dh 6 1 2 1
Traber rf 4 2 1 2
  Hughes rf 0 0 0 0
Tettleton c 4 1 2 0
Gerhart cf 5 0 1 0
Schu 3b 4 0 3 1
  Gonzales 3b 0 0 0 0
Peraza p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 16 11
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 2 1 1
Bush rf 4 2 3 5
Puckett cf 5 1 2 0
Hrbek 1b 5 0 0 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 1
Larkin dh 3 0 0 0
Laudner c 4 1 1 0
Gagne ss 3 1 0 0
Newman 2b 2 1 0 0
  Herr ph 1 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Toliver p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 8 8
Baltimore 260 300 00011161
Minnesota 302 300 000880
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Peraza   3.1 6 8 8 3 2
  Morgan  W (1-5) 4.0 1 0 0 3 3
  Niedenfuer  SV (11) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
8
8
6
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (7-10) 1.2 4 7 7 4 3
  Portugal   1.2 6 4 4 1 2
  Winn   2.2 5 0 0 0 0
  Toliver   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Atherton   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Berenguer   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
9
7

  E–Gerhart (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Baltimore Schu (6,off Portugal), Minnesota Bush (15,off Peraza).  3B–Baltimore Orsulak (1,off Blyleven).  HR–Baltimore Murray 2 (16,1st inning off Blyleven 1 on, 2 out,2nd inning off Portugal 2 on, 2 out); Traber (6,4th inning off Portugal 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Bush (10,3rd inning off Peraza 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Murray (5,by Toliver).  SB–Gerhart (4,2nd base off Winn/Laudner); Gladden 2 (17,2nd base off Peraza/Tettleton 2); Puckett (5,2nd base off Peraza/Tettleton); Bush (7,2nd base off Morgan/Tettleton).  CS–Schu (2,2nd base by Blyleven/Laudner); Gaetti (4,2nd base by Peraza/Tettleton).  WP–Portugal (2), Toliver (2).  IBB–Toliver (1,Murray).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:28.  A–43,927.
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