Minnesota Twins vs New York Yankees
August 6, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1988 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 3, New York Yankees 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 0
Larkin dh 4 0 0 0
Laudner c 4 1 2 0
Hrbek 1b 4 1 3 1
Gagne ss 3 0 1 1
Davidson rf 2 0 0 0
  Bush ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 1 1 0 1
Mattingly 1b 4 1 1 1
Winfield rf 3 0 0 0
Clark dh 4 1 1 1
Washington cf 3 0 1 1
Slaught c 4 1 1 1
  Skinner c 0 0 0 0
Aguayo 3b 2 0 0 0
Velarde 2b 3 1 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 1 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 5 5
Minnesota 010 100 100381
New York 010 002 11x550
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   5.0 2 3 3 4 2
  Portugal  L (1-2) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Atherton   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
5
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John   6.0 7 3 3 0 3
  Shields  W (2-3) 2.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Righetti  SV (17) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
4

  E–Davidson (5).  DP–Minnesota 1, New York 1.  2B–Minnesota Gagne (15,off John).  HR–Minnesota Hrbek (19,2nd inning off John 0 on, 2 out), New York Slaught (6,2nd inning off Smith 0 on, 1 out); Clark (21,8th inning off Atherton 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Henderson (5,off Portugal).  SB–Gladden (18,2nd base off John/Slaught); Gaetti (6,2nd base off John/Slaught); Henderson 3 (60,2nd base off Smith/Laudner 2,3rd base off Smith/Laudner).  CS–Gagne (6,2nd base by Shields/Slaught).  WP–John (4).  BK–Smith (1).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:51.  A–40,814.
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