Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
August 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Minnesota Twins 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 4 0 1 0
Francona lf 5 0 3 0
Carter cf 5 0 1 0
Hall rf 4 1 1 0
Kittle dh 4 1 1 0
Upshaw 1b 3 1 2 3
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Allanson c 4 0 0 0
Zuvella ss 3 0 2 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington ss 0 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 1 3 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 2
Larkin dh 4 1 2 1
Hrbek 1b 4 0 2 1
Laudner c 2 0 0 0
Christensen rf 3 0 1 0
  Davidson rf 0 0 0 0
Newman ss 3 0 0 0
Toliver p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
Cleveland 000 003 0003111
Minnesota 201 001 00x4100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (12-11) 8.0 10 4 4 1 5
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
1
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Toliver  W (4-1) 6.0 9 3 3 2 6
  Atherton   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
7

  E–Carter (5).  DP–Cleveland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Cleveland Kittle (7,off Toliver); Francona (4,off Atherton), Minnesota Christensen (1,off Swindell); Larkin (25,off Swindell).  HR–Cleveland Upshaw (10,6th inning off Toliver 2 on, 0 out), Minnesota Gaetti (26,1st inning off Swindell 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Laudner (2,off Swindell).  SB–Gladden (20,2nd base off Swindell/Allanson).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:41.  A–37,880.
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